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Collibra Platform vs Pentaho Data Catalog comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 9, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Collibra Platform
Ranking in Metadata Management
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
75
Ranking in other categories
Data Governance (2nd), AI Governance (1st)
Pentaho Data Catalog
Ranking in Metadata Management
17th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Metadata Management category, the mindshare of Collibra Platform is 18.0%, down from 24.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Pentaho Data Catalog is 1.5%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Metadata Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Collibra Platform18.0%
Pentaho Data Catalog1.5%
Other80.5%
Metadata Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2774796 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Governance System Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Data governance has unified definitions and saves audit preparation time across the enterprise
A separate team did the setup for this tool and was involved in setting it up. When they were doing the setup, it was a significant upfront investment in terms of the configuration, modeling, and governance design because the team first had to define the domains, the assets, and the roles. That takes time, and in the insurance environment where we had many legacy systems, this increased the setup effort. It would be helpful if Collibra Platform could have industry specific starter templates that could accelerate adoption. As we ingested more and more metadata, sometimes the catalog searches became slower by a fraction of a second because there was more metadata in the tool. After inserting millions of rows into the physical data dictionaries, the catalog searches could become a little bit slower. Having some better performance optimization might help with this minor issue.
Lisa Williams - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Office of Enterprise Data Management at State of Arizona
Helps make metadata available from our transactional databases, data warehouse, document management system, and GIS
As I've said, we've tagged a lot of fields that are related to specific processes, like the driller's log or, for example, if you want to get a license to be a well driller. Now, what I'm having to do for the consultants is create an Excel spreadsheet that has the name of the tag and a description of it. I'm now creating a data silo. What would be helpful is a place, inside Lumada Data Catalog, where you can describe the tags that you're using. Otherwise, anybody coming into the system, or seeing the tag from the outside in one of the reports, is going to say, "What is that tag really referring to?" and has to know where my spreadsheet is.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Except for data quality, everything is perfect."
"The most valuable feature is the discovery process for the data catalog because we get it in a visual format as a way to understand and classify it."
"Workflow is very helpful and assessment are good features. I really like the structure of this solution and how it is compartmentalized."
"Collibra Catalog allows us to automate metadata management, significantly saving time, effort, and finances."
"The automation process is very strong."
"Collibra is very good at talking to modern database systems like a normal RDBMS, a DB2, or a SQL server or an Oracle."
"I rate the technical support from Collibra as nine out of ten."
"Using lineage and Collibra Catalog has helped me overall improve the trust and transparency regarding data origin and transformation."
"The ability to easily and quickly ingest new data sources is the most valuable feature... I'm not an especially technical IT person, but my data governance lead and I are able to ingest the data, quickly profile it, and do data identification and tagging."
 

Cons

"The connectors are not very sophisticated. They can do, for example, Informatica and Tableau, but the connectors themselves could be improved."
"We are not able to ingest all the data in Collibra, and that's why we cannot do element-to-element level data tracking."
"More automation and artificial intelligence involvement are necessary. Reducing required employee involvement and enhancing ease of use are vital."
"In Collibra Catalog, the main area that has room for improvement is the search functionality. It should be more natural language oriented instead of searching for exact names."
"They could simplify the platform's setup and design process. It requires significant IT involvement and expertise, which can be a barrier for smaller organizations."
"Collibra Catalog could improve its automation to increase the efficiency of the software."
"The platform can sometimes be unstable, particularly in terms of speed and reconnection issues."
"The workflows and the language they use needs to be improved."
"We've tagged a lot of fields that are related to specific processes... What would be helpful is a place, inside Lumada Data Catalog, where you can describe the tags that you're using. Otherwise, anybody coming into the system, or seeing the tag from the outside in one of the reports, is going to say, "What is that tag really referring to?" and has to know where my spreadsheet is."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Collibra Catalog is fairly priced - I would rate their pricing seven out of ten."
"The solution's pricing is moderate and not very expensive."
"I rate the pricing a three on a scale of one to ten, where one is expensive, and ten is cheap."
"I think they can bring a few more features and align better with other quality products."
"It is substantial, and we do pay yearly."
"Collibra provides you with a license based on the subscription model that you purchase."
"There are different levels of licenses. For example, some users can only do read-only licenses, and others have the stewardship license where they can give access to users."
"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."
"We can afford it. We got a three-year contract... If it were to go up and price a lot, I don't know if I would be able to keep it."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
7%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise55
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?
Collibra Platform can be improved by adding more connectors to the ecosystems.
What is your primary use case for Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?
Collibra Platform serves as the central place to document, govern, and understand our data assets. I use Collibra Platform in my day-to-day work to build out a business glossary and the data catalo...
What advice do you have for others considering Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?
My advice to others looking into using Collibra Platform is to use it in cloud because that is the best solution. I give this review a rating of 10 out of 10.
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Also Known As

Data Intelligence Platform, Collibra AI Governance, Collibra Catalog, Collibra Governance, Collibra Lineage, Collibra Privacy & Risk
Hitachi Lumada DataOps - Data Catalog
 

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Sample Customers

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