# Alation vs ClicData MCP (slim)

> Alation scores 60.3 (C) to ClicData MCP's 33.9 (F) for data catalogues. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Alation scores 60.3 (C) on agent readiness against ClicData MCP's 33.9 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ClicData MCP leads on payments & pricing. Both do data catalogues.

- Alation: C 60.3, rank #588 of 1217 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/alation.min.md
- ClicData MCP: F 33.9, rank #1132 of 1217 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clicdata-mcp.min.md
- Alation, good for A company already on Alation Cloud Service that wants agents to find governed tables, columns, queries, BI reports and lineage, and to run read-only SQL against data products, under an Alation role. Ahead on Reliability, 61 against 25; Schema & documentation, 78 against 12; Agent ergonomics, 71 against 24; Maintenance & community, 71 against 35. Also Runs on your own machine.
- ClicData MCP, good for Companies already on ClicData that want Claude or ChatGPT to answer questions from their own governed warehouse and show charts, without writing SQL. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 20 against 0. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Alation | ClicData MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 61 | 25 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 78 | 12 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 71 | 24 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 63 | 64 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 35 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 76 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Alation | ClicData MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Alation, Inc. | ClicData SAS |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.clicdata.com/mcp/` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Alation's Master Cloud Software Licence and Services Agreement. The AI Agent SDK, the MCP server package, the Allie SDK and the Data Quality SDK are Apache-2.0 | Proprietary hosted service under ClicData's Terms of Service (effective 10 April 2025). No source is public |
| Tools exposed | 16 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-03 | 2026-10-12 |
| Terms last updated | no date given |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given |  |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | 19 stars, 2.1k PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (4) | none |