# Collibra vs OpenMetadata (slim)

> OpenMetadata scores 66.6 (B) to Collibra's 64.6 (B) for data catalogues. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenMetadata scores 66.6 (B) on agent readiness against Collibra's 64.6 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Collibra leads on transparency & trust. Both do data catalogues.

- Collibra: B 64.6, rank #346 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/collibra.min.md
- OpenMetadata: B 66.6, rank #281 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openmetadata.min.md
- 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 Transparency & trust, 82 against 51. Also Runs on your own machine; No incidents deducted, where OpenMetadata loses 4 points for them.
- OpenMetadata, good for Teams running OpenMetadata who want agents to search the catalogue, read lineage and data-quality results, find root causes and create tests or lineage under the user's own permissions. Ahead on Reliability, 84 against 66; Agent ergonomics, 85 against 75; Payments & pricing, 20 against 0; Maintenance & community, 89 against 76. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Collibra | OpenMetadata |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 66 | 84 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 83 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 85 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 68 | 65 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 76 | 89 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 82 | 51 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Collibra | OpenMetadata |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Model platform |
| Vendor | Collibra | Collate, Inc. |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| 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 | Apache-2.0 for the platform. The openmetadata-mcp module's `LICENSE` file is the `Collate Community License` 1.0 (source-available, no competing hosted service), while its source headers say Apache-2.0. Collate's hosted service is closed |
| Tools exposed | 30 | 16 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.open-metadata/openmetadata-mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-10-04 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2022-08-29 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2022-08-24 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |
| Popularity | 37 stars | 15k stars, 41k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |