Dataedo
Sensitive data discovery software
Active metadata management software
Machine learning data catalog software
Data governance tools
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What is Dataedo
Dataedo is a data catalog and metadata management tool used to document, search, and govern data assets across databases, data warehouses, and BI environments. It supports use cases such as building a business glossary, capturing lineage-style relationships, and generating human-readable documentation for analysts, data engineers, and governance teams. The product emphasizes structured documentation workflows and collaboration features (e.g., stewardship, comments, and change tracking) rather than privacy automation or endpoint-centric security controls.
Strong data documentation workflows
Dataedo provides structured templates for documenting tables, columns, keys, relationships, and definitions, and it can publish this documentation for broader consumption. It supports business glossary-style terms and linking terms to technical metadata to improve consistency. This makes it well-suited for organizations trying to standardize data definitions and reduce tribal knowledge.
Broad connectivity to data platforms
The platform connects to common relational databases and modern analytics environments to ingest technical metadata. It can also incorporate BI/reporting metadata in supported scenarios to help users understand how data is used downstream. This breadth supports cataloging across heterogeneous stacks without requiring a single-vendor data platform.
Collaboration and stewardship features
Dataedo includes role-based access, ownership/stewardship concepts, and collaboration mechanisms such as comments and review-oriented workflows. These features help governance teams operationalize metadata maintenance rather than treating documentation as a one-time project. It fits teams that need a shared system of record for metadata and definitions.
Limited privacy automation focus
While Dataedo can support documenting sensitive fields through metadata and classifications, it is not primarily a privacy automation or consent/DSAR workflow system. Organizations needing end-to-end privacy operations (e.g., request intake, fulfillment, and policy enforcement) typically require additional tooling. Sensitive data discovery capabilities may be less comprehensive than platforms built specifically for large-scale PII discovery and privacy governance.
Lineage depth varies by source
Lineage and impact-style relationships depend on what can be extracted from each connected system and how transformations are represented. For complex ELT/ETL pipelines and multi-tool transformation layers, lineage may require additional configuration, integrations, or manual curation. Teams expecting fully automated, end-to-end lineage across all tools may find gaps.
Catalog scale and automation tradeoffs
Dataedo is often used for curated documentation and governance, which can require ongoing human input to keep metadata current and meaningful. In very large enterprises with rapidly changing assets, maintaining high-quality descriptions, ownership, and glossary mappings can become resource-intensive. Organizations prioritizing highly automated discovery and classification at massive scale may need complementary capabilities.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials | $18,000 per year | Foundation for data governance and core documentation/cataloging capabilities. Includes Data Catalog, automatic & manual Data Lineage, Data Quality basics, minimum 3 editors, unlimited viewers/community users, unlimited integrations, standard training & support. |
| Data Lineage | $24,000 per year | Enhanced governance with full visibility into data flow and dependencies. Includes Data Catalog, Automatic Data Lineage, Data Quality, minimum 3 editors, unlimited viewers, unlimited integrations, premium training & support. |
| Data Quality | $32,000 per year | Complete data governance suite with data quality and lineage for full visibility and control. Includes Data Catalog, Data Lineage, Data Quality features, minimum 3 editors, unlimited viewers, unlimited integrations, premium training & support. |
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