Metaphor vs Atlan

When it comes to data governance and collaboration, Metaphor pulls ahead of Atlan with its cutting-edge features. Metaphor offers seamless Social Conversation and Context, AI-Aided Content Generation, and a highly intuitive user interface  that Atlan struggles to match. 

While Atlan sticks to more rigid solutions, Metaphor provides flexibility and innovation with its Multi-Purpose Document Center and Advanced Search Capabilities. Simply put, Metaphor makes data management easier, faster, and more intuitive, helping your team stay ahead of the game.

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Search & Discovery

Leave behind the guesswork. Metaphor surfaces social, behavioral and technical signals so that you and your team can easily find and trust your data.
Metaphor
Atlan
Keyword & Faceted Search
Advanced Search Operators
Natural Language Search
Natural Language Search External Wiki’s/Glossaries
Search in Slack/Teams
Query Log/Top Queries
AI/Query Explainers

Data Literacy & Enablement

Highly accessible documentation for the business or technical user that stays up-to-date and relevant with minimal effort.
Metaphor
Atlan
Multi Purpose Document Center
AI Aided Content Generation
Document Approvals Workflow
Agile
Legacy

Data Governance

Easy and flexible way to govern your data that scales. Enable your team to work and use the right data with the right signals, applied once and automatically populated everywhere else.
Metaphor
Atlan
Governed Tags
(Flat, Hierarchical)
Flexible Contacts (Including Default Slack/Teams Channels)
Asset Documentation
(Includes inputs from multiple individuals)
Customizable Domains
Custom Metadata

Maintenance & Troubleshooting

Maintain data integrity - troubleshoot data issues, analyze the impact of changes, and explore your data lineage.
Metaphor
Atlan
Fully Automatic Column Level Lineage
Impact Analysis
(Technical, Business, Behavioral)
Technical and Business only
Extensibility
High-Graphql,SQL
M-Graphql

Collaboration

Metaphor streamlines data from silos to synergy, boosting your ROI through unified collaboration.
Metaphor
Atlan
Social Conversation and Context at Every Level (assets, schemas, domains, etc)
Partial
Social Hashtags for Organic Discovery
One Click Summarization of Data Conversations in Slack/Teams
Web Extension for displaying trust signals in Dashboards