# Atlan vs OpenMetadata

| Attribute | Atlan | OpenMetadata |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 54.9 (3% (low)) | 81.5 (26% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":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. | A metadata and governance platform built as open-source software that catalogs information from databases, data warehouses, and analytics tools, allowing teams and AI systems to understand data provenance, quality, and dependencies. Provides 130+ connectors, APIs, and SDKs for integration into existing workflows. |
| integrations.count | 80 | 130 |
| 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":"Airflow"},{"name":"ClickHouse"},{"name":"DBT"},{"name":"Metabase"}]` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true,"linux":true}` |
| pricing | - | `{"type":"free","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"OpenMetadata Cloud","summary":"Free","description":"Free cloud SaaS with your own data","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free open-source and free cloud SaaS","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://open-metadata.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T21:41:27.559Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | free |
| pricing.price_level | - | free |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Data Catalog)

| Capability | Atlan | OpenMetadata |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-09-01T14:39:55.681Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*