# Atlan vs DataHub

| Attribute | Atlan | DataHub |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 54.9 (3% (low)) | 48.1 (25% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Atlan centralizes metadata from enterprise data systems into a unified knowledge graph, uses AI to automatically generate business documentation and context, and delivers this information to analytics platforms and AI agents. It helps organizations establish governed data products and accelerate data-driven decision-making across teams. | DataHub is an open-source metadata management system that centralizes data discovery and governance across multiple tools and platforms. It supports real-time streaming and batch metadata ingestion through 80+ connectors, provides GraphQL and REST APIs, and integrates with AI development tools like Cursor and Claude Desktop via MCP protocol. |
| integrations.count | 80 | 80 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"BigQuery"},{"name":"Redshift"},{"name":"dbt"},{"name":"Airflow"},{"name":"Tableau"},{"name":"Looker"},{"name":"Power BI"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"AWS S3"},{"name":"AWS Glue"},{"name":"AWS Athena"},{"name":"AWS EMR"},{"name":"AWS MSK"},{"name":"AWS QuickSight"},{"name":"Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio"},{"name":"Monte Carlo"}]` | `[{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"Claude Desktop"},{"name":"Cline"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"GraphQL"},{"name":"REST API"},{"name":"Python SDK"},{"name":"Java SDK"}]` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | - | `{"type":"freemium","summary":"Free open-source self-hosted version; managed cloud option available (pricing not detailed)","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://datahubproject.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T21:37:18.798Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | - | low |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Data Catalog)

| Capability | Atlan | DataHub |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Column lineage | - | - |
| Automated lineage | - | - |
| Openlineage support | - | - |
| Business glossary | - | - |
| Data classification | - | - |
| Policy enforcement | - | - |
| Data quality | - | - |
| Active metadata | - | - |
| AI search | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |
| SOC2 | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:30:03.934Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*