# Elementary vs Soda

| Attribute | Elementary | Soda |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 44.9 (42% (low)) | 42.8 (8% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | - |
| description.long | A data management control plane that integrates observability, quality testing, governance policies, and discovery capabilities. Offers both cloud-hosted and self-hosted deployment options to help data teams ensure reliable, trustworthy data across pipelines and analytics. | An AI-powered data quality platform that automatically detects and helps fix data issues. Core features include metrics monitoring, row-level anomaly detection, and root cause analysis, with failed records automatically stored in your data warehouse. |
| features.capabilities | - | `{"deployment_model":"self-hosted","data_quality_rules":true,"root_cause_analysis":true,"ml_anomaly_detection":true,"incident_management_workflow":true}` |
| integrations.count | 12 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"dbt"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"HubSpot"},{"name":"PostHog"},{"name":"Common Room"},{"name":"Google"},{"name":"OKTA"},{"name":"Onelogin"},{"name":"Active Directory"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Git"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Essentials","summary":"Free 30-day trial","features":["AI Agents","Automated Monitors","Anomaly Detection","Column Level Lineage","Performance Monitoring","Data Tests","BI Integrations","Incident Management","MCP Server","Data Health Scores","Catalog","Task & Incident Mgmt Integrations"],"description":"Free trial with access to core features","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"seats":"unlimited","tables":"unlimited","duration":"30 days","environments":"unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Scale","summary":"Contact sales","features":["All Essentials features","AI Agents","Automated Monitors","Anomaly Detection","Column Level Lineage","Performance Monitoring","Data Tests","BI Integrations","Incident Management","MCP Server","Data Health Scores","Catalog","Task & Incident Mgmt Integrations"],"description":"Mid-tier plan with per-table pricing for additional capacity","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"tables":"1000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Contact sales","features":["All Scale features","SSO & RBAC","Advanced Deployment Options","Custom Enterprise Features","Dedicated Customer Success Engineer","Tailored Implementation and Training","External Catalog Integrations"],"description":"Enterprise plan with advanced deployment and management features","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"tables":"3000"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"AI Layer"}],"summary":"Subscription pricing by seats and environments. Free 30-day trial available. Enterprise pricing requires custom quote.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.elementary-data.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T23:33:14.912Z","freeTrialDays":30}` | - |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | freemium | - |
| pricing.price_level | low | - |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Data Observability)

| Capability | Elementary | Soda |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Freshness monitoring | - | - |
| Volume monitoring | - | - |
| Schema change detection | - | - |
| Data quality rules | - | ✓ |
| ML anomaly detection | - | ✓ |
| Lineage impact analysis | - | - |
| Root cause analysis | - | ✓ |
| Incident management workflow | - | ✓ |
| Dbt native | - | - |
| Streaming support | - | - |
| Deployment model | - | Self hosted |
| Open source | - | - |
| Pricing model | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:26:26.030Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*