Zeenea Data Discovery Platform vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog

Zeenea Data Discovery Platform9.1Visit Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog9.0Visit

Higher score Zeenea Data Discovery Platform #2 in Active Metadata Management Software 9.1/10 Pricing on request ✓ 1 of 5 features Visit Actian

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

• Zeenea Data Discovery Platform fits best

  Enterprises needing catalog, lineage and governance

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog fits best

  OCI users wanting a free metadata catalog

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Side by side

Feature	Zeenea Data Discovery Platform 9.1/10 Visit ↗	Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	9.0
Ranking	#2 in Active Metadata Management Software	#3 in Active Metadata Management Software
Best for	Enterprises needing catalog, lineage and governance	OCI users wanting a free metadata catalog
Pricing model	Paid	Free
Starting price	Pricing on request	Free plan
Free plan	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Community, Docs	Docs, Tickets, Community
Integrations	100+ integrations	13 integrations
Built for	Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Zeenea Data Discovery Platform 1/5 · Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog 3/5
Automated lineage	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Data quality monitoring	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Governance workflows	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Impact analysis	✓	✓
API access	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Metadata source limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Deployment model	Not checked yet	Cloud
Our review
Pros	Automatically scans and synchronizes metadata through connectors Traces lineage across datasets, visualizations and data processes Combines impact studies, governance and data marketplace features	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
Cons	The Zeenea product name is discontinued following its renaming by Actian Pricing requires contacting sales Support channels listed are community and documentation	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
Our verdict	Zeenea Data Discovery Platform was an enterprise data catalog and discovery product for data management teams, data producers and business users. It centralized metadata, supported business glossaries and governance, and provided graphical… Read the review →	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 →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Zeenea Data Discovery Platform — where it wins

  • Automatically scans and synchronizes metadata through connectors
  • Traces lineage across datasets, visualizations and data processes
  • Combines impact studies, governance and data marketplace features

  Where it doesn't

  • The Zeenea product name is discontinued following its renaming by Actian
  • Pricing requires contacting sales
  • Support channels listed are community and documentation

• 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

• Zeenea Data Discovery Platform9.1/10 · Pricing on request

  Broad catalog and lineage capabilities now continue under Actian Data Intelligence Platform.

  Visit ActianFull verdict →
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Catalog9.0/10 · Free plan

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

  Visit OracleFull verdict →