The best Great Expectations (GX Core) alternative is iceDQ (7.8/10), best for enterprise QA and data teams testing ETL pipelines, migrations and BI reports. With a free plan: Soda, Deequ, Elementary.
| Tool | Score | Free plan | Paid from (annual) | Data profiling | Custom rule checks | ML anomaly detection | Data cleansing / correction | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Expectations (GX Core) | 7.9/10 | Yes | See vendor | Not confirmed | Yes | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Yes |
| iceDQ Featured partner | 7.8/10 | No | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Soda | 8.7/10 | Yes | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | No |
| Deequ | 8.4/10 | Yes | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Elementary | 8.4/10 | Yes | See vendor | Not confirmed | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Informatica Data Quality & Observability | 8.2/10 | No | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Acceldata Data Observability Cloud (ADOC) | 7.8/10 | No | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | No |
| Ataccama ONE | 7.8/10 | No | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| BiG EVAL NX³ | 7.8/10 | No | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | No |
| Qlik Talend Data Quality | 7.8/10 | No | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes | No |
| Anomalo | 7.4/10 | No | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | No |
| Bigeye | 7.4/10 | No | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | No |
| Collibra Data Quality & Observability | 7.4/10 | No | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | No |
| Experian Aperture Data Studio | 7.4/10 | No | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Yes | No |
| RightData DataTrust | 7.4/10 | No | See vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | No |
| Monte Carlo | 7/10 | No | See vendor | Not confirmed | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | No |
| Sifflet | 7/10 | No | See vendor | Not confirmed | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | No |
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iceDQ is the highest-scoring alternative (7.8/10), best for enterprise QA and data teams testing ETL pipelines, migrations and BI reports.
Yes: Soda, Deequ, Elementary have free plans.