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Open source catalog, lineage, quality, governance

Verified: 2026-07-01

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Best for

  • open source DG without heavy enterprise platform
  • catalog + lineage + data quality
  • avoiding vendor lock-in

Strengths

  • Catalog, glossary, lineage, quality, observability
  • 90+ connectors (warehouses, lakes, BI, ML)
  • Good APIs and technical approach

Weaknesses

  • Requires implementation skills
  • Maintenance on your side
  • Success depends on governance process, not tool alone

When to choose

  • You want open source with glossary and quality
  • You have a technical team for deployment
  • Budget does not allow Collibra / Informatica

When to avoid

  • No data platform team
  • You need ready enterprise operating model out of the box
  • Business will not use the catalog without vendor support

Pricing (indicative)

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

Features

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

Integrations

Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, dbt, Superset, Airflow

Sources and methodology

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