Cluedin
Active metadata management software
Data fabric software
Master data management (MDM) tools
Data governance tools
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What is Cluedin
CluedIn is a cloud-based master data management platform that unifies, cleans, and matches data from multiple sources to create governed “golden records” for key business entities. It is used by data management and analytics teams to improve data quality, identity resolution, and downstream consumption in BI, CRM/ERP, and data platforms. The product combines MDM capabilities with metadata-driven modeling, data stewardship workflows, and integrations to common data ecosystems. It is typically deployed when organizations need entity-centric data unification across domains and systems rather than only cataloging or policy management.
Entity resolution and matching
CluedIn centers on creating and maintaining golden records using matching, merging, and survivorship logic across sources. It supports identity resolution patterns that help reduce duplicates and reconcile conflicting attributes. This focus aligns well with MDM use cases where consistent customer, product, or supplier entities are required for analytics and operations.
Metadata-driven data modeling
The platform uses a metadata-driven approach to define entities, relationships, and business rules, which helps standardize how data is represented across systems. This can reduce reliance on bespoke pipelines for each source-to-target mapping. It also supports stewardship-oriented workflows around entity definitions and attribute governance.
Integration with modern data stacks
CluedIn provides connectors and APIs intended to integrate with common cloud data platforms and operational systems. This supports publishing mastered data to downstream tools and reusing mastered entities across multiple consumers. For organizations building data fabric-style patterns, these integration points can help operationalize mastered data beyond a single application.
Not a full governance suite
While CluedIn includes governance-related features (e.g., stewardship workflows and metadata), it is not primarily a broad enterprise governance platform. Organizations needing extensive policy management, privacy workflows, or deep enterprise catalog capabilities may require additional tools. This can increase overall architecture complexity when governance requirements extend beyond MDM.
Implementation requires data expertise
Effective matching, survivorship rules, and entity modeling typically require experienced data engineering and data stewardship input. Time-to-value depends on data quality, source complexity, and the effort to tune rules and workflows. Teams without established data governance operating models may face longer onboarding and adoption cycles.
Cost and scaling considerations
MDM programs often expand in scope (more domains, sources, and consumers), which can increase licensing and operational costs over time. Performance and throughput requirements may also grow as more real-time or near-real-time mastering is introduced. Buyers should validate pricing, environment needs, and scaling behavior against expected data volumes and use cases.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | $0.005 per processed record (billed monthly); includes $100 AI credit | Unlimited number of records* (site notes: "first 15,000 records for free"); Unlimited users; All data management features; AI Agents; AI support. Pay-as-you-go model. Source: CluedIn SaaS pricing page. |
| Pro | $0.03 per processed record (billed monthly) | All Essential features plus Microsoft integrations, SSO support, Workflows, Helpdesk tickets. Pay-as-you-go model. |
| Elite | $0.05 per processed record (billed monthly) | All Pro features plus Custom AI models, Private endpoint, Premium support, CluedIn implementation team. Pay-as-you-go model. |
| Enterprise | Committed / custom pricing (Contact Sales) | Everything in Elite, with dedicated cluster/enterprise deployment and bespoke committed agreements. |
Notes:
- The vendor describes CluedIn SaaS as a pay-as-you-go offering priced by "processed record" and separately billed AI credit. (See SaaS pricing page.)
- The documentation and product pages also reference enterprise/committed deals and PaaS options; CluedIn PaaS states an activation credit of the first 10,000 records free (product/MDM pages) while the SaaS pricing page shows "first 15,000 records for free" as a note under the Essential tier. These figures appear on different official pages (SaaS pricing vs. product/MDM pages) and should be confirmed with the vendor if needed.
Seller details
CluedIn ApS
Copenhagen, Denmark
2015
Private
https://www.cluedin.com/
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