# Atlan vs Secoda (slim)

> Atlan scores 62.5 (B) to Secoda's 44.5 (E) for data catalogues. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Atlan scores 62.5 (B) on agent readiness against Secoda's 44.5 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do data catalogues.

- Atlan: B 62.5, rank #426 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/atlan.min.md
- Secoda: E 44.5, rank #875 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/secoda.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 Reliability, 67 against 40; Schema & documentation, 65 against 59; Agent ergonomics, 74 against 44; Security & auth, 75 against 54; Maintenance & community, 80 against 60; Transparency & trust, 73 against 58. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Secoda, good for A data team already on Secoda that wants an agent to read and edit catalogue metadata, lineage, documents and glossary terms, or to search the catalogue and run SQL through the local MCP server. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Atlan | Secoda |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 40 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 59 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 74 | 44 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 75 | 54 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 0 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 80 | 60 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 73 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Atlan | Secoda |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Atlan | Secoda, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.atlan.com/mcp` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| 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 Secoda Master Subscription Agreement. The local MCP server in secoda/secoda-mcp is MIT |
| Tools exposed | 39 | 6 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated |  | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 40 stars | 1 stars |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |