Overview
Secoda is an AI-powered data catalog and documentation platform. It automatically generates documentation, answers questions about your data, and helps teams find and understand data assets. Positioned as a lighter-weight alternative to enterprise catalogs.
Key Features
- ✓ AI Search: Natural language data discovery
- ✓ Auto Documentation: AI-generated descriptions
- ✓ Lineage: Visual data lineage
- ✓ Data Dictionary: Centralized definitions
- ✓ Slack Integration: Search data from Slack
- ✓ API Access: Programmatic metadata management
Pros
- 👍 AI features are genuinely useful
- 👍 Good UX and modern interface
- 👍 Easier than enterprise catalogs
- 👍 Good integrations
- 👍 Responsive team
Cons
- 👎 Newer player, less proven
- 👎 AI can make mistakes
- 👎 Limited governance features
- 👎 Some integrations are basic
Best For
Growing data teams wanting catalog benefits without enterprise complexity. Good for teams starting to formalize data documentation.
Founded: 2020 HQ: Toronto, Canada