Data Governance Tools
Interactive tools that run entirely in your browser. No email gates, no lead forms, no sales follow-up — your inputs never leave your device. The same practitioner standard as the free template library.
Maturity Assessment
Score your program across the 11 DAMA-DMBOK knowledge areas and get an instant gap analysis with a priority-ranked roadmap. Quick (11 statements) or full (33 statements) mode.
Open the tool → Interactive · 2 minROI Calculator
Estimate the annual cost of poor data quality in your organization and the return on a governance program — transparent formulas, cited research, three scenarios.
Open the tool → Interactive · 2 minPlatform Selector
Seven questions re-weight our published six-criteria scoring matrix — Atlan, Purview, Informatica, Collibra, Alation, Unity Catalog — into a personalized shortlist with fit warnings.
Open the tool → Interactive · 1 minPlatform Comparison
Pick any two of the six scored platforms and see them side by side, criterion by criterion — bars, deltas, and the scope caveats the numbers can’t express. Shareable pairing URLs.
Open the tool → Interactive · 10 minRetention Schedule Builder
Build the retention schedule matrix auditors actually ask for: 18 pre-loaded record categories with commonly cited starting periods, every cell editable, export as CSV or Markdown.
Open the tool → Interactive · 5 minRACI Builder
Assign governance decision rights: 16 activities pre-mapped across owner, steward, custodian, council, and sponsor. Click to cycle R·A·C·I, live rule validation, CSV/Markdown export.
Open the tool → AI · Cited answersAsk The Data Governor
Ask a governance question and get an answer assembled only from our published articles — every claim cited and linked to its source. Says "we don't cover that" instead of guessing.
Open the tool →Prefer a workbook?
The Excel version of the maturity assessment is built for group workshops — same 33 statements, same scoring scale, with live formulas. All six governance templates (charter, RACI, classification policy, retention schedule, steward job description, maturity workbook) are in the template library.