# Microsoft Purview Data Governance, Pagefreezer vs Alation Comparison

| | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.7 out of 5 | 4.5 out of 5 | 4.4 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 18 | 34 | 91 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Enterprise (50.0% of reviews) | Small-Business (52.9% of reviews) | Enterprise (61.4% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | No pricing available | No pricing available | No pricing available | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### Microsoft Purview Data Governance

Pros:
- Helpful (1 reviews)

Cons:
- Software Instability (1 reviews)

### Pagefreezer

**Not enough data**

### Alation

Pros:
- Ease of Use (16 reviews)
- Data Discovery (10 reviews)

Cons:
- Slow Performance (8 reviews)
- Missing Features (6 reviews)

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 8.6 (13 reviews) | 9.3 (33 reviews) | 8.3 (67 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 8.6 (13 reviews) | 9.0 (34 reviews) | 8.3 (71 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 7.8 (6 reviews) | 9.1 (26 reviews) | 8.1 (49 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 8.1 (6 reviews) | 9.2 (24 reviews) | 8.5 (41 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 8.5 (12 reviews) | 9.1 (32 reviews) | 8.5 (60 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.6 (6 reviews) | 9.0 (24 reviews) | 8.8 (44 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 9.1 (13 reviews) | 7.5 (33 reviews) | 9.0 (71 reviews) | 

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## Pricing

### Microsoft Purview Data Governance

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

### Pagefreezer

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

### Alation

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

Yes

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Machine Learning Data Catalog

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Microsoft Purview Data Governance** | N/A | N/A |
| **Pagefreezer** | N/A | N/A |
| **Alation** | 7.4/10 | 29 |

#### Data Governance

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **User Access Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.8 (25 reviews) | 
| **Dynamic Data Masking** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.6 (25 reviews) | 
| **Data Lineage** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.2 (24 reviews) | 

#### Data Preparation

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Search** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.1 (27 reviews) | 
| **Data Quality and Cleansing** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.8 (26 reviews) | 
| **Data Transformation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.4 (24 reviews) | 
| **Data Modeling** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.9 (24 reviews) | 

#### Collaboration

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Commenting** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.3 (24 reviews) | 
| **Profiling and Classification** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.9 (24 reviews) | 
| **Business and Data Glossary** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (26 reviews) | 
| **Metadata Management ** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.9 (22 reviews) | 

#### Artificial Intelligence

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Machine Learning Recommendations** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.4 (24 reviews) | 
| **Natural Language Query** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.4 (23 reviews) | 
| **Automatic Data Cleansing** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.5 (21 reviews) | 

#### Generative AI

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **AI Text Generation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.5 (14 reviews) | 
| **AI Text Summarization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.5 (14 reviews) | 

#### Agentic AI - Machine Learning Data Catalog

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.7 (12 reviews) | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.8 (12 reviews) | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.8 (11 reviews) | 
| **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.1 (11 reviews) | 
| **Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.4 (11 reviews) | 

### Data Governance

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Microsoft Purview Data Governance** | N/A | N/A |
| **Pagefreezer** | N/A | N/A |
| **Alation** | 6.9/10 | 44 |

#### Administration

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Data Modelling** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.9 (38 reviews) | 
| **Recommendations** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.2 (41 reviews) | 
| **Workflow Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.9 (39 reviews) | 
| **Dashboards and Visualizations** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.1 (39 reviews) | 

#### Management

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Business Glossary** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.2 (39 reviews) | 
| **Data Discovery** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.4 (40 reviews) | 
| **Data Profililng** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.8 (38 reviews) | 
| **Reporting and Visualization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.9 (39 reviews) | 
| **Data Lineage** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.3 (38 reviews) | 

#### Compliance

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Sensitive Data Compliance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.5 (38 reviews) | 
| **Training and Guidelines** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.6 (39 reviews) | 
| **Policy Enforcement** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.5 (36 reviews) | 
| **Compliance Monitoring** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.2 (39 reviews) | 

#### Security

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Access Control** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.5 (36 reviews) | 
| **Roles Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.6 (36 reviews) | 
| **Compliance Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.6 (37 reviews) | 

#### Data Quality

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Data Preparation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.8 (36 reviews) | 
| **Data Distribution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 
| **Data Unification** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.3 (37 reviews) | 

#### Maintainence

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Data Quality Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.2 (35 reviews) | 
| **Policy Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.2 (34 reviews) | 

#### Generative AI

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **AI Text Generation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.4 (29 reviews) | 
| **AI Text Summarization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.5 (29 reviews) | 

#### Agentic AI - Data Governance

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 5.5 (7 reviews) | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.0 (7 reviews) | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.2 (7 reviews) | 
| **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 5.8 (6 reviews) | 
| **Natural Language Interaction** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 5.2 (7 reviews) | 
| **Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 5.2 (7 reviews) | 

