Alation Data Lineage

Spec sheet

Purpose

Maps data flows, transformations, and dependencies so users can trace data from source to destination.Read 3 Oct 2026 · alation.com

Intended users

The product describes visual lineage graphs and searchable paths for both technical and non-technical users.Read 3 Oct 2026 · alation.com

Deployment

Alation documentation applies lineage to both Alation Cloud Service and customer-managed instances.Read 3 Oct 2026 · alation.com

API

Alation’s user guide says lineage data can be created or updated through its public Lineage API.Read 3 Oct 2026 · alation.com

Integrations

Alation says it offers more than 120 connectors, including connectors for databases and BI platforms, and supports custom connector development through its Open Connector Framework SDK.Read 3 Oct 2026 · alation.com

Security

Alation says Cloud Service customer data is encrypted and not accessible to its site engineers.Read 3 Oct 2026 · alation.com

Compliance

Alation reports ISO 27001:2022 certification and SOC 2 Type 2 controls, and says its SOC 2 report includes HIPAA and HITECH.Read 3 Oct 2026 · alation.com

Support

Alation offers product demonstrations and directs prospective customers to contact its sales team for pricing and product information.Read 3 Oct 2026 · alation.com

Headquarters

Redwood City, California, USARead 23 Sep 2026 · alation.com

Founded

2012Read 23 Sep 2026 · alation.com

Automated capture

The product describes capturing lineage through metadata harvesting, connected-system query logs, and query parsing.Read 3 Oct 2026 · alation.com

Catalog context

Lineage information can link data assets to policies, data-quality rules, and team annotations in Alation’s catalog.Read 3 Oct 2026 · alation.com

Impact analysis

Lineage can show downstream reports affected by a source change and help identify potential outages or migration impacts.Read 3 Oct 2026 · alation.com

Lineage coverage limit

Column-level lineage depends on the data source and connector; Alation directs customers to the support matrix for version-specific coverage.Read 3 Oct 2026 · alation.com

Lineage views

Visual lineage maps can show data quality, trust flags, business metadata, and contextual details about data assets.Read 3 Oct 2026 · alation.com

Manual lineage

Users can manually annotate lineage, including lineage from spreadsheets or custom scripts.Read 3 Oct 2026 · alation.com

Plans and prices

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