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Atlan vs Collibra Platform comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 15, 2026

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Atlan
Ranking in Data Governance
9th
Ranking in Metadata Management
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Collibra Platform
Ranking in Data Governance
1st
Ranking in Metadata Management
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
90
Ranking in other categories
AI Governance (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Data Governance category, the mindshare of Atlan is 1.9%, down from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Collibra Platform is 8.6%, down from 10.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Governance Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Collibra Platform8.6%
Atlan1.9%
Other89.5%
Data Governance
 

Featured Reviews

Charles Mattison - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Analyst at Pfizer
Automation has transformed data quality workflows and now saves significant time and cost
A quick specific example of how our team uses Atlan to automate a manual or high-risk task is the robust functionality for the quality management of metadata sets. The most helpful thing here is all the dashboards that provide visibility in one place. We use this tool because it is very easy and integrable with other data sources, which is very convenient and time-saving. By switching to Atlan, we have increased our productivity and saved a lot of business time through automation. My team, whether technical or non-technical, adapted Atlan very quickly because of its simple and intuitive user interface. The best features Atlan offers include the ease to extract and modify the data. We can do very quick and smooth integration. It is an open-source framework that provides extension capability to the APIs it uses. Tons of automation help to automate tedious and time-consuming tasks, thereby reducing error and saving time and cost. It is extremely user-friendly and intuitive to navigate, especially the user interface. Atlan has positively impacted my organization by saving time and money while consolidating our metadata sets. Integration with Amazon and Tableau have definitely sped up our time to value. We have saved fifty-five percent of our time through the automation of tedious and time-consuming tasks. Extraction of data is easy. In this data catalog solution, data modification is really simple and easy. Integration with other software is very seamless and easy, thereby simplifying our workflow. Atlan is very scalable and helps to grow our organization while catering to our needs. It enables the team to automate manual and high-risk tasks to make them error-free as much as possible and save time and cost. It is a very cost-effective tool that should be highly adaptable and usable in any organization.
AK
Senior Consultant at Morgan Stanley
Data governance has transformed business glossaries and now drives AI-ready insights
I think it's a great platform. Searching can be made a little better. The data marketplace which it provides is also great, but sometimes when we are searching an element and we know we are not sure if we can find it or if we have missed it. Listing data domains in one place for quick visibility will be an add-on. I am not a hardcore coder. For a coder to create workflows and automate the process, I needed to learn Groovy script and create some workflows. In the automation part, I think it can also introduce a low-code, no-code platform where we can connect different connectors and we can quickly create some automated workflows, if at basic level only, because the next big thing is automation and AI. Low-code, no-code platforms are being used by everyone. I think that will be useful. When I look for a data domain, I'm not able to find it very quickly. For a business owner to know data domains and search data domains, it could be made a little easier. Also, the automation part needs improvement. We are only able to enter the data manually or connect to a data source, but now we want to create some workflows as well. That's why I've chosen a rating of eight. Otherwise, it's really great.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"By switching to Atlan, we have increased our productivity and saved a lot of business time."
"Overall, I rate Atlan as a ten out of ten."
"They also offer automated lineage embedded in the connectors, allowing us to track where the data is coming from and where it's going. We find it very efficient in cataloging data sources. Additionally, the user-friendly interface is a big plus, making it easy for users to familiarize themselves with the solution. These two features, in my opinion, stand out the most."
"The technical support services are good."
"Overall, I rate Atlan a nine out of ten."
"The best feature of Atlan is its integration with communication platforms like Microsoft Teams and Slack, so business users don't have to go into a data catalog to see metadata about data assets."
"Atlas is quite intuitive."
"As a senior analytics engineer, Atlan's ability to show end-to-end data lineage is the most important feature for me."
"The customization and the dashboards are pretty good."
"Collibra Governance helps us set the business rules and define critical data elements."
"Collibra is evolving their connectivity towards all programs across the IT landscape, with good workflows, nine dimensions of data quality, and many features, and it is based on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning so that even if you don't know SQL, you can operate Collibra Data Quality."
"I like the lineage feature the most because I don't think there's any other tool that actually depicts the data flow from multiple sources and the connectivities between every data element inside those sources."
"The diagram showing the limits is absolutely magnificent."
"The most valuable features of Collibra Governance are that it is user-friendly and easy to use."
"Collibra Platform helps us achieve faster decision-making, improve data trust and accuracy, and reduce conflicting reports."
"If you try to utilize it, the data lineage is number one, because there's awesome capability in it."
 

