# Collibra vs Guru

> Collibra scores 64.6 (B) to Guru's 45.1 (E) for company knowledge search. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

- Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/collibra-vs-guru
- Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/collibra-vs-guru.md (~2,400 tokens)
- Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/collibra-vs-guru.min.md (~780 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts)
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/collibra-vs-guru.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json)
- Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt)
- API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json
- Updated: 2026-10-09

Collibra scores 64.6 (B) on agent readiness against Guru's 45.1 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do company knowledge search.

- Collibra: grade B, 64.6/100, rank #346 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/collibra.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/collibra.json
- Guru: grade E, 45.1/100, rank #870 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/guru.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/guru.json
- Best company knowledge search and data catalogues for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/company-knowledge/index.md
- All 63 knowledge comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/company-knowledge/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Collibra (B)

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:
- Reliability, 66 against 48
- Schema & documentation, 83 against 58
- Agent ergonomics, 75 against 48
- Security & auth, 68 against 52
- Maintenance & community, 76 against 46
- Transparency & trust, 82 against 59

Also in its favour:
- Runs on your own machine

Watch for: No published price, trial or self-serve sign-up. The pricing address returns 404 and the site links a demo request and a product tour

### Guru (E)

Good for: Companies already running Guru that want agents to answer from verified cards with each user's permissions, and to draft card changes.

Also in its favour:
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install

Watch for: No public prices, plans or trial, and the pricing page sends everyone to sales


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Collibra | Guru | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 66 | 48 | Collibra +18 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 83 | 58 | Collibra +25 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 48 | Collibra +27 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 68 | 52 | Collibra +16 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 0 | even |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 76 | 46 | Collibra +30 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 59 | Collibra +23 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **64.6 · B** | **45.1 · E** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Collibra | Guru |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Collibra | Guru Technologies, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://mcp.api.getguru.com/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | 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 | Proprietary hosted service under Guru's terms of service. The Python SDK (guruhq/guru-py-sdk) is MIT, and the MCP server's public repository holds only a README and server.json |
| Tools exposed | 30 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `com.getguru/mcp-server` |
| Last release | 2026-10-04 | none |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-03-25 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2025-08-19 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 37 stars | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (2) |

## Verdicts

**Collibra.** Each REST API has an OpenAPI 3.0 definition, the developer portal publishes llms.txt and Markdown pages, and every MCP tool carries read-only and destructive annotations. Access needs a sales contract, since no price, trial or self-serve sign-up is published, and no general API rate limit was found in the reviewed documentation.

**Guru.** Hosted MCP server at https://mcp.api.getguru.com/mcp, registered as com.getguru/mcp-server in the official MCP registry. No public prices, plans or trial, and the pricing page sends everyone to sales.

## Before you call either

### Collibra

1. Ask a Collibra administrator to register an OAuth application. Integration applications use client credentials, and MCP clients need a user application with a redirect URI
2. Reuse each access token for its 5 minutes. The token endpoint answers 429 once a client drains its pool of 100 tokens, refilled at 30 a minute
3. Page large reads with `cursor=` and `sortField=ID`. Cursor and offset parameters cannot be combined, and Search API `limit` plus `offset` cannot exceed 10,000
4. Keep Import API files to 10,000 assets or fewer and run at most 8 imports at once. Retry a job that fails on a concurrency error
5. Expect `discover_data_assets` and `discover_business_glossary` to consume Collibra Units and to need the `dgc.ai-copilot` permission. Use `search_asset_keyword` for free keyword search

### Guru

1. Ask the person for a Guru account. There's no trial or keyless route, and OAuth needs a pre-approved client
2. Send `Authorization: Bearer email:token` to the MCP server when OAuth isn't available, and basic auth to https://api.getguru.com/api/v1/
3. Use a collection token for read-only work. User tokens write with the user's full rights
4. Follow the `Link` header to page REST search results. Each page holds at most 50 cards
5. Confirm with a person before archiving or moving cards. Guru documents no confirmation step

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Collibra or Guru?

Collibra scores 64.6 (B) on agent readiness against Guru's 45.1 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.

### Do Collibra and Guru need an API key?

Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

### Can an agent call Collibra and Guru without installing anything?

Collibra runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. Guru has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.api.getguru.com/mcp.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/collibra-vs-guru.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/collibra-vs-guru.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "collibra", "b": "guru"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare collibra guru`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/collibra.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/guru.json

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