Data pipeline visualization

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Hi,

I was wondering if there is a good tool for creating visual data pipelines on a high level for documentation purposes and to communicate with stakeholders.

I know that some tools provide visualizations of internal data pipelines like Apache Airflow, but am looking for a description of the big picture rather than debugging level information.

I am basically looking for a tool that creates visualizations of (multiple) data sources, intermediaries and destinations plus common operations like removing sensitive data, scheduling, speed, data throughput in MB etc.

Plus points if they follow a standard or look the same if they describe the same pipeline independent of who creates them.

For example:
MySQL RDS --every hour, takes 10 min, 100mb-> EC2 server with Airbyte --every hour, takes 10 min, 100mb, removes sensitive data-> Redshift

Cheers,
Johannes

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