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Collate
What it is
Collate is an AI for Data platform for data teams and AI agents, built on an open context layer and the Apache 2.0 OpenMetadata metadata foundation. It offers more than 130 native connectors across databases, warehouses, lakehouses, BI tools, pipelines, and ML platforms. Its semantic layer represents ontologies, glossaries, and governed terms in a knowledge graph, while lineage traces data from source to dashboard across services, domains, products, clouds, and platforms. Collate AI includes AskCollate, purpose-built documentation, data-quality and tiering agents, AI Studio, MCP, and an AI SDK. A browser extension can surface documentation, ownership, tags, lineage, and data-quality signals inside BI and analytics tools. Deployment choices include multi-tenant, single-tenant, and hybrid SaaS, as well as private Bring Your Own Cloud on AWS, GCP, and Azure. The Free Tier costs nothing and includes five users and 500 data assets, with unlimited connectors. Free-tier clusters inactive for four weeks are reclaimed unless a user logs in. OpenMetadata core is Apache 2.0 licensed, while the Collate UI and connectors use a Community License.
For and against
For
- More than 130 native connectors
- Lineage traces data from source to dashboard
- Includes AI tools, MCP, and an AI SDK
- Offers SaaS, hybrid, and private cloud deployment
- Free Tier includes unlimited connectors
Against
- Free Tier limited to five users and 500 data assets
- Inactive Free Tier clusters are reclaimed after four weeks
- Collate UI and connectors use a Community License
The verdict
Collate combines connectors, semantic metadata, lineage, and AI capabilities with several deployment options. Review the Free Tier’s capacity and inactivity rule, along with the separate license for the UI and connectors.
Who it suits
Collate suits data teams seeking metadata, lineage, and AI tools across varied data platforms. The Free Tier is limited to five users and 500 data assets, and inactive clusters are reclaimed after four weeks.
Plans and prices
Free Tier
5 users · 500 data assets · unlimited connectors · weekly refresh
Read 1 Oct 2026 · getcollate.com
Enterprise
50 users with unlimited options · 10,000 data assets with unlimited options · unlimited connectors · hourly refresh
Read 1 Oct 2026 · getcollate.com
Premium
25 users · 5,000 data assets · unlimited connectors · 8-hour refresh
Read 1 Oct 2026 · getcollate.com
On the record
- AI capabilities
- Collate AI includes AskCollate, purpose-built documentation, data-quality and tiering agents, AI Studio, MCP, and an AI SDK.getcollate.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Browser extension
- Collate offers a browser extension that surfaces metadata such as documentation, ownership, tags, lineage, and data-quality signals inside BI and analytics tools.getcollate.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Connectors
- Collate provides 130+ native connectors across databases, warehouses, lakehouses, BI tools, pipelines, and ML platforms.getcollate.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Core foundation
- The platform is built on the Apache 2.0 OpenMetadata metadata foundation.getcollate.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Deployment options include multi-tenant SaaS, single-tenant SaaS, hybrid SaaS, and private Bring Your Own Cloud for AWS, GCP, and Azure.getcollate.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Free-tier limit
- Free-tier clusters that are inactive for four weeks are reclaimed, while any user login keeps a cluster active.getcollate.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Collate lists integrations including Snowflake, Tableau, Power BI, dbt, Airflow, Databricks, Salesforce, SAP, Slack, Teams, Claude, and Gemini.getcollate.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Lineage
- The platform offers service-, domain-, and product-level lineage tracing data from source to dashboard across cloud and platform boundaries.getcollate.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Open source
- OpenMetadata core is fully open source under the Apache 2.0 license, while Collate UI and connectors use a Community License.getcollate.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Product
- Collate is an AI for Data platform built on an open context layer for data teams and AI agents.getcollate.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Security
- Collate states that it has SOC 2 Type II, CCPA, and GDPR certifications, with TLS 1.3 encryption in transit, AES-256 encryption at rest, RBAC, SSO, and penetration testing.getcollate.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Semantic layer
- Collate encodes ontologies, glossaries, and governed terms in a knowledge graph so human and AI questions resolve against business meaning.getcollate.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Support
- Support ranges from email on Free Tier to email and Pylons on Premium, with Enterprise adding support chat and available global 24x7 coverage.getcollate.com · read 1 Oct 2026
