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.
