Data lineage tools for Google Big Query

Data lineage tools are software that allows to extract, view and analyze data lineage. Data lineage is the process of understanding and visualizing data flow from the source to different destinations. It allows to create a map of the data journey through the entire ecosystem.

Dataedo

Dataedo allows you to extract lineage automatically or design flows manually and visualize how data moves through the system with interactive diagrams. Dataedo supports object and column-level data lineage.

BI Tools lineage: Yes
Commercial: Commercial
Data migration tools lineage: Yes
Data warehouses lineage: Yes
ETLs: Yes
Free edition: No
Hadoop: Yes
NoSQL: Yes
Pipelines lineage: Yes
RDBMS: No
Dataedo Data Lineage
Dataedo Data Lineage PowerBI
Dataedo Data Lineage Snowflake
Dataedo Data Lineage Tableau 2
Dataedo Data Lineage Tableau

MANTA

MANTA is a data lineage platform that automatically scans your data environment to build a powerful map of all data flows and deliver it through a native UI and other channels to both technical and non-technical users. It automatically scans every nook and cranny to get immediate, accurate, and up-to-date lineage.

BI Tools lineage: Yes
Commercial: Commercial
Data migration tools lineage: Yes
Data warehouses lineage: Yes
ETLs: Yes
Free edition: No
Hadoop: Yes
NoSQL: No
Pipelines lineage: Yes
RDBMS: Yes

Collibra Data Lineage

Collibra Data Lineage automatically maps relationships between data to show how data flows from system to system and how data sets are built, aggregated, sourced and used, providing complete, end-to-end lineage visualization.

BI Tools lineage: Yes
Commercial: Commercial
Data migration tools lineage: Yes
Data warehouses lineage: Yes
ETLs: Yes
Free edition: No
Hadoop: No
NoSQL: Yes
Pipelines lineage: Yes
RDBMS: Yes

Tokern

Tokern Lineage Engine is a fast and easy to use platform to collect, visualize and analyze column-level data lineage in databases, data warehouses and data lakes in AWS and GCP. You can use the API or library to access column-level lineage and automate data quality triage, scan and tag PII/PHI/sensitive data, programmatically monitor and manage ACLs, data and ETL pipeline cleanup, and impact analysis.

BI Tools lineage: No
Commercial: Free
Data migration tools lineage: No
Data warehouses lineage: Yes
ETLs: Yes
Free edition: Yes
Hadoop: No
NoSQL: No
Pipelines lineage: Yes
RDBMS: Yes

SQLFlow

SQLFlow is an online SQL data lineage tool that visually represents the overall flow of data. It offers automated SQL data lineage analysis across Databases, ETL, Business Intelligence, Cloud, and Hadoop environments by parsing SQL Script and stored procedure. It enables impact analysis at a granular level, drilling down into table, column, and query-level lineage.

BI Tools lineage: Yes
Commercial: Commercial
Data migration tools lineage: No
Data warehouses lineage: Yes
ETLs: Yes
Free edition: No
Hadoop: Yes
NoSQL: No
Pipelines lineage: No
RDBMS: Yes

Global IDs

Global IDs Data Lineage provides automated analysis of the actual flow of data through your enterprise, enabling you to understand – in real-time – where data originates, how it flows through the ecosystem, and how it is transformed en route.

BI Tools lineage: No
Commercial: Commercial
Data migration tools lineage: Yes
Data warehouses lineage: Yes
ETLs: Yes
Free edition: No
Hadoop: Yes
NoSQL: Yes
Pipelines lineage: No
RDBMS: Yes

Atlan

Atlan provides effortless data lineage & governance by letting you auto-construct data lineage & deploy best-in-class data access governance without compromising on data democratization. It automatically parses through your SQL query logs in your data warehouses and BI tools to create a visual view of data lineage.

BI Tools lineage: Yes
Commercial: Commercial
Data migration tools lineage: No
Data warehouses lineage: Yes
ETLs: Yes
Free edition: No
Hadoop: Yes
NoSQL: No
Pipelines lineage: Yes
RDBMS: Yes

Alteryx Connect

Alteryx Connect uses powerful search capabilities to find and reuse information contained in data files, databases, visualizations, dashboards, workflows, analytic apps, and more. It lets you automatically capture and visualize data lineage between assets, improving the overall quality and reliability of shared information between data, process, and people. You can get technical data lineage by loading metadata from source and target systems and interpreting Alteryx workflows.

