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Apache Atlas alternatives
3 tools to consider instead of Apache Atlas, shown against it.
| Apache Atlas | Amundsen | DataHub | OpenMetadata | |||||||
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| Vendor | Apache Software Foundation | Amundsen community (Linux Foundation AI & Data) | Linux Foundation AI & Data (commercial: Acryl Data) | OpenMetadata community (commercial: Collate) | ||||||
| Pricing model | Open source + paid options | Open source + paid options | Open source + paid options | Free tier + paid plans | ||||||
| Free tier | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Self-hosted | Cloud, Self-hosted | Cloud, Self-hosted | ||||||
| Open source | Yes (Apache-2.0) | Yes (Apache-2.0) | Yes (Apache-2.0) | Yes (Apache-2.0) | ||||||
| Best for | Organizations running Hadoop/Hive-based data platforms wanting native metadata governance. | Teams wanting a lightweight, self-hosted discovery UI who can tolerate a slow-moving open-source project. | Engineering teams wanting a self-hosted, extensible open-source metadata platform. | Teams wanting catalog, lineage and data quality in a single open-source platform. | ||||||
| Pricing | Free, self-hosted Apache project; no vendor pricing. Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site. | Free, self-hosted open-source project; no commercial or managed offering. Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site. | Core platform is free to self-host; DataHub Cloud (managed, by Acryl Data) is sold via custom quote with no public pricing page. Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site. | Self-hosted core is free; Collate's hosted version has a genuine free tier plus quote-based Premium and Enterprise plans.
Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget. | ||||||
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