Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog vs Collibra

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog9.0Visit Collibra8.8Visit

Higher score Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog #3 in Active Metadata Management Software 9.0/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 5 features Visit Oracle

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Collibra #5 in Active Metadata Management Software 8.8/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 5 features Visit Collibra

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog fits best

  OCI users wanting a free metadata catalog

• Collibra fits best

  Enterprise governance and metadata programs

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Side by side

Feature	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Collibra 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.8
Ranking	#3 in Active Metadata Management Software	#5 in Active Metadata Management Software
Best for	OCI users wanting a free metadata catalog	Enterprise governance and metadata programs
Pricing model	Free	Paid
Starting price	Free plan	Pricing on request
Free plan	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Docs, Tickets, Community	Email, Tickets, Community, Docs
Integrations	13 integrations	100+ integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Enterprise
Features Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog 3/5 · Collibra 0/5
Automated lineage	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Data quality monitoring	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Governance workflows	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Impact analysis	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
API access	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Metadata source limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Deployment model	Cloud	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Harvests technical metadata from cloud, on-premises, and connected sources Combines searchable assets, business glossaries, lineage, and impact views Offers scheduled harvesting plus REST APIs, CLI, and SDKs	Combines catalog, governance workflows, lineage, quality and privacy management Supports data discovery through a marketplace and governed AI context Offers cloud and self-hosted deployment with 100 integrations
Cons	Available at no extra cost to OCI customers, rather than as a standalone free service Cloud deployment only Limited to two catalog instances per region	Contact-sales pricing makes budget comparison less direct Broad scope may exceed the needs of teams seeking a narrow catalog tool Metadata collection can require imports, connectors, APIs or manual creation
Our verdict	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog is a managed service for discovering, organizing, enriching, and governing technical, business, and operational metadata. It is aimed at data analysts, data scientists, data stewards, and data… Read the review →	For organizations managing data across complex environments, Collibra brings metadata discovery and governance together with data and AI management. Its capabilities include a data catalog and metadata inventory, governance workflows and… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog — where it wins

  • Harvests technical metadata from cloud, on-premises, and connected sources
  • Combines searchable assets, business glossaries, lineage, and impact views
  • Offers scheduled harvesting plus REST APIs, CLI, and SDKs

  Where it doesn't

  • Available at no extra cost to OCI customers, rather than as a standalone free service
  • Cloud deployment only
  • Limited to two catalog instances per region

• Collibra — where it wins

  • Combines catalog, governance workflows, lineage, quality and privacy management
  • Supports data discovery through a marketplace and governed AI context
  • Offers cloud and self-hosted deployment with 100 integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Contact-sales pricing makes budget comparison less direct
  • Broad scope may exceed the needs of teams seeking a narrow catalog tool
  • Metadata collection can require imports, connectors, APIs or manual creation

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog9.0/10 · Free plan

  A free OCI catalog for harvesting, organizing, and tracing metadata across connected sources.

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• Collibra8.8/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad governance suite for enterprises managing metadata across complex environments.

  Visit CollibraFull verdict →