DOC-REF: FRC-2026-04-28Rev 04 / 2026

Section 8.4 - Register entry

DOC-REF: FRC-MKT-FR2411862686

Alation Cloud Service

Alation lists Alation Cloud Service on the FedRAMP Marketplace with the status Agency Authorization In Process, at Moderate impact, on the Agency path under the Rev5 process. Package FR2411862686, read from the marketplace feed as of September 3, 2026.

Agency Authorization In ProcessRev5Agency path

Section A. Register entry

What the marketplace records

FedRAMP package ID
FR2411862686
Cloud service provider
Alation
Impact level
Moderate
Certification class
Class C (Moderate)
Authorization path
Agency
Certification type
Rev5
Marketplace phase
Initial Implementation
Deployment model
Public Cloud
Register snapshot
September 3, 2026
Service model
SaaS
Status date
July 16, 2026
FedRAMP Ready date
May 27, 2025
Business categories
Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Collaboration, Cybersecurity & Risk Management, Data Management, Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)
SAM.gov UEI
LNKPHZJJFU89
Milestones on record
3

The marketplace carries Alation Cloud Service under package FR2411862686 with 17 recorded fields. Its current status was set on July 16, 2026, and a FedRAMP Ready date of May 27, 2025. A-LIGN Compliance and Security, Inc. dba A-LIGN is named as the independent assessor. No agency authorizations are listed against it in the current feed. It is delivered as SaaS on a public cloud, filed under 6 business categories including Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Collaboration and 3 more. Its SAM.gov unique entity identifier is LNKPHZJJFU89.

Section B. Milestones

3 entries in the marketplace event log

Most recent first, as recorded by FedRAMP.

Event log
DateCategoryRecorded
July 16, 2026Status ChangeStatus changed from Agency In Process to Agency Authorization In Process
May 27, 2025Status ChangeStatus changed from Agency Review to Legacy FedRAMP Ready
April 26, 2024Status ChangeStatus set to Agency Authorization In Process

Section C. Cost context

What reaching Moderate costs

Our own published ranges for a provider going through this level. Nothing here is a figure this provider has disclosed.

Cost context

Budget for a Moderate authorization

Initial authorization$800,000 to $2,000,000
Continuous monitoring$150,000 to $350,000 a year
Typical timeline12 to 18 months
Control baseline325+ controls
Annual assessment$90,000 to $260,000 a year

Our published planning range for a provider pursuing Moderate. It is not a figure any listed provider has disclosed.

Read the FedRAMP Moderate cost guide / annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost

Path

Agency Authorization is the route for 578 of the offerings on the marketplace. Our cost pages put it at $800,000 to $2,000,000 over 12 to 18 months for Moderate. Agency authorization cost

Assessment and monitoring

No annual assessment date is on the record. Assessment recurs annually for as long as a package stays listed. Annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost

Section G. Nearest entries on the register

Comparable offerings

Scored on impact level, path, status, shared business categories and how close the two entries sit in the register's own timeline.

Section H. Description

As published on the marketplace

The provider's own description of the service, reproduced from the FedRAMP feed without edits.

Alation Cloud Service (ACS) is delivered as a software as a service (SaaS) offering using a multi-tenant Public Cloud computing environment. It is available to federal, state, local, and tribal government agency customers, federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs), suppliers working with government agencies, suppliers regulated by regulations such as ITAR, and federal government contractors. Alation Cloud Service (ACS) is a data and AI management platform that enables organizations to catalog, govern, and operationalize their data assets and AI agents. ACS data layer provides a centralized repository of organizational data that includes Catalog, curated data elements, lineage and data quality. ACS context layer provides business context and semantic definitions on top of cataloged data. This layer includes data products, data products marketplace, and ontologies. ACS Agent layer includes Agent Studio that provides prebuilt agents as well as ability to create custom agents that operate on governed data and context layers. The ACS Governance layer provides policies and workflows to govern data, context and agent layers to support organizational compliance and audit requirements.

Next step

What the same authorization would cost you

The worksheet turns an impact level, an existing security posture and an organization size into a line-by-line budget, with the 3PAO fee split out.

Provenance and independence

Source: the FedRAMP Marketplace product feed, produced by the General Services Administration. The feed's own last-change stamp is September 3, 2026; this copy was taken on September 5, 2026.

GSA's disclaimers page states that FedRAMP content about a specific commercial product or service is provided for the information and convenience of the public and “does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the General Services Administration”. A listing here is a record of a certification status, not a judgment about the product.

FedRAMPCost.com is an independent cost reference. We are not affiliated with FedRAMP, the GSA, any provider listed on this page, or any assessment organization, and no provider pays to appear in this register.

DOC-REF: FRC-2026-04-28 / Updated 2026-04-28