Alation

Alation is a platform for enterprise data management that helps organizations find, document, and control data across the company.

What it does

• Catalogs enterprise data in one place
• Enables search and filtering using metadata
• Supports access control and audit capabilities
• Automates key data governance workflows
• Helps enforce security policies and compliance requirements

Integrations and considerations

Alation integrates with modern data warehouses and BI platforms. There may be limitations when connecting to legacy enterprise systems.

Common use cases

• Quickly locating the right table in a data warehouse for analytics work
• Managing employee access to sensitive data for security teams
• Automatically tracking changes in data sources for IT and data teams

Alternatives

Alation competes with Collibra and Informatica in the data governance space, with an emphasis on a straightforward interface and workflow automation.