Alation Data Lineage vs Collate

Alation Data Lineage

Figure	Alation Data Lineage	Collate
Price from	—	Free
Free plan	—	Yes
Free trial	—	—
Open source	—	—
Web	Yes	Yes
API	Yes	Yes
Self-hosted	Yes	Yes
Plans published	1	3
Spec score · Data Lineage Tools	7.8 (#15)	8.0 (#11)
Deployment	Alation documentation applies lineage to both Alation Cloud Service and customer-managed instances.	Deployment options include multi-tenant SaaS, single-tenant SaaS, hybrid SaaS, and private Bring Your Own Cloud for AWS, GCP, and Azure.
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.	Collate lists integrations including Snowflake, Tableau, Power BI, dbt, Airflow, Databricks, Salesforce, SAP, Slack, Teams, Claude, and Gemini.
Security	Alation says Cloud Service customer data is encrypted and not accessible to its site engineers.	Collate states that it has SOC 2 Type II, CCPA, and GDPR certifications, with TLS 1.3 encryption in transit, AES-256 encryption at rest, RBAC, SSO, and penetration testing.
Support	Alation offers product demonstrations and directs prospective customers to contact its sales team for pricing and product information.	Support ranges from email on Free Tier to email and Pylons on Premium, with Enterprise adding support chat and available global 24x7 coverage.

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