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Modern Data Governance Starts with Observability

Data Governance Leader

You’re not just checking compliance boxes. You’re enabling safe, scalable data use across the organization. Sifflet gives governance leaders full visibility, control, and automation, so policies stick, risks shrink, and data stays trusted no matter how fast things move.

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Stronger Compliance, Less Manual Work

Automated cataloging, lineage, and audit trails make it easier to meet regulatory requirements without drowning in spreadsheets or manual updates. Sifflet keeps your governance up to date and always inspection-ready.

Fewer Blind Spots Across the Data Stack

With Sifflet, governance teams get full visibility across ingestion, transformation, and consumption, including shadow data and undocumented assets. You can finally govern what’s actually in use, not just what’s documented.

Governance That Scales With the Business

Sifflet integrates directly into your data workflows, so policies and controls scale alongside your teams and infrastructure. Whether you're onboarding new domains or expanding your stack, governance stays aligned and under control.

A Catalog That’s Actually Alive

Most catalogs go out of date the moment they’re published. Sifflet’s catalog is powered by automated metadata ingestion across your full stack: Snowflake, Databricks, dbt, Tableau, and more. You get real-time visibility into schema changes, freshness, usage, and ownership. No more chasing people for updates. No more flying blind.

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Lineage That Goes Beyond Tables

Sifflet provides deep, column-level lineage with full context, not just technical dependencies, but business impact. You can trace an issue from a broken pipeline to a downstream dashboard, and instantly see which KPIs, reports, or teams are affected. This makes policy enforcement, impact analysis, and root-cause resolution fast and reliable.

Governance Built Into the Workflow

Sifflet turns governance from a reactive process into a built-in feature of everyday data ops. You can tag sensitive assets, certify trusted datasets, monitor for violations, and set up alerts, all from inside the platform. No need to bolt governance onto the side. It’s already baked in, and it scales with your data.

Sifflet’s AI Helps Us Focus on What Moves the Business

What impressed us most about Sifflet’s AI-native approach is how seamlessly it adapts to our data landscape — without needing constant tuning. The system learns patterns across our workflows and flags what matters, not just what’s noisy. It’s made our team faster and more focused, especially as we scale analytics across the business.

Simoh-Mohamed Labdoui

Head of Data

"Enabler of Cross Platform Data Storytelling"

"Sifflet has been a game-changer for our organization, providing full visibility of data lineage across multiple repositories and platforms. The ability to connect to various data sources ensures observability regardless of the platform, and the clean, intuitive UI makes setup effortless, even when uploading dbt manifest files via the API. Their documentation is concise and easy to follow, and their team's communication has been outstanding—quickly addressing issues, keeping us informed, and incorporating feedback. "

Callum O'Connor

Senior Analytics Engineer, The Adaptavist

"Building Harmony Between Data and Business With Sifflet"

"Sifflet serves as our key enabler in fostering a harmonious relationship with business teams. By proactively identifying and addressing potential issues before they escalate, we can shift the focus of our interactions from troubleshooting to driving meaningful value. This approach not only enhances collaboration but also ensures that our efforts are aligned with creating impactful outcomes for the organization."

Sophie Gallay

Data & Analytics Director, Etam

" Sifflet empowers our teams through Centralized Data Visibility"

"Having the visibility of our DBT transformations combined with full end-to-end data lineage in one central place in Sifflet is so powerful for giving our data teams confidence in our data, helping to diagnose data quality issues and unlocking an effective data mesh for us at BBC Studios"

Ross Gaskell

Software engineering manager, BBC Studios

"Sifflet allows us to find and trust our data"

"Sifflet has transformed our data observability management at Carrefour Links. Thanks to Sifflet's proactive monitoring, we can identify and resolve potential issues before they impact our operations. Additionally, the simplified access to data enables our teams to collaborate more effectively."

Mehdi Labassi

CTO, Carrefour Links

"A core component of our data strategy and transformation"

"Using Sifflet has helped us move much more quickly because we no longer experience the pain of constantly going back and fixing issues two, three, or four times."

Sami Rahman

Director of Data, Hypebeast

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Frequently asked questions

Can business users benefit from data observability too, or is it just for engineers?

Absolutely, business users benefit too! Sifflet's UI is built for both technical and non-technical teams. For example, our Chrome extension overlays on BI tools to show real-time metrics and data quality monitoring without needing to write SQL. It helps everyone from analysts to execs make decisions with confidence, knowing the data behind their dashboards is trustworthy.

Why is combining dbt Core with a data observability platform like Sifflet a smart move?

Combining dbt Core with a data observability platform like Sifflet helps data teams go beyond transformation and into full-stack monitoring. It enables better root cause analysis, reduces time to resolution, and ensures your data products are trustworthy and resilient.

What makes Sifflet a strong alternative to Metaplane for enterprise data teams?

Sifflet stands out as a Metaplane alternative because it offers full-stack data observability with field-level lineage, automated root cause analysis, and business context built into every alert. Its AI-powered agents help reduce alert fatigue and guide remediation, making it ideal for complex, fast-scaling environments where data reliability is crucial.

What’s new with the Distribution Change monitor and how does it improve anomaly detection?

The upgraded Distribution Change monitor now focuses on tracking volume shifts between specific categories, like product lines or customer segments. This makes anomaly detection more precise by reducing noise and highlighting only the changes that truly matter. It's a smarter way to stay on top of data drift and ensure your metrics reflect reality.

How did Carrefour improve data reliability across its global operations?

Carrefour enhanced data reliability by adopting Sifflet's AI-augmented data observability platform. This allowed them to implement over 3,000 automated data quality checks and monitor more than 1,000 core business tables, ensuring consistent and trustworthy data across teams.

What’s on the horizon for data observability as AI and regulations evolve?

The future of data observability is all about scale and responsibility. With AI adoption growing and regulations tightening, businesses need observability tools that can handle unstructured data, ensure SLA compliance, and support security observability. At Sifflet, we're already helping customers monitor ML models and enforce data contracts, and we're excited about building self-healing pipelines and extending observability to new data types.

Can Sage really help with root cause analysis and incident response?

Absolutely! Sage is designed to retain institutional knowledge, track code changes, and map data lineage in real time. This makes root cause analysis faster and more accurate, which is a huge win for incident response and overall data pipeline monitoring.

What makes Sifflet different from traditional observability tools?

Unlike traditional observability tools that focus solely on technical metrics, Sifflet is designed as a business-aware observability platform. It offers features like KPI-to-asset mapping, business-centric data contracts, and end-to-end data lineage tracking. These capabilities ensure that both technical and business teams operate from a shared understanding of data reliability and impact.

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