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Comparison

OpenMetadata vs Secoda

No leader: the top candidate OpenMetadata has only 0.05 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

OpenMetadata full profile →Secoda full profile →
Machine formatsMarkdownJSONGraphQLMarkdown is open. JSON and GraphQL need a free key.
OpenMetadata56
Secoda51
Score
vioscaleAI score
OpenMetadata56 / 100low · 5%
Secoda51 / 100medium · 56%
Pricing
Free tier
OpenMetadata✓
Secoda✓
Model
OpenMetadataopen_source
Secodaquote
Price level
OpenMetadatafree
Secodalow
Transparent
OpenMetadata✓
Secoda✗
Integrations
Count
OpenMetadata130
Secoda17
Security
Gdpr
OpenMetadata–
Secoda✓
Soc2
OpenMetadata–
Secoda✓
Content
Faq
OpenMetadata5 items
Secoda6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for data catalog. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Column lineage
OpenMetadata✓
Secoda✓
Automated lineage
OpenMetadata✓
Secoda✓
Openlineage support
OpenMetadata✓
Secoda✗
Business glossary
OpenMetadata✓
Secoda✓
Data classification
OpenMetadata✓
Secoda✓
Policy enforcement
OpenMetadata✓
Secoda✓
Data quality
OpenMetadata✓
Secoda✓
Active metadata
OpenMetadata✓
Secoda✓
AI search
OpenMetadata✓
Secoda✓
Open source
OpenMetadata✓
Secoda✗
SOC2
OpenMetadata-
Secoda✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

OpenMetadata

An open-source platform for unified metadata management, data cataloging, and governance. It captures relationships between data assets, ownership, lineage, quality signals, and policies in a knowledge graph, enabling discovery through semantic search and AI-ready APIs.

Independently observed

Secoda

Secoda consolidates data management, governance, documentation, and monitoring into a unified platform. It connects to your data stack to provide automated lineage, searchable catalogs, and AI-driven insights while maintaining security and compliance controls.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

OpenMetadata

FreeFree tier

Free open-source and free cloud SaaS

  • OpenMetadata CloudFree
as of verify ↗

Secoda

Quote-basedFree tier

Quote-based pricing. Free tier available.

  • CoreContact sales
    • Column and table-level lineage
    • Full data catalog
    • Automations
    • API access
    • Home page and inbox
    • +4 more
  • PremiumContact sales
    • Data Quality Score
    • Guest accounts
    • Policies
    • PII scanning
    • VPC peering
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom roles
    • Self-hosted deployment
    • Priority support and dedicated account manager
    • Access request management
    • SIEM logging
    • +3 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
OpenMetadata✓
Secoda✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
OpenMetadata✓
Secoda✓
Self-hosted
OpenMetadata✓
Secoda✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (2)
  • DBT
  • Metabase

OpenMetadata

4 total - 2 not shared
  • Airflow
  • ClickHouse
Independently observed

Secoda

21 total - 19 not shared
  • Snowflake
  • BigQuery
  • Redshift
  • Databricks
  • Postgres
  • Oracle
  • Microsoft SQL
  • MySQL
  • S3
  • Tableau
  • Looker
  • Redash
  • Mode
  • Sigma
  • Power BI
  • Google Data Studio
  • Git
  • Okta
  • Active Directory
Independently observed
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OpenMetadata or Secoda: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.