SemanticWorx Affirma

What SemanticWorx Affirma is

SemanticWorx Affirma is an enterprise semantic and metadata management solution for organizing data architecture across IT, operations, and business strategy teams. Its catalog brings together data models, schemas, integration schemas, and other data definitions. An enterprise semantic model establishes shared meaning and relationships between datasets, helping teams reuse data across their architecture. Affirma also describes lineage, mapping, and transformation capabilities for tracing data origins and its path from source to target. Governance workflows cover approvals, audit review, and notifications. Build Automation provides code generation, and Data Design can generate XSD and DDL for MySQL, Hana, Snowflake, Oracle, MS SQL, and SQLite. The product supports self-hosted and web platforms, with on-premises and cloud-based deployment options. Schema imports, ODBC data sources, UML, XML, and reference data are described, as is metadata harvesting and lineage integration with Databricks Unity Catalog. Professional, Core, and Ultimate subscriptions are annual and priced by inquiry, with pricing based on users and data sources. Basic Support is included with subscriptions and covers software updates, basic ticket turnaround, a knowledge base, and a solution forum.

Who it suits

Affirma suits IT, operations, and business strategy teams that need to integrate segmented data and support decision-making. It may also suit organizations seeking shared semantic definitions, metadata discovery, lineage analysis, and governance workflows.

Limits

There is no free plan. Subscription prices are by inquiry, and the listed annual plans are priced according to users and data sources.

Getting started

1. Visit the SemanticWorx website.
2. Choose among the annual Core, Professional, or Ultimate subscriptions.
3. Request pricing based on your users and data sources.
4. Select an on-premises or cloud-based deployment option.
5. Use Affirma through a self-hosted or web platform.

Verdict

Choose Affirma if your teams need a shared semantic model, metadata catalog, lineage capabilities, and governance workflows across segmented data. Consider another option if you need a published subscription price or a free plan.