Select Star
Select Star automatically maps data lineage and usage across an organization's entire data stack, enabling data teams to understand, trust, and govern their data without manual documentation.
Last updated May 11, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team
- Industry
- Data Intelligence / Data Catalog
- Business Model
- SaaS
- Target Market
- Mid-Market, Enterprise
- Employee Count
- 11-50
- Funding
- $8.5M
- Parent Company
- DataDog
- API Available
- Yes
Emerging player in the automated data catalog and lineage space, acquired by Atlan to bolster its metadata platform capabilities
Select Star is a data intelligence and catalog platform designed to help data teams automatically discover, document, and understand their data assets. The platform provides automated data lineage tracking, column-level lineage visualization, and usage analytics that allow organizations to understand how data flows through their systems and which datasets are most critical to business operations. Select Star integrates with popular data warehouses, BI tools, and transformation frameworks to build a comprehensive map of an organization's data ecosystem without requiring manual documentation efforts. The company targets data engineers, analysts, and data governance teams who need visibility into complex data pipelines and want to reduce the time spent on data discovery and impact analysis. By automatically surfacing metadata, query history, and downstream dependencies, Select Star enables teams to confidently make changes to data models, identify unused or redundant datasets, and onboard new team members more efficiently. The platform is particularly valued for its ease of deployment and the depth of its automated lineage capabilities. Select Star was acquired by Atlan, a data collaboration and active metadata platform, in 2023. The acquisition was intended to strengthen Atlan's data lineage and intelligence capabilities, integrating Select Star's technology into Atlan's broader data catalog and governance ecosystem. Following the acquisition, Select Star's features and technology have been folded into Atlan's platform, enhancing its automated lineage and data discovery offerings for enterprise customers.
Automated Data Lineage
Automatically tracks and visualizes column-level and table-level lineage across data warehouses and BI tools
Data Catalog
Centralized searchable catalog of all data assets with automated metadata population
Usage Analytics
Tracks query history and dataset usage to identify popular, stale, or redundant data assets
Impact Analysis
Helps teams understand downstream dependencies before making changes to data models or pipelines
Data Documentation
Automated and collaborative documentation layer for tables, columns, and dashboards
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