Data Catalog Comparison Guide

What are the differences in the tool's offerings? This evaluation guide helps you navigate the landscape with confidence.

We've defined a set of evaluation criteria based on real needs from modern data teams. These criteria go beyond technical specifications.

Data Catalogs Comparison Guide

Understandthe market better. What are the differences in the tools' offerings? This evaluation guide helps you navigate the landscape with confidence.

We'vedefined a set of evaluation criteria based on real needs from modern datateams. These criteria go beyond technical specifications.
Comparison matrix of different metadata solutions, highlighting Dawiso as most affordable and most easy to use solution

Features

  • Data Catalog

  • Business Glossary

    Partially
  • Interactive Data Lineage

    Partially
  • Automated Metadata Scanning

  • Role-based control / ownership

  • Collaboration & commenting

    Partially
  • Custom workflows

  • API availability

  • Data product support

    Partially
  • Data modeling

    Partially
  • Conceptual modeling

    Partially
  • AI models governance

    Partially
    Partially
  • Data quality integration

    Partially
  • Knowledge graph

    Partially

AI & Automation

  • AI-assisted documentation

    Partially
  • AI search / recommendation

  • AI Chatbot

  • AI-driven domain creation

  • Fully customizable automated workflow notifications

    Partially
    Partially
    Partially
    Partially
  • Automatically ingest metadata

  • Automated impact analysis

Deployment & Integration

Usability & Adoption

  • Built for business users in mind

    Partially
    Partially
  • Ease of Use

    Partially
    Partially
    Partially
    Partially
  • Highly customizable

    Partially
    Partially
  • Customer support

    Partially
  • Custom apps development

    Partially
  • Fast adoption

    Partially
    Partially
  • Marketplace availability

  • Academy, training, guidenance

    Partially

Compliance & Governance

  • EU AI Act compliance

    Partially
  • Other compliance frameworks (e.g., GDPR, HIPPA, BCBS 239)

    Partially
  • SOC 2 Type II Cybersecurity compliance

  • ISO 27001 Security Certificate

  • ISO 27018 Security Certificate

Pricing & scalability

  • Transparent pricing

  • Base plan price under $250/month

  • Suitable for SMEs

    Partially
    Partially
  • Implementation fees

    Partially
  • Unlimited integrations

  • Unlimited data sets

  • Flexible, user-based pricing

    Partially

Export Capabilities

  • MS Excel

  • REST API

  • DB API

  • Word

  • PDF

  • PNG (diagrams)

Frequently Asked Questions

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How customizable is the platform to match our specific workflows, terminology, and governance needs?

Dawiso is probably the most customizable and flexible catalog on the market. Thanks to its low-code capabilities, the platform can be tailored quickly and precisely to fit your organization’s specific needs.

You can configure nearly every aspect of Dawiso, create your own template

  • Use your own terminology, naming conventions, and classifications.
  • Adapt workflows and governance processes to match how your teams actually work
  • Define your own data models and documentation structures.

Ensures flexibility, so the tool adapts to your organization, not the other way around.

Does the platform go beyond traditional governance to support business metadata, structured documentation, and data modeling?

Yes, Dawiso goes beyond traditional governance functions. It supports business metadata through a dynamic business glossary, enables structured AI-powered documentation with customizable templates and defined relationships between data assets. Also includes both data and conceptual modeling features for organizing entities, attributes, and domains. Conceptual modeling allows you to visualize business processes, making complex structures easier to understand.This comprehensive approach creates a clear, business-aligned view of your data, not just a technical metadata repository.

Can the solution scale affordably, or will licensing costs limit broader adoption?

Yes. We use a user-based pricing model, we don’t charge extra for additional use cases, databases, or tools generating metadata. You only pay for real users, not for growing your data landscape. Also, avoid expensive fees that restrict access to key contributors. See our pricing plans: https://www.dawiso.com/pricing

What factors should I consider when deciding on a data management solution?

Specific needs: evaluate the organization's specific data management requirements. Ask the following questions:

  • Do you need a comprehensive solution?
  • Do I need a solution focused on technical aspects or knowledge management?
  • How big is my data team? How many people do I need access for?
  • Does it fit into my technical data stack?

If you're already at a higher data governance maturity level, you can opt for a more developed solution that offers more features.

Budget and resources: assess your budget and tell yourself how many people you need seats for. When you buy a data solution, you are buying several licenses. You need to determine how many seats and viewers you need to include in the process, which will determine the final price of the product. For smaller businesses, "large-scale complexity" solutions can be expensive and resource-intensive. For beginners, it's better to look for more affordable all-in-one basic packages to help them get from maturity 0 to higher levels of data governance maturity.

Answer the questions:

  • How many seats do I need to purchase?
  • How many people do I need access for(viewers)

User-friendliness: consider the ease of implementation and user-friendliness of the solution. An overly complex system may hinder adoption. It is better to choose a simpler solution (definitely when you want to just start with governance).Clients often already think about where they will be in three years when choosing a solution, and solutions offering basic features seem insufficient.Which is unfortunate thinking if they are still on maturity level one and want to behave like someone two or three levels above. The important thing is to learn how to work with these tools first, which is usually harder with more complex tools.

  • What stage of data governance maturity am I at?
  • Can my company handle the implementation of the solution under consideration?

Regulatory requirements: consider the needs of your industry and compliance. Does the tool help me to comply with all regulations?

Is the Dawiso platform designed for both business and technical users, or just governance teams?

Yes, it’s designed for everyone in your organization, not just data specialists. The platform is designed to be intuitive and accessible, allowing business users to easily find, understand, and work with data, while also providing the depth and flexibility that technical teams need for advanced metadata management, lineage analysis, and integration. By bridging the gap between business and IT, Dawiso supports true cross-functional collaboration around data.