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Splink is a free Python package for linking and deduplicating records that lack unique identifiers. Its Fellegi-Sunter-based method can learn without labeled examples, while term-frequency adjustments and custom fuzzy logic let users shape matching. It generates SQL for DuckDB, Spark, SQLite, or PostgreSQL and includes visualizations for inspecting predictions and clusters. It is suited to standardized data spread across multiple, relatively independent columns, and can scale to very large linkages using big-data backends.

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    InterSystems IRIS

    by InterSystems IRIS
    Free plan APILinuxMac+3

    Teams building applications across connected data silos — InterSystems IRIS combines SQL and NoSQL database management, transactions, analytics, and AI capabilities in one data platform.

    Pricing on request Visit site
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    Hightouch

    Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1

    Marketing teams activating warehouse customer data — Hightouch adds audience creation, customer journeys, campaigns, and more than 300 integrations rather than focusing on record linkage.

    7.5 Free plan Visit site
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    pyJedAI

    Free plan LinuxSelf-hostedWindows

    Python teams building varied entity-resolution workflows — pyJedAI offers multiple supervised and unsupervised algorithms for structured and semi-structured data, while Splink centers on Fellegi-Sunter linkage.

    7.1 Open source Visit site
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    Zingg

    Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+1

    Teams creating unified master data views — Zingg combines machine-learning and deterministic matching, supports persistent entity identifiers, and offers enterprise incremental processing.

    8.5 Free plan Visit site
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    AWS Entity Resolution

    Paid APIWeb

    AWS users matching records across data stores — AWS Entity Resolution provides rule-based, ML, and provider matching, plus incremental S3 processing and a near-real-time match lookup API.

    5.8 From $0.10 Visit site
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    Open Client Registry (OpenCR)

    Free plan APILinuxMac+3

    Healthcare systems linking patient identities — OpenCR focuses on patient identity workflows, including FHIR messages, unique identifiers, and a UI for reviewing and breaking matches.

    7.0 Open source Visit site
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    NVECTA

    Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+1

    Marketing teams unifying customer profiles and campaigns — NVECTA adds predictive marketing, campaign orchestration, and conversion tools alongside real-time customer profiles from connected systems.

    5.4 Pricing on request Visit site
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    7.1 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Senzing Entity Resolution

    Free plan APILinuxMac+3
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    Data Ladder

    Free trial APISelf-hostedWindows
    6.4 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Informatica Identity Resolution

    Paid LinuxSelf-hostedWindows
    5.8 Pricing on request Visit site
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    DinMo

    Paid APIWeb
    5.7 Pricing on request Visit site
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    OpenEMPI

    Paid APILinuxSelf-hosted+2
    5.7 Pricing on request Visit site
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    5.6 Pricing on request Visit site
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    5.5 Pricing on request Visit site
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    LiveRamp RampID

    Paid APIWeb
    5.5 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Tamr

    Paid APISelf-hostedWeb
    5.3 Pricing on request Visit site
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    5.1 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Quantexa Entity Resolution

    Paid APISelf-hostedWeb
    5.1 Pricing on request Visit site
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    5.1 Pricing on request Visit site
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    5.0 Pricing on request Visit site
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    Verato Universal MPI

    Paid APIWeb
    5.0 Pricing on request Visit site
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    4.4 Pricing on request Visit site
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    4.3 Pricing on request · 14-day trial Visit site
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    4.1 Pricing on request Visit site

Splink’s trade-offs include a Python-based, self-hosted workflow and its poor fit for a single bag-of-words column. Its developers may also struggle to help with Databricks-specific issues. Alternatives span broader data platforms, marketing systems, entity-resolution frameworks, and patient identity registries, so compare the core job each product is built to do. Consider whether you need matching alone or also campaign tools, unified customer profiles, clinical workflows, or database capabilities, as well as your deployment environment, matching methods, and budget.

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