Data tooling landscape

A neutral map of the tools used to build data platforms, organised by the plane they serve: from orchestration and storage to governance, security and AI.

172 tools · 10 planes · 37 categories. Listings are editorial and unpaid; any sponsored placement will always be labelled.

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8 results

Actian Data Intelligence Platform

Metadata Plane · Data Catalogues & Discovery

Catalogue and governance platform built on a federated knowledge graph, covering discovery, lineage, data products and contracts, with a marketplace and agent-facing access to its metadata.

  • Commercial

Alation

Metadata Plane · Data Catalogues & Discovery

Enterprise data catalogue for search, discovery, stewardship and governance.

  • Commercial

Amundsen

Metadata Plane · Data Catalogues & Discovery

Data discovery tool built at Lyft, with search ranked by usage. Archived in September 2026 and no longer maintained; listed for reference and migration planning.

  • Open source

Atlan

Metadata Plane · Data Catalogues & Discovery

Active metadata platform for data cataloguing, discovery and governance.

  • Commercial

Dataedo

Metadata Plane · Data Catalogues & Discovery

Data catalogue, documentation, lineage and quality platform pitched as lightweight, priced per editor with unlimited viewers and published list prices rather than quote-only.

  • Commercial

DataGalaxy

Metadata Plane · Data Catalogues & Discovery

Data catalogue and governance platform positioning itself as a context engine, covering discovery, business meaning, lineage and AI-ready data context for both people and agents.

  • Commercial

DataHub

Metadata Plane · Data Catalogues & Discovery

Open-source metadata platform for discovery, lineage and governance, with a managed cloud offering.

  • Open core

OpenMetadata

Metadata Plane · Data Catalogues & Discovery

Open-source metadata platform for discovery, lineage, data quality and collaboration.

  • Open core

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