# Atlan vs Collibra (slim)

> Collibra scores 64.6 (B) to Atlan's 62.5 (B) for data catalogues. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Collibra scores 64.6 (B) on agent readiness against Atlan's 62.5 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Atlan leads on security & auth. Both do data catalogues.

- Atlan: B 62.5, rank #426 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/atlan.min.md
- Collibra: B 64.6, rank #346 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/collibra.min.md
- Atlan, good for A company already on Atlan that wants agents to find governed tables, owners, lineage, glossary terms and data quality rules, and to run read-only SQL, under the same permissions people have. Ahead on Security & auth, 75 against 68. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Collibra, good for An organisation that already runs Collibra and wants an agent to look up assets, glossary terms, lineage and data quality, or to write assets and classifications under a governed role. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 83 against 65; Transparency & trust, 82 against 73. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Atlan | Collibra |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 66 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 83 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 74 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 75 | 68 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 0 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 80 | 76 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 73 | 82 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Atlan | Collibra |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Atlan | Collibra |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.atlan.com/mcp` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Licence | proprietary (hosted service under the Atlan SaaS agreement). The agent-toolkit repository of plugins, skills and the deprecated local MCP server is MIT, and the Python, Java and Go SDKs are Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under the Master Collibra Agreement, with the Developer Terms for the REST APIs and CLI. The local MCP server (chip) is Apache-2.0, and the CLI binary ships under a Binary Code Licence Agreement |
| Tools exposed | 39 | 30 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-04 |
| Terms last updated |  | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 40 stars | 37 stars |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |