# Alation

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/alation/  
**Website:** https://alation.com  
**APIs profiled:** 12

Alation is a data intelligence platform that helps organizations harness the power of their data by providing a centralized platform for data cataloging, governance, and collaboration. By enabling users to easily search, understand, and trust their data, Alation empowers organizations to make data-driven decisions with confidence. Through advanced analytics and AI capabilities, Alation helps organizations uncover insights, improve data quality, and drive innovation.

## Kin Score — 38.0 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 38.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 69.2 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 26.2 |
| Commercial Clarity | 21.1 |
| Access Clarity | 21.1 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Enterprise · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: enterprise, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (12)

- **Alation Aggregated Context API** — Retrieve aggregated context for AI applications
- **Alation Columns API** — Retrieve column metadata
- **Alation Custom Fields API** — Manage custom field values
- **Alation Data Quality API** — Manage data quality rules and scores
- **Alation Data Sources API** — Manage data source connections
- **Alation Dataflows API** — Manage dataflow lineage objects
- **Alation Glossary Terms API** — Manage business glossary terms
- **Alation Lineage API** — Retrieve lineage paths between catalog objects
- **Alation Policies API** — Manage data governance policies
- **Alation Schemas API** — Retrieve schema metadata
- **Alation Search API** — Search catalog assets
- **Alation Tables API** — Retrieve table metadata

## Agentic access (1)

- **Alation Agentic Access** — 30 operations · 10 acting

## Security (4)

- **Alation Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Alation Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Alation Vulnerability Disclosure** — disclosure policy published
- **Alation Trust Center** — SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, FedRAMP

## Plans (1)

- **Alation Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **Enterprise Data Discovery** — Enable data teams to search and find trusted data assets across all data sources using metadata-enriched catalog browsing and search.
- **Data Governance Compliance** — Enforce data governance policies, maintain business glossaries, and track stewardship for regulatory compliance and data accountability.
- **AI Data Context** — Power AI applications with structured catalog context from the aggregated context API, enabling accurate data-aware LLM responses.
- **Data Lineage Auditing** — Track data flows between systems for compliance auditing, impact analysis, and root cause investigation of data quality issues.
- **Data Quality Management** — Define and score data quality rules across catalog objects for continuous quality monitoring and improvement workflows.

## Tags

Data Catalog, Data Governance, Data Intelligence, Data Lineage, Data Quality, Business Glossary, Metadata Management, Artificial Intelligence

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/alation/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.