BI Tools lineage: Yes
Commercial: Commercial
Data migration tools lineage: No
Data warehouses lineage: Yes
ETLs: Yes
Free edition: No
Hadoop: Yes
NoSQL: Yes
Pipelines lineage: No
RDBMS: Yes

openAudit

openAudit by mixing data lineage, audit log analysis and other techniques, instantly defines on a single screen the operational sources of each data and its end uses: who is viewing the data, how and when. Due to a joint analysis of different data processing technologies, openAudit makes it possible to understand end-to-end multitechnlological data flows and to zoom in on the underlying code. Breaks linked to views and dynamic procedures are handled.

BI Tools lineage: Yes
Commercial: Commercial
Data migration tools lineage: Yes
Data warehouses lineage: No
ETLs: Yes
Free edition: No
Hadoop: No
NoSQL: No
Pipelines lineage: No
RDBMS: Yes

Informatica Metadata Management

Informatica Metadata Manager is a web-based metadata management tool. You can view data lineage for objects in the Metadata Manager warehouse. Data lineage shows the origin of the data, describes the path, and shows how it arrives at the target. Use data lineage to analyze data flow and troubleshoot data transformation errors.

BI Tools lineage: Yes
Commercial: Commercial
Data migration tools lineage: Yes
Data warehouses lineage: Yes
ETLs: Yes
Free edition: No
Hadoop: Yes
NoSQL: Yes
Pipelines lineage: No
RDBMS: Yes

Tree Schema

Tree Schema lets you explore your data lineage and understand where your data comes from and where it is going. It leverages the APIs in your database and dashboard tools to automatically extract your data lineage. Granular field-level source to target mapping provides an end-to-end view for your data lineage while describing connections between databases.

BI Tools lineage: Yes
Commercial: Commercial
Data migration tools lineage: No
Data warehouses lineage: No
ETLs: No
Free edition: Yes
Hadoop: No
NoSQL: Yes
Pipelines lineage: No
RDBMS: Yes

Azure Purview

Microsoft Purview, or Azure Purview, is a unified data governance solution that offers automated data discovery, lineage identification, and data classification. It lets you understand the origin of your data with interactive data lineage visualization.

BI Tools lineage: Yes
Commercial: Commercial
Data migration tools lineage: No
Data warehouses lineage: No
ETLs: Yes
Free edition: No
Hadoop: Yes
NoSQL: Yes
Pipelines lineage: Yes
RDBMS: Yes

OvalEdge

OvalEdge offers a comprehensive lineage solution to show a complete the complete data cycle. OvalEdge algorithms parse various kinds of source code to build the lineage automatically and then it is enhanced by experts with proper descriptions.

BI Tools lineage: Yes
Commercial: Commercial
Data migration tools lineage: No
Data warehouses lineage: Yes
ETLs: Yes
Free edition: No
Hadoop: Yes
NoSQL: Yes
Pipelines lineage: Yes
RDBMS: Yes

OpenLineage

OpenLineage is an open platform for collection and analysis of data lineage. It tracks metadata about datasets, jobs, and runs, giving users the information required to identify the root cause of complex issues and understand the impact of changes. OpenLineage contains an open standard for lineage data collection, a metadata repository reference implementation (Marquez), libraries for common languages, and integrations with data pipeline tools.

BI Tools lineage: No
Commercial: Free
Data migration tools lineage: No
Data warehouses lineage: Yes
ETLs: No
Free edition: Yes
Hadoop: No
NoSQL: No
Pipelines lineage: Yes
RDBMS: Yes

Datakin

Datakin is an end-to-end, real-time data lineage solution that helps you manage everything in your data ecosystem. It automatically traces data lineage, showing your entire data ecosystem in a rich visual graph. It clearly illustrates the upstream and downstream relationships for each dataset.

BI Tools lineage: No
Commercial: Commercial
Data migration tools lineage: No
Data warehouses lineage: Yes
ETLs: No
Free edition: Yes
Hadoop: No
NoSQL: No
Pipelines lineage: Yes
RDBMS: No

Data lineage forms the foundation for accurate data analytics and management. The core features of data lineage focuses on:

• Identifying data quality issues.
• Performing root cause analysis.
• Enabling to understand which data sources are outdated or which datasets are relevant.
• Minimizing the risk of migration projects.
• Providing transparency over the life cycle of data.

Data lineage tools map the data flow and help you understand where the data originated, how it flows and transforms. To help you find the right tool for your company, we prepared a list that includes some of the best data lineage tools.