One platform for the full metadata lifecycle: discover, understand, govern, prove
Goava brings the data catalog, lineage, data quality, governance, and API governance together in a single platform — built for Saudi organizations standing up Data Management Offices under the NDMO framework and operating under PDPL.
Catalog & Discovery
Find every data asset in one place
A unified catalog across your entire estate — so analysts, data stewards, and auditors search one trusted system of record instead of asking around. This is the foundation every governance program is built on.
- Search and browse tables, dashboards, pipelines, topics, APIs, and services from a single interface
- Rich metadata on every asset: descriptions, owners, tags, domains, and data products
- Around 80 native connectors keep the catalog automatically up to date
Lineage
Trace every column from source to dashboard
End-to-end, column-level lineage shows exactly how data flows through your stack — the evidence trail that NDMO-aligned governance programs and PDPL impact assessments depend on.
- End-to-end and column-level lineage across sources, pipelines, and BI tools
- Visual lineage editor to document the flows automation cannot see
- ML-based lineage suggestions accelerate coverage across your estate
Data Quality
Measure, test, and prove data quality
Profiling, quality tests, and SLAs turn data quality from opinion into evidence — with incident management and alerts the moment something breaks, so issues are fixed before decisions depend on them.
- Profiler captures statistics, null rates, and freshness automatically
- Quality tests and SLAs codify what "good" means for each asset
- Incident management and observability alerts when checks fail
Governance & Classification
Classify, define, and assign ownership at scale
The controls a Data Management Office runs on: classifications, a shared business glossary, domains, and clear stewardship — structured so your work maps to NDMO domains and supports PDPL obligations.
- Classifications and tags with inheritance that propagates across related assets
- Business glossary, domains, and data products in one shared business language
- Clear ownership and stewardship assigned on every asset
API Governance
See which APIs expose which data — before anyone else does
Goava discovers APIs from Kong, AWS API Gateway, Azure API Management, Google Cloud API Gateway, and Nginx, detects endpoints automatically from OpenAPI specs, and connects every endpoint to the tables that power it — extending governance to the edge where data actually leaves your organization.
- API-to-data lineage shows which tables power which endpoints
- PII and classification tags inherit between data and the APIs that expose it
- API Exposure dashboard with risk scoring for public APIs exposing personal or financial data
Collaboration & adoption
Governance only works when people use it. Goava builds the workflows — and the proof of adoption — into the platform itself.
Tasks & approvals
Request descriptions, approve glossary terms, and route changes through accountable owners.
Announcements
Broadcast schema changes, deprecations, and policy updates to everyone who consumes an asset.
Activity feeds & comments
Follow changes to the assets you own and discuss them in context, right next to the metadata.
KPI & adoption dashboards
Track ownership, description, and classification coverage — the metrics that show your governance program is working.
~80
Native connectors across databases, BI, pipelines, and messaging
5
API gateways discovered: Kong, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Nginx
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Native UI languages — Arabic (ar-SA) and English
Column-level
End-to-end lineage, down to individual columns
See the full platform in action
Walk through the catalog, lineage, data quality, governance, and API governance with our team — in Arabic or English, on-premises or in cloud inside Saudi Arabia.