### Legal Hold

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Microsoft Purview Data Governance** | N/A | N/A |
| **Pagefreezer** | N/A | N/A |
| **Alation** | N/A | N/A |

#### Platform Data

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Platform Search** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Dashboard** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Alerts and Notifications** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Document Management

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Hold Requests** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Document Repository** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Template Library** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 

### Active Metadata Management

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Microsoft Purview Data Governance** | N/A | N/A |
| **Pagefreezer** | N/A | N/A |
| **Alation** | 7.7/10 | 25 |

#### Data management

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Metadata Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.3 (24 reviews) | 
| **Automation Features** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.4 (24 reviews) | 
| **Collaboration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.3 (24 reviews) | 
| **Data Lineage** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.0 (22 reviews) | 
| **Data Discovery** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.3 (24 reviews) | 

#### Reporting

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Intelligent Insights** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.5 (23 reviews) | 
| **Actionable Insights** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 
| **Dashboards** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.4 (20 reviews) | 

#### Generative AI

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **AI Text Generation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.0 (19 reviews) | 
| **AI Text Summarization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.1 (19 reviews) | 

### Digital Communications Governance

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Microsoft Purview Data Governance** | N/A | N/A |
| **Pagefreezer** | N/A | N/A |
| **Alation** | N/A | N/A |

#### Policy Management - Digital Communications Governance

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Communications Policies Enforcement And Tracking** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Customizable Policy Templates** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 

#### Surveillance - Digital Communications Governance

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Real-Time Monitoring Of Digital Communications Channels** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Alert System To Identify And Address Violation Of Policies** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Analytics and Reporting - Digital Communications Governance

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Tools To Analyze Communication Trends And Patterns** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 
| **Compliance Metrics** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 

#### Compliance Management - Digital Communications Governance

| Feature | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Legal Requirements** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Regulations Change Updates** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | 

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## Categories

**Unique to Microsoft Purview Data Governance (1):** [Digital Communications Governance Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/digital-communications-governance)

**Unique to Pagefreezer (3):** [Legal Hold Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/legal-hold), [Enterprise Information Archiving Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/enterprise-information-archiving), [Digital Communications Governance Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/digital-communications-governance)

**Unique to Alation (3):** [Active Metadata Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/active-metadata-management), [Data Governance Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/data-governance-tools), [Machine Learning Data Catalog Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/machine-learning-data-catalog)


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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | Microsoft Purview Data Governance | Pagefreezer | Alation | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 33.3% | 52.9% | 8.4% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 16.7% | 32.4% | 30.1% | 
| **Enterprise** | 50.0% | 14.7% | 61.4% | 

### By Industry

#### Microsoft Purview Data Governance

- **Information Technology and Services:** 22.2%
- **Computer Software:** 11.1%
- **Telecommunications:** 5.6%
- **Logistics and Supply Chain:** 5.6%
- **Information Services:** 5.6%
- **Hospital & Health Care:** 5.6%
- **Financial Services:** 5.6%
- **E-Learning:** 5.6%
- **Consumer Goods:** 5.6%
- **Computer Hardware:** 5.6%
- **Other:** 22.2%

#### Pagefreezer

- **Financial Services:** 32.4%
- **Investment Management:** 14.7%
- **Government Administration:** 8.8%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 5.9%
- **Law Practice:** 5.9%
- **Sporting Goods:** 2.9%
- **Research:** 2.9%
- **Religious Institutions:** 2.9%
- **Public Relations and Communications:** 2.9%
- **Management Consulting:** 2.9%
- **Other:** 17.6%

#### Alation

- **Information Technology and Services:** 13.3%
- **Financial Services:** 8.4%
- **Computer Software:** 6.0%
- **Airlines/Aviation:** 4.8%
- **Hospital & Health Care:** 4.8%
- **Insurance:** 4.8%
- **Retail:** 4.8%
- **Manufacturing:** 4.8%
- **Health, Wellness and Fitness:** 3.6%
- **Non-Profit Organization Management:** 3.6%
- **Other:** 41.0%

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## Top Discussions

### Microsoft Purview Data Governance

No discussions available for this product.

### Pagefreezer

- Title: [Can PageFreezer track changes and/or edits in post or comments?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/tracking-changes) — 1 comment, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "Yes, Pagefreezer will archive every edited post, deleted comment, reaction, and share on your connected social media accounts."

### Alation

- Title: [Which three are capabilities of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure data catalog service?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-three-are-capabilities-of-oracle-cloud-infrastructure-data-catalog-service) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog service offers several capabilities to help organizations manage and govern their data assets. Here are three key..."

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