# Soda alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 177 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Soda 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/soda/alternatives/

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

- Metaplane: 29
- Monte Carlo: 23
- Cleanlist: 10
- Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud: 7
- Insycle: 7
- Soda Core: 7

## Data quality and observability

**Small business**: 57 of 84 answers did not name Soda (Soda is #2 of 11 at 9%).

- Metaplane: first choice in 19 of those 57
- Soda Core: first choice in 5 of those 57
- Cleanlist: first choice in 4 of those 57
- Elementary: first choice in 4 of those 57
- Insycle: first choice in 4 of those 57
- Decube: first choice in 3 of those 57
- Great Expectations: first choice in 3 of those 57
- Monte Carlo: first choice in 2 of those 57

**Mid-market**: 54 of 84 answers did not name Soda (Soda is #2 of 9 at 9%).

- Metaplane: first choice in 10 of those 54
- Cleanlist: first choice in 6 of those 54
- Insycle: first choice in 3 of those 54
- Grafana Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 54
- Monte Carlo: first choice in 2 of those 54
- Soda Core: first choice in 2 of those 54
- Zabbix: first choice in 2 of those 54
- Atlan: first choice in 1 of those 54

**Enterprise**: 66 of 84 answers did not name Soda (Soda is #5 of 12 at 4%).

- Monte Carlo: first choice in 19 of those 66
- Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud: first choice in 7 of those 66
- Acceldata: first choice in 5 of those 66
- Ataccama ONE: first choice in 4 of those 66
- Informatica Data Quality: first choice in 3 of those 66
- Anomalo: first choice in 2 of those 66
- Sifflet: first choice in 2 of those 66
- groundcover: first choice in 2 of those 66

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