Here’s the difference between Metaplane and Alation. The comparison is based on pricing, deployment, business model, and other important factors.
Metadata cataloging and management solutions provider. The features of the product include an automated collection of metadata, interface for discovery, curation, and annotation, API integration, data centralization, deployments, etc. It also finds, diagnoses, and fixes data quality issues.
Alation provides a data cataloging platform. It automatically builds a catalog of useful data documentation, covering all of the data sources, and allows users to collaborate and work on the data. It processes enterprise unstructured data by centralizing knowledge into a single place using machine learning and human analysts. The search can be made using keywords in plain English. Enables users to access relevant information (including experts, lineage, keys and indexes, relevant queries) and documentation on all tables, across the organization’s data sources. The clients include PepsiCo, Dow, Fox Networks, BMW and others.