Snowflake acquired Select Star in November 2025 to expand Horizon Catalog's view of the enterprise data estate, so the product's independent roadmap and long-term direction now sit inside a warehouse vendor. If your team wants a single-purpose catalog whose neutrality across Databricks, Snowflake and dbt is structural rather than a vendor's stated intention, Dawiso delivers first use cases in 2-4 weeks.
TL;DR
Independent by design, not by stated intention. Predictable seat-based plan, no per-table overage. Production agents in every plan.
Self-guided, in the real product. No sales call; a work email unlocks the full tour.
From a Dawiso customer
The close dialogue with the Dawiso team is what made the pilot work: when our model didn't fit the tool, they adapted the tool to us.
Daniel FalleniusInformation Architect, Bertel O. Steen
596,947relationships between objects (lineage and dependencies) at Seznam.cz
Built on customer feedback and publicly available sources.
Features
Vendor independence
Catalog is Dawiso's only product - not acquired, not owned by a warehouse vendor; cross-platform by design across Databricks, Snowflake and dbt
Acquired by Snowflake (Nov 2025); team and platform being folded into Horizon Catalog, with cross-stack direction now set by a warehouse vendor
Roadmap continuity
Continuous shipping, agentic AI roadmap committed for 2026
Forward investment flows into Snowflake's Horizon Catalog; support continuity follows Snowflake's integration timeline
Support continuity
Help Center and forum on every plan, account manager from Corporate
Support continuity tied to Snowflake's integration timeline
AI agents
Production MCP read+write (Databricks MCP Marketplace) from the Corporate plan, Technical Writer Agent and Agentic Data Governance Steward in every plan
Select Star ships a fully featured MCP server (Modern Data Catalog for AI Agents, AWS Marketplace, July 2025) and REST API; standalone agentic roadmap consolidates with Horizon
Architecture coverage
40+ connectors across warehouses, BI, ETL, on-prem, SaaS
Pre-acquisition multi-source (Postgres, MySQL, dbt, Airflow, Tableau, Power BI); Snowflake has stated cross-stack coverage will continue
Time to value
First use cases in 2-4 weeks; full named rollout ~11 weeks (P3 Parks, 78 days)
First value 2-6 weeks; shorter, but less enterprise governance depth
02Customer proof
Lineage across the stack, from warehouse to report
Dawiso reads the warehouses, transformation tools and BI tools it connects to, and draws lineage from source to report in one catalog.
596,947relationships between objects (lineage and dependencies)Seznam.cz
8,700+Power BI reports scanned across 1,300+ workspacesStora Enso
~60 daysfrom kick-off to a fully operational solution, DataHub content migratedBertel O. Steen
03Feature by feature
Five capabilities buyers ask about, one verdict each
Open a row for what you get in each product.
GLOSSARYIndependent vendor, focused on the catalog
✓Role-based editing rights per term and per domain
✓Inline AI suggestions for definitions, owners, links
TERM Approved
Customer LTV
✦AI suggests 3 ownersOK
Select StarLimited
Clean glossary; roadmap consolidating with Horizon
-Glossary product is genuinely clean and modern
-Standalone roadmap is consolidating with Snowflake Horizon Catalog
-Three-year buying decision now includes Snowflake, not just Select Star
GlossaryCONSOLIDATING
Customer LTV
⚠Consolidating with Snowflake Horizon
VendorSnowflake
TeamHorizon Catalog
Routes through Snowflake
AIIndependent agentic roadmap on day one
AI
AI Context Layer
Independent agentic roadmap on day one
dawisoWinner
Native MCP + agentic stewards
✓REST API in every plan, MCP server from the Corporate plan
✓Agentic data steward + technical writer included
✓Production MCP write, not read-only endpoints
Where's revenue?
AI · 96%
fct_orders_daily · Finance · 04:12
Ask anything…›
Select StarLimited
MCP shipping, standalone roadmap consolidating with Horizon
-Select Star MCP is in the AWS Marketplace AI Agents category (July 2025)
-No pre-built Technical Writer Agent or Agentic Data Governance Steward
-Forward AI investment routes into Snowflake Horizon, not standalone Select Star
MCP for AI AgentsHORIZON ROADMAP
Where is revenue defined?
