Alation
Enterprise data and AI governance for trusted analytics, business applications, and production agents.
About Alation
Alation is an enterprise data and AI platform that keeps organizational data, context, applications, and AI agents governed and current. Its Intelligence Operating System helps teams base critical processes and decisions on quality, compliant data. Agent Studio supports native and custom governed agents, including no-code development in Alation and agents developed elsewhere, with evaluations before production. Alation Analytics Cloud turns activity data into governed analytics: users can ask questions in plain English and receive answers from certified data products without writing SQL. The platform suits organizations coordinating data governance, analytics, and production AI across multiple teams. Cloud customers receive encrypted data handling, while the enterprise security program includes ISO 27001:2013 certification and SOC 2 controls for Alation Cloud Service. Purchasing is sales-led: the pricing path begins with a 30-minute conversation instead of a published self-service price. Support accompanies paid subscriptions, but standard support excludes implementation, launch, training, and professional services and is provided in English.
Best for
Best use cases
Deploying governed AI agents after evaluating their behavior before production use across the organization.
Turning Alation activity into analytics and plain-English answers backed by certified data products.
Standardizing data context and governance for critical applications, processes, and business decisions.
Compare before choosing
Compared with self-service tools, purchasing begins with a sales conversation and a custom quote.
Compared with standalone analytics products, Alation combines governed data context, analytics, and agent workflows.
Compared with support packages that include onboarding, standard Alation support excludes implementation, launch, and training.
Features
Govern enterprise AI agents
Build and evaluate governed agents while connecting their actions to current, quality, and compliant data.
Analyze data maturity
Turn Alation activity into governed insight and examine how teams adopt the platform.
Query governed data in plain English
Ask questions without SQL and receive answers backed by certified Alation Analytics data products.
Pros
- Combines governed data context, analytics, applications, and AI agents in one enterprise workflow.
- Agent evaluations provide a control point before custom or native agents reach production.
- Cloud security includes encryption, ISO 27001:2013 certification, and SOC 2 controls for Alation Cloud Service.
Cons
- Custom pricing requires a sales conversation, limiting quick cost comparison and self-service purchasing.
- Standard support excludes implementation, launch, training, and professional services, which may add rollout work or cost.
- Support is provided exclusively in English, which can constrain multilingual operations teams.
Pricing Plans
Enterprise subscription
- Alation Intelligence Operating System
- Governed data and AI workflows
- Support requests during the paid subscription term
* Pricing information is for reference only. Please refer to the latest announcement on Alation's official website.