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Alternatives to Alation, as AI models named them

In the October 2026 Edition, 179 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where Alation holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often

Atlan29

Secoda26

First choices in the 179 answers that did not name Alation, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Data catalogs and governance

Data platform. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Alation is not its first choice or an alternative in it.

Small businessAlation is #10 of 16 here at 2% of first choices, 46 labels.

Seventy-eight of the eighty-four answers did not name Alation; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those seventy-eight answers, twenty-two products in all, the eight most named:

Secoda21 of 78

OpenMetadata12 of 78

Atlan9 of 78

Select Star9 of 78

OvalEdge6 of 78

DataHub4 of 78

Microsoft Purview4 of 78

dbt Docs3 of 78

14 more in the record.The full small business standing →

Mid-marketAlation is #10 of 15 here at 0% of first choices, 57 labels.

Fifty-six of the eighty-four answers did not name Alation; it was the first choice in four. The first choices in those fifty-six answers, eight products in all:

Atlan12 of 56

OpenMetadata10 of 56

Secoda5 of 56

DataHub3 of 56

OvalEdge3 of 56

Select Star3 of 56

Amundsen2 of 56

Apache Atlas1 of 56

The full mid-market standing →

EnterpriseAlation is #3 of 11 here at 15% of first choices, 54 labels.

Forty-five of the eighty-four answers did not name Alation; it was the first choice in twelve. The first choices in those forty-five answers, seven products in all:

Collibra9 of 45

Atlan8 of 45

Microsoft Purview3 of 45

OpenMetadata2 of 45

Alex Solutions1 of 45

Decube1 of 45

ThinkData Works1 of 45

The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Alation neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Alation only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Alation's side.

Every answer and every label behind these figures is in the record, sent on request. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Alation was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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