Alation
An intelligence platform that makes data trustworthy and AI-ready across enterprises.
- Also known as
- alation
Available worldwide
What is Alation?
A metadata management and governance platform for organizing and understanding data across multi-cloud and on-premises environments. Enables organizations to enforce compliance, track data lineage, and prepare data infrastructure for AI systems.
Alation pricing
We don't have Alation's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (12)
Independently observed- ServiceNow
- Jira
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
- Power BI
- Microsoft 365
- AWS
- Google Cloud Platform
- Databricks
- Azure
- BigID
- Immuta
Alation alternatives
Other data catalog we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- OpenMetadataOpen-source platform that provides metadata management and data context for AI systems and analytics teamslow · 26%
- AtlanA metadata aggregation and governance platform designed for AI systemslow · 3%
- SecodaAI-powered platform for data governance, discovery, and monitoringmedium · 55%
- DataHubA unified metadata platform that enables AI agents and teams to discover, govern, and understand data assets across your entire technology stack.low · 25%
- Select StarAutomatically catalog and track data lineage across your enterprise for governance and AI-ready insightslow · 42%
- Marquezlow · 16%
Compare Alation
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The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Alation, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 80 | 0.07 | 5.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 60 | 0.04 | 2.4 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Capabilities | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing transparency | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | ✓ |
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