Collate
Managed agentic data platform built on OpenMetadata, with AI agents, data quality tests, observability metrics, column-level lineage, and governance workflows.
Best for data teams that want OpenMetadata fully managed, with enterprise support, security features, and advanced governance workflows.
OpenMetadata
Open-source context platform that unifies metadata for humans and AI agents, with data discovery, data quality tests, column-level lineage, and governance.
Best for data teams that want one self-hosted, open-source platform for discovery, data quality, and governance with a wide range of integrations.
Elementary Cloud
Data & AI control plane by Boomi with anomaly detection monitors, column-level lineage, incident management, a data catalog, and AI agents.
Best for dbt-centric analytics teams that want managed monitoring, lineage, and AI agents for triage on top of their dbt tests.
Elementary OSS
Open-source dbt package by Boomi that adds anomaly detection tests and a CLI-generated data observability report to dbt projects.
Best for dbt teams that want free anomaly detection tests inside their existing dbt project, without a cloud account.
Bigeye
Enterprise AI trust platform built on data observability, with anomaly detection, end-to-end lineage, and governance of the data AI agents use.
Best for large enterprises with modern and legacy data sources that also need to govern which data their AI agents access.
Metaplane by Datadog
End-to-end data observability platform by Datadog that catches silent data quality issues with ML monitors and column-level lineage to BI dashboards.
Best for modern data stack teams that want monitors running in minutes from the UI, especially if they already use Datadog.
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