# OpenMetadata vs Secoda (slim)

> OpenMetadata scores 66.6 (B) to Secoda's 44.5 (E) 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 Secoda's 44.5 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Secoda leads on transparency & trust. Both do data catalogues.

- OpenMetadata: B 66.6, rank #281 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openmetadata.min.md
- Secoda: E 44.5, rank #875 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/secoda.min.md
- 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 40; Schema & documentation, 85 against 59; Agent ergonomics, 85 against 44; Security & auth, 65 against 54; Payments & pricing, 20 against 0; Maintenance & community, 89 against 60. Also Free to start without a card; 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. Ahead on Transparency & trust, 58 against 51. Also Runs on your own machine; No incidents deducted, where OpenMetadata loses 4 points for them.

| Category | OpenMetadata | Secoda |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 84 | 40 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 59 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 85 | 44 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 65 | 54 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 0 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 89 | 60 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 51 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | OpenMetadata | Secoda |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Collate, Inc. | Secoda, Inc. |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | 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 | Proprietary service under the Secoda Master Subscription Agreement. The local MCP server in secoda/secoda-mcp is MIT |
| Tools exposed | 16 | 6 |
| MCP registry | `io.github.open-metadata/openmetadata-mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | 2022-08-29 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2022-08-24 | no date given |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 15k stars, 41k PyPI/wk | 1 stars |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |