# data.world alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 232 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where data.world holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/data-world/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Atlan: 58
- Collibra: 32
- Secoda: 27
- OpenMetadata: 23
- Alation: 13
- OvalEdge: 10

## Data catalogs and governance

**Small business**: 76 of 84 answers did not name data.world (data.world is #8 of 16 at 2%).

- Secoda: first choice in 22 of those 76
- OpenMetadata: first choice in 11 of those 76
- Atlan: first choice in 9 of those 76
- Select Star: first choice in 8 of those 76
- OvalEdge: first choice in 6 of those 76
- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 5 of those 76
- DataHub: first choice in 4 of those 76
- dbt Docs: first choice in 3 of those 76

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name data.world (data.world is #11 of 15 at 0%).

- Atlan: first choice in 26 of those 77
- OpenMetadata: first choice in 10 of those 77
- Secoda: first choice in 5 of those 77
- Collibra: first choice in 4 of those 77
- OvalEdge: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Alation: first choice in 3 of those 77
- DataHub: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Amundsen: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 79 of 84 answers did not name data.world (data.world is #6 of 11 at 2%).

- Collibra: first choice in 28 of those 79
- Atlan: first choice in 23 of those 79
- Alation: first choice in 10 of those 79
- Microsoft Purview: first choice in 4 of those 79
- OpenMetadata: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Alex Solutions: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Collibra Data Intelligence Platform: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Informatica Intelligent Data Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 79

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