Atlan Lakehouse vs Collibra

Atlan Lakehouse is a knowledge architecture for storing, managing, and serving context to enterprise AI agents. Its design combines a knowledge graph, Iceberg-native file storage, vector-native search, and time travel. Context is exposed through MCP, A2A, SQL, and APIs. Atlan says its agents can use the Enterprise Data Graph to create asset descriptions, connect business terms, and surface business questions. Native connectors cover data platforms, databases, BI tools, ETL pipelines, orchestrators, and data quality tools, with Snowflake, BigQuery, Tableau, dbt, and Airflow listed as examples. Connectors read metadata such as schemas, structures, lineage, ownership, and timestamps while source data remains in source systems. The App Framework lets developers, partners, and customers create custom connectors and apps with APIs, SDKs, CLI tools, and UI extension points. Atlan recommends single-tenant SaaS and lists AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. A self-deployed runtime runs in the customer environment and requires additional enablement and licensing. Pricing is on request, and no free trial is offered.

Collibra Platform connects data producers and consumers and brings together structured and unstructured sources for trusted, AI-ready data. Its product stack includes AI Command Center, Data Catalog, Data Privacy, Data Governance, Data Quality & Observability, Data Lineage and Data Marketplace. Collibra AI Governance lets organizations catalog, assess and monitor AI use cases, models and agents. Automated workflows coordinate governance decisions and help address knowledge gaps, while Data Quality & Observability offers profiling and automated or custom monitoring to detect and address anomalies. Data can be collected through Excel or CSV imports, JDBC connectors, native integrations, APIs or manual creation. Collibra says it offers 100+ native integrations, partner integrations and APIs. Its Collibra Everywhere extension shows business context in web applications and BI tools including Salesforce, Databricks, Tableau and Slack. Product versions include Collibra Platform and Collibra Platform Self-Hosted. The company was founded in Belgium in 2008 and is headquartered in New York and Brussels. Pricing is on request; support is available during normal business hours and around the clock for Severity 1 incidents.