# DataHub vs Secoda (slim)

> DataHub scores 59.4 (C) to Secoda's 44.5 (E) for data catalogues. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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DataHub scores 59.4 (C) on agent readiness against Secoda's 44.5 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do data catalogues.

- DataHub: C 59.4, rank #549 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/datahub.min.md
- Secoda: E 44.5, rank #875 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/secoda.min.md
- DataHub, good for Teams already running DataHub who want agents to find tables, trace column lineage, read the SQL people run and see owners and glossary terms before touching data. Ahead on Reliability, 68 against 40; Schema & documentation, 81 against 59; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 44; Security & auth, 65 against 54; Payments & pricing, 10 against 0; Maintenance & community, 77 against 60; Transparency & trust, 64 against 58. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Open source.
- 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 No incidents deducted, where DataHub loses 5 points for them.

| Category | DataHub | Secoda |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 68 | 40 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 81 | 59 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 44 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 65 | 54 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 0 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 77 | 60 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DataHub | Secoda |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Acryl Data, Inc. (DataHub) | Secoda, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.datahub.com/mcp` | no (local only) |
| Transports | stdio, HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (DataHub Core and mcp-server-datahub). DataHub Cloud, its managed MCP endpoint and Cloud-only tools such as find_sql_context are closed | Proprietary service under the Secoda Master Subscription Agreement. The local MCP server in secoda/secoda-mcp is MIT |
| Tools exposed | 8 | 6 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-25 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | 2020-05-28 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-11 | no date given |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 13k stars, 1.6M PyPI/wk | 1 stars |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |