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Data & analytics

Data catalog & governance.

Our picks: best data catalog & governance software

720 tools. Plenty of possibilities.

Data catalog & governance Category leader

Alation

Contact sales 51–500+ people

Data catalog with lineage, search and trust flags for analytics teams

Key features

Automated data discovery
Column-level lineage
Data quality monitoring
Business glossary
Data search

Data catalog & governance Category leader

Atlan

Contact sales 51–500+ people

Active metadata catalog with lineage and governance for data teams

Key features

Automated data discovery
Column-level lineage
Business glossary
Access policies
Data search

Data catalog & governance Category leader

Collibra

Contact sales 500+ people

Enterprise data and AI governance platform with catalog and quality

Key features

Automated data discovery
Data quality monitoring
Business glossary
Access policies
Data search

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