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Alation alternatives
3 tools to consider instead of Alation, shown against it.
| Alation | Collibra | Atlan | data.world | |||||||||
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| Vendor | Alation, Inc. | Collibra | Atlan | data.world, inc. | ||||||||
| Pricing model | Quote only | Quote only | Quote only | Quote only | ||||||||
| Free tier | No | No | No | No | ||||||||
| Deployment | Cloud, Self-hosted | Cloud | Cloud, Self-hosted | Cloud | ||||||||
| Open source | No | No | No | No | ||||||||
| Best for | Large enterprises standardizing data discovery and governance across many data sources and teams. | Heavily regulated enterprises needing auditable, workflow-driven data governance. | Modern data teams wanting an API-first, collaborative catalog tied into the cloud data stack. | Teams wanting a metadata knowledge graph with built-in querying and glossary in one catalog. | ||||||||
| Pricing | Custom quote based on data sources, users and modules; no public price list. Checked on the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026: no prices are published. Expect to be quoted. | Custom quote by module and data volume; vendor pricing page could not be read. Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site. | Custom quote based on data sources and seats; no public price list. Checked on the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026: no prices are published. Expect to be quoted. | Per-user annual licensing across four named tiers; exact per-user fee requires a sales quote.
Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget. | ||||||||
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