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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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172 results · showing 169–172

Vantage

Observability Plane · Cost & FinOps

Cloud cost management and FinOps platform covering cloud providers and data services.

  • Commercial

Varonis

Security Plane · Data Security Posture Management

Data security platform for discovering sensitive data, monitoring access and detecting threats.

  • Commercial

Weaviate

AI & ML Plane · Vector Databases & Search

Open-source vector database with hybrid search, also available as a managed cloud.

  • Open core

ydata-profiling

Data Quality Plane · Profiling & Anomaly Detection

Python library that generates exploratory data profiling reports from DataFrames. Renamed in April 2026 from ydata-profiling to fg-data-profiling, imported as data_profiling; the old package no longer receives updates.

  • Open source

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The landscape is curated editorially for now; public submissions open later. Inclusion is never paid for, and any sponsored placement will be clearly labelled.