Alation alternatives
As of 4 November 2026, 28 data governance quality mdm are named by companies instead of Alation: Microsoft Purview by 1,328 companies, Unity Catalog by 835, Collibra by 509.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Alation, companies in postings
- 291
- Most used alternative
- Microsoft Purview · 1,328
- Fastest hiring, 90 days
- Unity Catalog
- Alternatives ranked
- 28
- Catalogue
- T-1.0.1-prov
data governance quality mdm companies choose instead of Alation
Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.
| # | Alternative | Companies | companies | vs Alation | postings, 90 d | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft PurviewMicrosoft | 1,328 | 456% | 3,277 | Alation vs Microsoft Purview → | |
| 2 | Unity CatalogDatabricks | 835 | 287% | 4,048 | Alation vs Unity Catalog → | |
| 3 | CollibraCollibra | 509 | 175% | 1,400 | Alation vs Collibra → | |
| 4 | Great ExpectationsSuperconductive | 287 | 99% | 520 | Alation vs Great Expectations → | |
| 5 | 275 | 95% | 1,122 | Alation vs SAP Master Data Governance → | ||
| 6 | DataHubAcryl Data / LinkedIn | 188 | 65% | 393 | Alation vs DataHub → | |
| 7 | AWS Lake FormationAmazon Web Services | 185 | 64% | 386 | Alation vs AWS Lake Formation → | |
| 8 | Monte CarloMonte Carlo Data | 143 | 49% | 345 | Alation vs Monte Carlo → | |
| 9 | AtlanAtlan | 137 | 47% | 264 | Alation vs Atlan → | |
| 10 | ReltioReltio | 100 | 34% | 226 | soon | |
| 11 | Informatica MDMInformatica | 88 | 30% | 221 | soon | |
| 12 | OpenMetadataCollate | 84 | 29% | 143 | soon | |
| 13 | Stibo SystemsStibo Systems | 82 | 28% | 179 | soon | |
| 14 | SodaSoda Data | 70 | 24% | 130 | soon | |
| 15 | Google Cloud DataplexGoogle | 68 | 23% | 162 | soon | |
| 16 | Informatica Data QualityInformatica | 66 | 23% | 535 | soon | |
| 17 | SemarchySemarchy | 45 | 15% | 84 | soon | |
| 18 | ProfiseeProfisee | 44 | 15% | 256 | soon | |
| 19 | AtaccamaAtaccama | 42 | 14% | 140 | soon | |
| 20 | Apache AtlasApache Software Foundation | 37 | 13% | 83 | soon | |
| 21 | OpenLineageLinux Foundation | 31 | 11% | 71 | soon | |
| 22 | BigIDBigID | 30 | 10% | 92 | soon | |
| 23 | ProtégéStanford University | 28 | 10% | 100 | soon | |
| 24 | ElementaryElementary Data | 27 | 9% | 55 | soon | |
| 25 | AWS Glue Data CatalogAmazon | 26 | 9% | 73 | soon | |
| 26 | Veeva NetworkVeeva | 18 | 6% | 48 | soon | |
| 27 | DataGalaxyDataGalaxy | 12 | 4% | 22 | soon | |
| 28 | IBM MDMIBM | 10 | 3% | 19 | soon |
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28 data governance quality mdm are named by companies instead of Alation: Microsoft Purview by 1,328 companies, Unity Catalog by 835, Collibra by 509, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/alation/alternatives)
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- RankingCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov. Editions are folded into their parent product.
- 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
- Not includedRatings, prices, feature claims, sponsored positions.
Alation alternatives: questions
What is the most used alternative to Alation?
Microsoft Purview: 1,328 companies name it in their own job postings, against 291 for Alation.
How is this list ranked?
By the number of companies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system (Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov), then by postings in the last 90 days. No ratings, no vendor input, no sponsored positions.
Does this say which is better?
No. It says who uses what, by company size, industry and country, so you can see which tools companies like yours choose. For features and prices, read the vendors.
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