Data World
Machine learning data catalog software
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What is Data World
data.world is a cloud-based data catalog and governance platform used to help organizations inventory data assets, document meaning and lineage, and enable self-service data discovery. It is typically used by data governance teams, data stewards, analysts, and data engineers to improve findability and trust in enterprise data. The product emphasizes a knowledge-graph approach to metadata, collaboration workflows, and integrations to ingest technical metadata from common data platforms.
Strong metadata discovery and search
The platform provides centralized search and browsing across datasets, tables, dashboards, and other data assets once metadata is ingested. It supports business context through glossary terms, tags, and descriptions that improve discoverability for non-technical users. This aligns well with catalog-centric use cases where users need to find and understand data without direct access to underlying systems.
Governance and stewardship workflows
data.world supports stewardship activities such as ownership assignment, certification/endorsement patterns, and issue or request workflows tied to data assets. These capabilities help formalize accountability and operationalize governance beyond static documentation. For organizations building a governed self-service model, this can reduce reliance on ad hoc tribal knowledge.
Knowledge graph-based relationships
The product models relationships between data assets, glossary concepts, and people to provide richer context than flat catalogs. This approach can help users navigate from business concepts to physical data and related assets. It is useful in environments where understanding semantic relationships and reuse across domains is a priority.
Integration depth varies by stack
The value of a catalog depends heavily on breadth and quality of metadata ingestion from data warehouses, BI tools, and pipelines. Organizations may find that some connectors provide richer technical metadata (for example, lineage or usage) than others depending on their specific ecosystem. This can create additional implementation work to reach consistent coverage across platforms.
Advanced governance may need add-ons
Teams with strict policy enforcement requirements (for example, fine-grained access controls, dynamic masking, or automated policy decisions at query time) often need complementary data security controls outside a catalog. While the platform supports governance processes and documentation, it is not a replacement for enforcement-layer tooling in highly regulated environments. Buyers should validate how governance workflows map to their required control framework.
Adoption requires sustained curation
Like other enterprise catalogs, ongoing success depends on stewardship, glossary management, and keeping metadata current. Without clear operating ownership and incentives, catalogs can become stale and lose user trust. Organizations should plan for continuous curation and change management, not just initial deployment.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Individual (Free) | Free | 3 private projects/datasets; 3 live tables (data virtualization trial, no size limit); 100 MB limit per dataset/project; 1 GB total storage. Source: data.world Community page (Individual Free). |
| Individual Pro | $12 per month | 20 private projects/datasets; 20 live tables (data virtualization, no size limit); 3 GB limit per dataset/project; 100 GB total storage. Source: data.world Community page (Individual Pro). |
| Essentials | Custom pricing (contact sales) | Tier 1 integrations; Private instance; fully managed SaaS (no installs/upgrades); Data & analysis inventory, glossary, and metadata management; Data virtualization & query federation — up to 20 datasets & projects; SAML user authentication; Usage & governance reports; 1 US region. 10 users included in each tier; additional annual fee per user; volume pricing available. Source: data.world Pricing page. |
| Standard | Custom pricing (contact sales) | Includes Essentials features plus Tier 2 integrations; Enterprise support & SLAs; Full audit log history; Eureka Explorer Lineage; Graph visualization; Code preview; Impact analysis; Upstream audit; Data Governance Core. 10 users included; additional annual fee per user. Source: data.world Pricing page. |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing (contact sales) | Includes Standard features plus Tier 3 integrations (2 included, additional available for purchase); data.world Collector (on-prem metadata collection agent); data.world Bridge (on-prem/high-availability secure connectivity); AWS PrivateLink; Choice of US or EU region. 10 users included; additional annual fee per user. Source: data.world Pricing page. |
| Enterprise+ | Custom pricing (contact sales) | Custom package for special security/contract needs (e.g., single-tenant install with AWS account isolation; customer-managed keys (AWS KMS); custom security certifications/programs). Contact sales for pricing. Source: data.world Pricing page. |
Seller details
data.world, Inc.
Austin, Texas, United States
2015
Private
https://data.world/
https://x.com/datadotworld
https://www.linkedin.com/company/data-world/
