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.

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Most catalogs go out of date the moment they’re published.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

What role does data lineage play in incident management and alerting?

Data lineage provides visibility into data dependencies, which helps teams assign, prioritize, and resolve alerts more effectively. In an observability platform like Sifflet, this means faster incident response, better alert correlation, and improved on-call management workflows.

How did Adaptavist reduce data downtime with Sifflet?

Adaptavist used Sifflet’s observability platform to map the blast radius of changes, alert users before issues occurred, and validate results pre-production. This proactive approach to data pipeline monitoring helped them eliminate downtime during a major refactor and shift from 'merge and pray' to a risk-aware, observability-first workflow.

Why is standardization important when scaling dbt, and how does Sifflet support it?

Standardization is key to maintaining control as your dbt project grows. Sifflet supports this by centralizing metadata and enabling compliance monitoring through features like data contracts enforcement and asset tagging. This ensures consistency, improves data governance, and reduces the risk of data drift or unmonitored critical assets.

What are some engineering challenges around the 'right to be forgotten' under GDPR?

The 'right to be forgotten' introduces several technical hurdles. For example, deleting user data across multiple systems, backups, and caches can be tricky. That's where data lineage tracking and pipeline orchestration visibility come in handy. They help you understand dependencies and ensure deletions are complete and safe without breaking downstream processes.

How does Sifflet support root cause analysis when a deviation is detected?

Sifflet combines distribution deviation monitoring with field-level data lineage tracking. This means when an anomaly is detected, you can quickly trace it back to the source and resolve it efficiently. It’s a huge time-saver for teams managing complex data pipeline monitoring.

What makes Sifflet’s data lineage tracking stand out?

Sifflet offers one of the most advanced data lineage tracking capabilities out there. Think of it like a GPS for your data pipelines—it gives you full traceability, helps identify bottlenecks, and supports better pipeline orchestration visibility. It's a game-changer for data governance and optimization.

How does aligning data observability with business objectives improve outcomes?

Aligning data observability with business goals transforms data from a technical asset into a strategic one. By setting clear KPIs and linking data quality monitoring to business impact, teams can make smarter decisions, improve SLA compliance, and drive real value from their data investments.

How does the Model Context Protocol (MCP) improve data observability with LLMs?

Great question! MCP allows large language models to access structured external context like pipeline metadata, logs, and diagnostics tools. At Sifflet, we use MCP to enhance data observability by enabling intelligent agents to monitor, diagnose, and act on issues across complex data pipelines in real time.

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