Qlik Catalog vs Amazon DataZone

Qlik Catalog8.9Visit Amazon DataZone8.7Visit

Higher score Qlik Catalog #6 in Data Catalog and Governance Software 8.9/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Qlik

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Amazon DataZone #8 in Data Catalog and Governance Software 8.7/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 4 features Try Amazon DataZone

• Qlik Catalog fits best

  Enterprises with varied legacy and modern sources

• Amazon DataZone fits best

  AWS-centered teams sharing governed data

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Side by side

Feature	Qlik Catalog 8.9/10 Visit ↗	Amazon DataZone 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.9	8.7
Ranking	#6 in Data Catalog and Governance Software	#8 in Data Catalog and Governance Software
Best for	Enterprises with varied legacy and modern sources	AWS-centered teams sharing governed data
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	$0.40/GB/mo
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Docs	Docs
Integrations	12 integrations	8 integrations
Built for	Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Qlik Catalog 0/4 · Amazon DataZone 0/4
Data lineage	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Metadata discovery	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Governance workflows	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Data quality features	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment options	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Source connectors	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Traces upstream and downstream lineage down to the field or column level Automates discovery of relationships between datasets and BI tools Supports cloud and self-hosted deployment across varied data sources	Supports governed subscription workflows and fine-grained access controls Captures AWS Glue and Redshift lineage, including column-level views Projects and environments support collaboration around data assets
Cons	Pricing requires contacting sales Support channels listed include documentation only Enterprise focus may be more than smaller teams need	Integrations and lineage capture are more AWS-centered than broader catalogs Usage-based charges span requests, storage, compute, and AI tokens Cloud deployment only; support channels listed are documentation
Our verdict	Qlik Catalog helps enterprise data engineers, analysts, data stewards, and business users discover, understand, govern, prepare, and share analytics data. It centralizes technical, operational, and business metadata, with search, browsing,… Read the review →	Amazon DataZone is a fully managed, cloud-based data management service for organizations that need to catalog, discover, share, govern, and analyze data across AWS, on-premises, and third-party sources. Its business catalog, collaboration… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Qlik Catalog — where it wins

  • Traces upstream and downstream lineage down to the field or column level
  • Automates discovery of relationships between datasets and BI tools
  • Supports cloud and self-hosted deployment across varied data sources

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting sales
  • Support channels listed include documentation only
  • Enterprise focus may be more than smaller teams need

• Amazon DataZone — where it wins

  • Supports governed subscription workflows and fine-grained access controls
  • Captures AWS Glue and Redshift lineage, including column-level views
  • Projects and environments support collaboration around data assets

  Where it doesn't

  • Integrations and lineage capture are more AWS-centered than broader catalogs
  • Usage-based charges span requests, storage, compute, and AI tokens
  • Cloud deployment only; support channels listed are documentation

• Qlik Catalog8.9/10 · Pricing on request

  Enterprise cataloging with field-level lineage, impact analysis, and hybrid deployment.

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• Amazon DataZone8.7/10 · Paid

  A cloud data catalog for governed discovery and sharing, with usage-based pricing.

  Try Amazon DataZoneFull verdict →