# Select Star vs Microsoft Purview: which do AI models recommend for data catalogs, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, Data catalogs and governance. Two of fourteen models named Select Star first on the direct prompt; zero named Microsoft Purview. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/it-data/data-catalogs-and-governance/select-star-vs-microsoft-purview/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Select Star | 5% | #6 of 15 | 8% | 12 | 8 of 14 |
| Microsoft Purview | 2% | #8 of 15 | 14% | 35 | 13 of 14 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- Gemini 3.5 Flash: select star first (first choices: Select Star) (alternatives: Atlan, Coalesce Catalog, OvalEdge, Secoda)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: select star first (first choices: Atlan, Secoda, Select Star) (alternatives: Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud, OvalEdge, data.world)
- Perplexity Sonar: neither first, one named (first choices: Atlan) (alternatives: Alation, OvalEdge, Select Star)
- Kimi K2: neither first, one named (first choices: Secoda) (alternatives: Atlan, OvalEdge, Select Star)
- MiniMax M2.5: neither first, one named (first choices: Atlan, Secoda) (alternatives: Alation, Microsoft Purview)
- GPT-6 Luna: neither first, one named (first choices: Atlan) (alternatives: Microsoft Purview, OpenMetadata, Secoda)
- Claude Haiku 4.5: neither named (first choices: Atlan) (alternatives: Alation, OvalEdge)
- GPT-5.4 mini: neither named (first choices: DataHub) (alternatives: Alation, DataGalaxy)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: neither named (first choices: Atlan) (alternatives: Alation, OvalEdge, Secoda)
- Mistral Small: neither named (first choices: Atlan, OvalEdge)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: neither named (first choices: Secoda) (alternatives: Atlan, DataHub)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither named (first choices: Atlan)
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: neither named (first choices: Atlan) (alternatives: AWS DataZone, DataHub, Google Dataplex, OvalEdge, Seceda)
- Muse Glimmer 30B: neither named (first choices: Atlan) (alternatives: Alation, OvalEdge)

## What the models said about Select Star

- "Options to Avoid ... Commercial tools (Collibra, Alation, Atlan, Select Star)" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt, hard negative)
- "Secoda and Select Star are incredibly fast to stand up (1–2 weeks) and highly intuitive for lean teams." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, scale prompt, first choice)
- "the sweet spot tools are Select Star (fast, automated, SMB‑friendly)" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, direct prompt, first choice)
- "Best Overall for Automated Lineage & Ease of Use: Select Star" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, direct prompt, first choice)

## What the models said about Microsoft Purview

- "user feedback and reviews frequently highlight immense friction, spotty lineage, and high database scanning costs when trying to integrate Purview with non-Microsoft environments" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt, soft negative)

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category. Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category. Published under CC BY 4.0; the output is the models' output, and nothing here is a recommendation by the index.