Overview
Alation pioneered the data catalog market with its machine learning-driven approach to metadata management. It provides intelligent search, automated curation, and collaborative features that help users find and trust data.
Key Features
- ✓ Intelligent Search: Google-like data discovery
- ✓ Behavioral Analysis: Learn from user queries
- ✓ Automated Curation: ML-powered metadata
- ✓ Stewardship: Crowdsourced data documentation
- ✓ Query Log Analysis: Understand data usage
- ✓ Compose: Built-in SQL editor
Pros
- 👍 Excellent search and discovery
- 👍 ML-powered automation
- 👍 Strong enterprise adoption
- 👍 Good user experience
- 👍 Pioneer in the space
Cons
- 👎 Enterprise pricing
- 👎 Complex deployment
- 👎 Some features aging
- 👎 Newer competitors catching up
Best For
Enterprise teams wanting intelligent data discovery with ML-powered automation. Good for organizations with lots of undocumented data.
Founded: 2012 HQ: Redwood City, CA