# Collibra vs Lens (Thought Industries) (slim)

> Collibra scores 64.6 (B) to Lens's 43.3 (E) for company knowledge search. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Collibra scores 64.6 (B) on agent readiness against Lens (Thought Industries)'s 43.3 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Lens (Thought Industries) leads on payments & pricing. Both do company knowledge search.

- Collibra: B 64.6, rank #388 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/collibra.min.md
- Lens (Thought Industries): E 43.3, rank #1041 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/thought-industries-lens.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 Reliability, 66 against 30; Schema & documentation, 83 against 56; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 37; Security & auth, 68 against 56; Maintenance & community, 76 against 36; Transparency & trust, 82 against 63. Also Runs on your own machine.
- Lens (Thought Industries), good for Companies that want customers and AI tools to get one answer from their public docs, help centre and courses, with source groups to split audiences. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 30 against 0. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Collibra | Lens (Thought Industries) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 66 | 30 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 83 | 56 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 37 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 68 | 56 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 76 | 36 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 82 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Collibra | Lens (Thought Industries) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Collibra | Thought Industries, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.lens.thoughtindustries.com/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| 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 | Proprietary hosted service. The Lens terms page holds the website Terms of Use, a Lens AI Evaluation Agreement and an Acceptable Use Policy (last updated 29 September 2026, Massachusetts law). Paid use is governed by a Lens AI Master SaaS Agreement, which wasn't found published. No open-source code or package was found |
| Tools exposed | 30 | none |
| Last release | 2026-10-04 | 2026-10-20 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read |  |
| Privacy policy 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 | 37 stars | none |