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.
Great Expectations
Open-source Python data quality framework, stewarded by Fivetran, with 50+ declarative expectations to validate files, SQL databases, warehouses, and DataFrames.
Best for Python data engineers who want a free, code-first testing library and don't need a managed UI, since GX Cloud is no longer available.
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