Data Governance. DataHub

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DataHub

Open source metadata platform

Verified: 2026-07-01

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Best for

  • data engineering teams with platform skills
  • flexible metadata graph and APIs
  • custom data platform

Strengths

  • Open source and flexibility
  • Metadata graph, lineage, ownership
  • Good APIs for integration

Weaknesses

  • Technical maintenance on your side
  • No ready-made business governance process
  • Business adoption needs extra work

When to choose

  • You have a platform engineering team
  • You want control over the metadata layer
  • Stack is custom (Spark, Airflow, own APIs)

When to avoid

  • No team to maintain open source
  • You need ready workflow for business stewards
  • You need enterprise SLA from a vendor

Pricing (indicative)

Open source (no license fee) - TCO = hosting + team; commercial edition optional.

Features

  • Yes - Data catalog
  • Yes - Business glossary
  • Yes - Lineage
  • No - Data quality
  • Yes - Data classification
  • No - Access governance
  • No - Workflow / stewardship
  • No - AI context layer

Integrations

Kafka, Snowflake, BigQuery, dbt, Airflow

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