Cons

"The challenge is in the lineage, where it requires improvement. Atlas needs to capture areas where organizations use less known applications."
"The product could be improved by offering scheduled email reports for managed assets."
"Customer support for Atlan is not so proactive."
"One of the main areas for improvement is its governance capabilities. Atlan supports only basic out-of-the-box workflows, and it becomes challenging to customize features like how data owners should approve access to data assets."
"In my experience, it might be less suited for collaboration across teams."
"Certain UI changes could make Atlan more user-friendly."
"Working with templates, Excel import, export, and running automations is not self-explanatory, and you always need help from Atlan support team."
"One area that could be improved is the capability to find duplicates of datasets."
"Collibra Platform can be improved in simpler relationship management because some people feel Collibra Platform is complex for non-business users."
"Collibra Platform could be improved as it is somewhat too flexible, allowing for so much customization that it becomes very complex without sufficient controls in place."
"The UI of Collibra Platform can be improved, as can some APIs such as the import API."
"With Collibra Data Intelligence Platform, users need to create and establish connections, which requires entering connection details. This process is more time-consuming in Collibra Data Intelligence Platform compared to Purview, where everything can be done in minutes."
"The breadth of available connectors for metadata ingestion need to grow quickly to support customers as they expand their data governance programs to include a diverse list of source systems from which they want to derive business value."
"We are not able to ingest all the data in Collibra, and that's why we cannot do element-to-element level data tracking."
"The workflows and the language they use needs to be improved."
"Capturing the lineage becomes a little cumbersome in Collibra Platform when the technology landscape is a combination of multiple tools, so that is one thing which can be simplified."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We pay per-user license. It's a different classification model than with other solutions, where they usually charge you for resources. So, that was a better model for us. And because of this difference in models or classification, it was cheaper for us to go with Atlan."
"I think they have a trust issue. I did not like the way they recently went through the process. They were like, "Finish this SOW first, only then will we sign the other SOW." Or, "Finish this code." I didn't like that much."
"The solution's pricing is moderate and not very expensive."
"Collibra Governance is an expensive solution."
"I am not so much aware of price details. Initially, there was an add-on NuSoft license to use the DVC connector that NuSoft gives to create integrations, but Collibra is now phasing out of it slowly. Collibra is cutting ties with them is what we have been led to believe, and we have started developing on Spring Boot, which is open source."
"Collibra Governance is extremely expensive"
"The product is highly priced compared to other vendors."
"I would say it's probably in line with what other vendors charge for licensing."
"It is substantial, and we do pay yearly."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Insurance Company
8%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise65
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Atlan?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that the licensing cost is a bit flexible but not affordable for smaller organizations. It might be way out of their budget, but it is very ...
What needs improvement with Atlan?
Atlan can be improved by enhancing their support process by reducing the resolution time. They have really bad and incomplete documentation, so they should work on the documentation as well, especi...
What is your primary use case for Atlan?
My main use case for Atlan is to define a flexible set of metadata, including measuring the quality of said data. Atlan is also a partner of ours, so we use it to integrate with our own tool. It al...
What needs improvement with Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?
I have already had discussions with the Collibra Platform team regarding improvements. Having a more intuitive search and better natural language search queries would help business users more. Ther...
What is your primary use case for Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?
I utilize Collibra Platform for data catalog, data marketplace, and data governance-related activities. I have multiple data sources, and I perform extraction of data from those specific data sourc...
What advice do you have for others considering Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?
Collibra Platform is a good choice when selecting a data governance or data cataloging solution. I would recommend starting with a clear business use case and then cataloging everything at once, wh...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Data Intelligence Platform, Collibra AI Governance, Collibra Catalog, Collibra Governance, Collibra Lineage, Collibra Privacy & Risk
 

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Sample Customers

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AXA XL, DNB, Adobe, PMI, Holland America Line, UC Davis Health, Cox Automotive
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