Collibra

What it does

Collibra is an enterprise data intelligence platform covering data governance, data catalog, data quality, and data lineage. It gives organizations a searchable inventory of all data assets - tables, reports, pipelines, models - with ownership, quality scores, and lineage automatically tracked. AI capabilities include automated data classification that tags sensitive data across the estate, AI-assisted business term suggestion that accelerates catalog population, and natural language search that lets business users find trusted data without SQL knowledge. Collibra integrates with all major data platforms and is designed for organizations that need to govern data at scale for regulatory compliance, data democratization, or AI readiness.

Strengths

• Data governance and analytics teams at mid-market companies use Collibra to make their data warehouse and BI environment trustworthy - cataloging datasets, documenting business terms, and tracking data quality so analysts can find and trust the data they use.
• Large enterprises in regulated industries use Collibra to demonstrate data governance for regulatory compliance (GDPR, CCPA, BCBS 239), manage AI readiness by cataloging training data, and democratize data access through a governed self-service experience.
• Collibra is an enterprise data intelligence platform covering data governance, data catalog, data quality, and data lineage.

Watch-outs

• Complex and slow to implement: Getting meaningful value from Collibra requires cataloging a significant portion of the data estate and training business users to engage with it — implementation timelines of six to twelve months are common.
• Catalog quality depends on human curation: Automated scanning populates the catalog with technical metadata, but business context, glossary terms, and ownership information require ongoing human curation — without it, the catalog becomes a technical artifact business users do not adopt.
• Enterprise pricing out of reach for smaller teams: Collibra is priced for large enterprises with dedicated data governance programs — smaller organizations are typically better served by lighter-weight catalog tools like Atlan or Alation.

Pricing

Enterprise pricing only - not publicly disclosed. Contracts are based on the number of data assets cataloged and users. Enterprise contracts typically start in the six figures annually. Implementation services add significantly to total cost.