The best Bigeye alternative is iceDQ (8.6/10), best for enterprise QA and data teams testing ETL pipelines, migrations and BI reports. With a free plan: Soda, Elementary, Metaplane.
| Tool | Score | Free plan | Paid from (annual) | ML anomaly detection | Freshness and volume checks | Alerts (email, Slack or Teams) | Data lineage | Custom rule checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bigeye | 8.3/10 | No | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| iceDQ Featured partner | 8.6/10 | No | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Soda | 9.6/10 | Yes | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Elementary | 9.2/10 | Yes | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Metaplane | 9.2/10 | Yes | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Acceldata Data Observability Cloud (ADOC) | 8.6/10 | No | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Anomalo | 8.3/10 | No | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Monte Carlo | 8.3/10 | No | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sifflet | 8.3/10 | No | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Informatica Data Quality & Observability | 8.2/10 | No | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes | Yes |
| Ataccama ONE | 7.8/10 | No | See vendor | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Collibra Data Quality & Observability | 7.8/10 | No | See vendor | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Data quality monitoring with ML-generated adaptive rules, tied into the Collibra governance and catalog platform.
iceDQ is the highest-scoring alternative (8.6/10), best for enterprise QA and data teams testing ETL pipelines, migrations and BI reports.
Yes: Soda, Elementary, Metaplane have free plans.