Credited from 2012
(1)Started the machine learning data catalog category
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Industry Validation
Recognized by Leading Analyst Firms
2017–2020 · 2025
(9)Five time Leader, Magic Quadrant for Metadata Management
2018 · 2020
(4)Leader, Forrester Wave: Machine Learning Data Catalogs
2023
(14)Leader, GigaOm Radar for Data Governance
2023
(13)Leader, Inaugural IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Data Catalog Software
2025
(11)Leader, Magic Quadrant for Data & Analytics Governance
Sources & Notes
Every external claim on this page is independently verifiable. The public sources — and the analyst attributions they require — are listed here.
- — Forrester Wave: ML Data Catalogs, Q2 2018
Credited with starting the machine learning data catalog category in 2012.
- — Forrester
Leader, Forrester Wave: Machine Learning Data Catalogs (2018, 2020).
- — Alation
Five time Leader, Gartner Magic Quadrant for Metadata Management (2017–2020, 2025).
- — Gartner / Alation
Leader, Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data & Analytics Governance (2025).
- — IDC / Alation
Leader, inaugural IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Data Catalog Software (2020).
- — GigaOm / Alation
Leader, GigaOm Radar for Data Catalogs (two time) and Innovation Leader, GigaOm Radar for Data Governance (2023).