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AI-powered enterprise data catalog for discovering, understanding, and governing data

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  • Deployment Cloud Based, Hybrid, On Premises
  • Starting price Custom
  • Free trial Not offered
  • Best for SMEs, Enterprises

What is Alation?

Alation is an enterprise data catalog that uses machine learning to help teams find, understand, and trust data across their systems. Its ALLIE AI assistant recommends metadata descriptions and helps populate the catalog automatically, while lineage tracking covers both technical pipelines and business-facing dashboards and policies. Alation Anywhere brings catalog search into everyday tools like Excel, Teams, and Slack, and Compose lets teams share and reuse vetted queries.

The platform integrates with more than 100 data sources, BI tools, and applications, and connects to external data quality tools through its Open Data Quality Framework. Alation does not publish pricing; the subscription is based on the number of users and the access rights each one needs, so prospective customers must contact Alation's sales team directly for a custom quote.

Key Features of Alation

Alation lists 9 documented features, including ML-powered search and data discovery, ALLIE AI assistant for automated metadata curation and Technical and business data lineage. The list below covers what the product does rather than how it is marketed.

  • ML-powered search and data discovery
  • ALLIE AI assistant for automated metadata curation
  • Technical and business data lineage
  • Alation Anywhere embedding catalog search in Excel, Teams, and Slack
  • Compose for sharing and reusing vetted SQL queries
  • Open Data Quality Framework integration with third-party DQ tools
  • Agent Studio for building custom AI agents on governed data
  • 100+ native connectors to data sources and BI tools
  • Governance and stewardship workflows

Alation Pricing

Alation lists 1 plan without published figures. Pricing is quoted on request.

Alation Data Catalog

Custom

Priced per user based on role and access rights

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Contact sales for a quote; add-ons for governance, data quality, and AI workflows priced separately

Alation Specifications

Alation is available on web app. It offers an API.

Deployment
  • Cloud Based
  • Hybrid
  • On Premises
Billing cycle
Yearly
Desktop
  • Web App
Languages
  • English
Built for
  • SMEs
  • Enterprises
Support
  • Email
  • Phone
  • Training
  • Tickets
Integrations
Snowflake, Databricks, Excel, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Tableau, Power BI, AWS, Google Cloud
Public API
Yes
Free trial
No
Free plan
No
Runs in browser
Yes
Customisable
Yes
Website
alation.com

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Alation FAQs

No, Alation's pricing page is a contact form. Pricing is based on the number of users and their access rights, so buyers must request a custom quote.

ALLIE is Alation's AI assistant that recommends metadata descriptions and helps populate and curate the data catalog.

Yes, Alation Anywhere lets users search and act on catalog data from within Excel, Microsoft Teams, Slack, and other everyday tools.

Alation integrates with dedicated data quality tools through its Open Data Quality Framework rather than providing a full built-in DQ engine.

Alation is used mainly by mid-size to large enterprises, including a large share of Fortune 100 companies, for enterprise-wide data discovery and governance.