Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Amundsen
Amundsen clearly comes out ahead of Alation on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Amundsen has a free tier; Alation does not.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Teradata | Alation |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | Data & AnalyticsDevelopment | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentEducation & EdTechLegal & ComplianceAI & Machine Learning |
| Categories | business-intelligence | business-intelligencedata-engineering |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Amundsen
open source
custom
| Feature | amundsen | alation |
|---|---|---|
| Apache License 2.0 | ||
| Advanced Connectors | ||
| Free To Customize | ||
| Collaboration Workflows | ||
| Free To Download | ||
| Data Catalog | ||
| Free To Use | ||
| Data Governance | ||
| Metadata Management |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Amundsen comes out ahead overall, though Alation can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Amundsen offers a free tier; Alation does not currently list one.
Amundsen is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
