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Best Alation Data Lineage Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from data lineage tools ranked against Alation Data Lineage on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Atlas Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin $9/mo6.5
    Alation Data Lineage vs Atlas
  2. 2
    Apache Atlas Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    Alation Data Lineage vs Apache Atlas
  3. 3
    Coalesce Catalog Free plan apiWeb $150/mo6.4
    Alation Data Lineage vs Coalesce Catalog
  4. 4
    Databricks Notebooks Free plan Web Free6.4
    Alation Data Lineage vs Databricks Notebooks
  5. 5
    Grai Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    Alation Data Lineage vs Grai
  6. 6
    Amazon DataZone Free plan apiWeb Free6.3
    Alation Data Lineage vs Amazon DataZone
  7. 7
    Collate Free plan apiextensionself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    Alation Data Lineage vs Collate
  8. 8
    Google Cloud Knowledge Catalog Web 6.3
    Alation Data Lineage vs Google Cloud Knowledge Catalog
  9. 9
    OpenMetadata Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    Alation Data Lineage vs OpenMetadata
  10. 10
    Cloudera Data Lake Service apiWeb 5.4
    Alation Data Lineage vs Cloudera Data Lake Service
  11. 11
    Atlan Lakehouse apiself-hostedWeb 5.3
    Alation Data Lineage vs Atlan Lakehouse
  12. 12
    Collibra apiextensionself-hostedWeb 5.3
    Alation Data Lineage vs Collibra
  13. 13
    Cloudera Data LineageCloudera Web 5.2
    Alation Data Lineage vs Cloudera Data Lineage
  14. 14
    data.world Data Catalog Web 5.2
    Alation Data Lineage vs data.world Data Catalog
  15. 15
    Databricks Unity Catalog Web 5.2
    Alation Data Lineage vs Databricks Unity Catalog
  16. 16
    Dremio Web 5.2
    Alation Data Lineage vs Dremio
  17. 17
    OvalEdge Web 5.2
    Alation Data Lineage vs OvalEdge
  18. 18
    Qlik Catalog Web 5.2
    Alation Data Lineage vs Qlik Catalog
  19. 19
    Talend Data Catalog Web 5.2
    Alation Data Lineage vs Talend Data Catalog
  20. 20
    Zeenea Data Discovery Platform Web 5.2
    Alation Data Lineage vs Zeenea Data Discovery Platform

Alation Data Lineage alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Atlas6.5Free plan$9/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
2Apache Atlas6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
3Coalesce Catalog6.4Free plan$150/moAPI, Web
4Databricks Notebooks6.4Free planFreeWeb
5Grai6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
6Amazon DataZone6.3Free planFreeAPI, Web
7Collate6.3Free planFreeAPI, Browser, self-hosted, Web
8Google Cloud Knowledge Catalog6.3No—Web
9OpenMetadata6.3Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
10Cloudera Data Lake Service5.4No—API, Web
11Atlan Lakehouse5.3No—API, self-hosted, Web
12Collibra5.3No—API, Browser, self-hosted, Web
13Cloudera Data Lineage5.2No—Web
14data.world Data Catalog5.2No—Web
15Databricks Unity Catalog5.2No—Web
16Dremio5.2No—Web
17OvalEdge5.2No—Web
18Qlik Catalog5.2No—Web
19Talend Data Catalog5.2No—Web
20Zeenea Data Discovery Platform5.2No—Web
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Questions about Alation Data Lineage alternatives

What is the best alternative to Alation Data Lineage?

Atlas, number 1 in data lineage tools with a score of 6.5 out of 10. The others here: Apache Atlas, Coalesce Catalog, Databricks Notebooks and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Alation Data Lineage?

Atlas is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 8 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.