Snowflake Horizon Catalog vs Atlan Lakehouse

SHSnowflake Horizon Catalog8.6Visit Atlan Lakehouse7.9Visit

Higher score SH Snowflake Horizon Catalog #3 in Machine Learning Data Catalog Software 8.6/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Snowflake

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Atlan Lakehouse #7 in Machine Learning Data Catalog Software 7.9/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Atlan

• Snowflake Horizon Catalog fits best

  Snowflake-centric data and AI teams

• Atlan Lakehouse fits best

  Modern lakehouse metadata teams

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Side by side

Feature	SHSnowflake Horizon Catalog 8.6/10 Visit ↗	Atlan Lakehouse 7.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.6	7.9
Ranking	#3 in Machine Learning Data Catalog Software	#7 in Machine Learning Data Catalog Software
Best for	Snowflake-centric data and AI teams	Modern lakehouse metadata teams
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	Pricing on request
Free plan	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Tickets, Community, Docs	Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, 2FA	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA
Integrations	8 integrations	12 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Snowflake Horizon Catalog 0/4 · Atlan Lakehouse 0/4
ML data lineage	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Dataset versioning	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Data quality checks	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Access policy controls	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
ML asset coverage	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Our review
Pros	Tracks end-to-end and column-level lineage across supported sources. Finds sensitive data and supports policy controls and object tagging. Monitors data quality and helps trace issues to root causes.	Iceberg-native metadata storage with time-travel history Automated and column-level lineage with downstream impact analysis Connects to major warehouses, BI tools, and data platforms
Cons	Deployment is cloud-only. Pricing is consumption-based across platform editions and usage. The 30-day trial applies to the Snowflake platform, not the catalog separately.	Contact-sales pricing makes cost planning less direct Cloud deployment only Support channels are limited to documentation
Our verdict	Snowflake Horizon Catalog helps organizations discover, interpret, govern, and trace data across Snowflake and external systems. It is aimed at mid-market and enterprise data and AI teams that need governed access to data assets, business… Read the review →	Atlan Lakehouse—presented by Atlan as Context Lakehouse or Metadata Lakehouse—is a cloud-first platform for storing, managing, and serving enterprise data and AI context. It is aimed at data and governance teams, analysts, and AI… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Snowflake Horizon Catalog — where it wins

  • Tracks end-to-end and column-level lineage across supported sources.
  • Finds sensitive data and supports policy controls and object tagging.
  • Monitors data quality and helps trace issues to root causes.

  Where it doesn't

  • Deployment is cloud-only.
  • Pricing is consumption-based across platform editions and usage.
  • The 30-day trial applies to the Snowflake platform, not the catalog separately.

• Atlan Lakehouse — where it wins

  • Iceberg-native metadata storage with time-travel history
  • Automated and column-level lineage with downstream impact analysis
  • Connects to major warehouses, BI tools, and data platforms

  Where it doesn't

  • Contact-sales pricing makes cost planning less direct
  • Cloud deployment only
  • Support channels are limited to documentation

• SHSnowflake Horizon Catalog8.6/10 · 30-day trial

  A cloud data catalog with lineage, governance, and quality tools for Snowflake-centric teams.

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• Atlan Lakehouse7.9/10 · Pricing on request

  A cloud metadata platform with semantic search, lineage, and time-travel history.

  Visit AtlanFull verdict →