ML Operations

Alation

Data catalog and governance platform for trusted enterprise data and AI

About Alation

Alation provides a data intelligence platform built around a data catalog, with governance, lineage and data product capabilities. Enterprises use it to document data assets, apply policies and give analysts and AI teams a trusted view of what data exists and how it is used.

Common use cases

  • Governing data used for AI and analytics
  • Self-service data discovery
  • Regulatory compliance reporting
  • Data migration and modernization
  • Preparing trusted data for ML

Products and services

Alation Data Catalog

Searchable inventory of data assets with metadata, lineage and usage context.

Alation Data Governance

Policy, stewardship and access workflows applied on top of the catalog.

Data Products

Curated, shareable data products with a marketplace-style discovery experience.

Key features

  • Data catalog
  • Metadata management
  • Data lineage
  • Policy and stewardship workflows
  • Business glossary
  • Data product discovery

Integrations

  • Snowflake
  • Databricks
  • Tableau
  • Power BI
  • AWS
  • Google BigQuery
  • dbt
  • Salesforce

Alation alternatives

FAQs

Is Alation an ML Ops tool?

It is a data catalog and governance product; it supports ML work by documenting and governing the data that models depend on rather than managing training or deployment.

How is it deployed?

Alation is offered as a cloud service and supports connecting to on-premises and cloud data sources.

How is it priced?

Pricing is subscription-based and quoted through sales.

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