🔒
MCP fully featured; agentic depth Horizon-boundSelect Star MCP (AWS Marketplace, July 2025)
No pre-built agentic stewardsRoadmap routes through Snowflake
LINEAGEEditable and vendor-independent across the stack
LINEAGE
Live data lineage, editable in-product
Editable and vendor-independent across the stack
dawisoWinner
Auto + manual edits, column-level, cross-stack
✓Live lineage from warehouse and transformation tools
✓Edit edges in-product where the parser misses
✓Impact analysis on every schema change
LINEAGE · COLUMN-LEVEL
4 nodes · 4 edges · realtime
Select StarLimited
Strong auto column-level, multi-source pre-acquisition
-Auto column-level lineage was the Select Star strength
-Pre-acquisition coverage included Postgres, MySQL, dbt, Airflow, Tableau, Power BI
-Cross-stack commitment going forward is now Snowflake's call
LineageHORIZON-BOUND
⚠Cross-stack continues per Snowflake plan
Pre-acquisitionmulti-source
Forward roadmapHorizon
Vendor independenceSnowflake
Horizon-boundStrong auto column-level
VENDORIndependent by design, not by stated intention
VENDOR
Vendor independence
Independent by design, not by stated intention
dawisoWinner
Catalog is Dawiso's only product, independent of any cloud warehouse
✓Single-purpose catalog, not acquired and not owned by a warehouse vendor
✓Cross-platform lineage spans Databricks, Snowflake and dbt - column-level and editable in-product
✓One data model links business and technical metadata, so the catalog stays warehouse-neutral by design
✓Deploys SaaS, customer Azure or on-prem at 100% feature parity - no single-cloud dependency
LINEAGE · COLUMN-LEVEL
4 nodes · 4 edges · realtime
Select StarLimited
Being absorbed into Snowflake's Horizon Catalog
-Acquired by Snowflake in November 2025 to expand Horizon Catalog's view of the data estate
-Everest Group: the role of independent catalogs 'will depend on how Snowflake integrates Select Star into Horizon'
-Everest Group notes independent metadata providers 'will need to reassess where they add value for Snowflake customers'
-Standalone roadmap and cross-stack direction now sit inside a warehouse vendor
LineageHORIZON-BOUND
⚠Cross-stack continues per Snowflake plan
Pre-acquisitionmulti-source
Forward roadmapHorizon
Vendor independenceSnowflake
Horizon-boundStrong auto column-level
PACKAGINGIndependent catalog vendor, any warehouse
PACKAGING
Procurement model
Independent catalog vendor, any warehouse
dawisoWinner
One product, the full catalog in every plan
✓No SKU shopping: one product in three plans
✓AI agents included, not a premium add-on
✓Independent vendor with no acquisition overhang
PRICE TIER
dawiso$
Select Star$$$
Select StarLimited
Renewals now route through Snowflake
-Contract renewals are with Snowflake, not an independent vendor
-Forward roadmap consolidates with Horizon Catalog
-Snowflake-centric estates fit; warehouse-independent strategies prefer an independent vendor
PlansHORIZON
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Consolidating with Snowflake HorizonRenewals route through Snowflake
Standalone 🔒 consolidating
Horizon 🔒 Snowflake
See the difference yourself. Click through the real product, at your own pace.
04Price and ratings
What it costs, and what users say
A 0-10 total-cost score from public AWS Marketplace starting prices, next to verified G2 ratings.
Total cost of ownership score, 0-10. Lower is better.
Dawiso
2.1/10
Collibra
9.8/10
Ab Initio
6.8/10
Atlan
5.6/10
Select Star
5.0/10
DataHub
4.1/10
OpenMetadata
4.1/10
Alation
3.2/10
DataGalaxy
2.7/10
Secoda
2.6/10
TCO scores anchor on public AWS Marketplace starting subscription pricing, normalized 0-10 where lower is better. Full 3-year program cost varies by services SOWs, paid modules (DQ, lineage, AI agents), and steward FTE. Methodology updated 2026-05.
CRITERIA
Meets Requirements
9.3
8.9
Ease of Use
9.7
9.1
Ease of Setup
9.4
8.8
Quality of Support
9.4
8.3
05FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Still deciding? Contact us and we will answer in a short time.
Will Select Star keep working as an independent, multi-warehouse catalog now that Snowflake owns it?
Snowflake has stated that cross-stack integrations continue, and Select Star ships a fully featured MCP server for AI agents. The open question independent analysts raise is direction: Everest Group writes that the role of independent catalogs will depend on how Snowflake integrates Select Star into Horizon, and that as Snowflake builds native discovery and column-level lineage into Horizon, independent providers will need to reassess where they add value for Snowflake customers. That uncertainty lands on the buyer during evaluation. Dawiso avoids the question structurally: the catalog is our only product, it is not owned by a warehouse vendor, and cross-platform lineage across Databricks, Snowflake and dbt is part of the core data model rather than a roadmap commitment.
How long does migration from Select Star to Dawiso take?
Dawiso reaches first use cases in 2-4 weeks, with a full named rollout (P3 Parks) in ~11 weeks with the same connectors against the same warehouse. Migration from Select Star adds a metadata export and a mapping pass for glossary, lineage, and ownership, which most teams complete inside one additional sprint. We have done this migration; ask for a structured plan if your buying committee needs the comfort.
Can we run Select Star and Dawiso in parallel during evaluation?
Yes. Connect both products to the same warehouse, point a small business team at Dawiso for a 30-day shadow trial, and compare adoption side by side. Select Star is consolidating with Snowflake Horizon while Dawiso ships an independent roadmap; the divergence usually shows up inside the first 2-4 weeks.
When does Select Star still make sense?
For Snowflake-centric estates the Horizon path is coherent, and existing Select Star customers comfortable that the catalog conversation now sits with Snowflake can ride out the contract. If you are betting on long-term cross-stack neutrality and want a catalog whose vendor is not also your warehouse provider, that is the Dawiso case.
See why teams pick Dawiso over Select Star
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