Collate

Name: Collate
Rating: 4.3

Metadata platform for trusted data and AI

4.3

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Editorial Review

Collate is the commercial offering built on top of OpenMetadata, the popular open-source metadata platform. It provides a unified semantic metadata graph that brings together data from across an organization's entire stack — warehouses, pipelines, dashboards, and ML models — making it discoverable, understandable, and governable. The 100+ turnkey connectors mean teams can get value quickly without extensive integration work. What sets Collate apart is its AI-powered layer, particularly AskCollate, which lets users ask natural language questions about their data landscape and get instant, context-aware answers grounded in the semantic metadata graph. Automated agents handle routine tasks like documentation generation and quality monitoring, reducing the manual burden on data teams. Collate targets mid-market to enterprise organizations with complex data ecosystems. The free tier of managed OpenMetadata provides an accessible entry point, but most organizations will need custom enterprise pricing for production use. The Bring Your Own Cloud option (AWS, GCP, Azure) addresses data sovereignty concerns. It's a strong choice for data teams looking to move beyond basic catalogs into agentic data intelligence.

Pros

Built on proven OpenMetadata open-source foundation

Powerful conversational AI for data discovery

100+ connectors for rapid integration

Flexible deployment including Bring Your Own Cloud

Cons

Enterprise pricing is not transparent

Can be complex to configure for smaller organizations

Requires significant metadata maturity to get full value

Free tier may be too limited for production use

Key Features

Semantic metadata graphAskCollate conversational AIAutomated documentation agentsData quality monitoringData lineage tracking100+ turnkey connectorsRole-based access controlSocial data workspacesData observabilityBring Your Own Cloud deployment

About Collate

Collate is a metadata management platform built by the creators of OpenMetadata that unifies organizational metadata into a single trusted layer for data discovery, observability, and governance. It features a semantic metadata graph with ontology-based modeling, conversational AI via AskCollate for instant data answers, and automated agents for documentation, quality, and governance. With 100+ turnkey connectors, Collate integrates across data warehouses, dashboards, pipelines, and ML models.

Pricing

ModelEnterprise

Free tier

Best For

Medium (11-50)

Mid-Market (51-200)

Enterprise (200+)

Integrations

SnowflakeBigQueryRedshiftDatabricksdbt