Collibra
vs Atlan
Legacy tools promise a lot but stall on time to value, enterprise adoption, and impactful business outcomes. Atlan is the modern, cloud-native, AI-ready platform that teams actually use, so value shows up in weeks, not years.
Trusted by companies with
more than $10T in enterprise value
Why top data teams choose Atlan
and never look back
Adoption-driven
Automation
Open and extensible
Adoption-first design
Data products marketplace
Your Atlan, your way
Adoption, ROI, Impact:
stories from the field
Enterprise-scale governance, simplified
Read the full story →3x
faster data discovery
330M
USD in profit
<3h
time-to-insight
Compliant, self-serve governance
Read the full story →20+
tools assessed
5
use cases
4.8
Atlan score out of 5
Collibra vs Atlan:
key differences that drive better outcomes
User experience & adoption
Technical architecture & performance
Governance & automation
Business value & ROI
Future-ready capabilities
| What Teams Need |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Experience | Personalized UI with business-friendly search | Steep learning curve, complex navigation |
| Embedded Context | Metadata context in end-user tools (e.g., Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira, GitHub) | Separate login system disconnected from workflow |
| Search & Discovery | Semantic, AI-powered search and AI search | AI Copilot chat in-platform |
Collibra vs Atlan: what users say
Authentic voice from the data community (G2)
G2’s analysis summarizes the difference: Atlan’s Ease of Use and Quality of Support score higher, signaling a more intuitive product and stronger partnership.
Source
Recognition that validates your choice
Industry experts recognize Atlan's innovation
Forrester Wave™: Data Governance Solutions (Q3 2025)
Leader and Customer Favorite, with highest-possible scores in 15 criteria. Forrester evaluated 13 providers in this report.
Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Data Catalogs (Q3 2024)
Leader placement with the highest scores across all vendors in Current Offering and Strategy, and highest-possible scores in 15 criteria including Governance, Risk & Compliance, Data Lineage, Adoption, and Deployment and Time-to-Value.
Gartner® Magic Quadrant™: Data & Analytics Governance Platforms (2025)
Recognized as a Visionary in the inaugural MQ for this category, published in January 2025.
Snowflake Partner of the Year (2025)
Data Governance — Data Cloud Product Partner of the Year
Frequently Asked Questions: Collibra vs Atlan
What makes Atlan a better choice than Collibra for enterprise adoption?
How quickly can organizations realize value with Atlan?
How does Atlan handle governance and lineage in practice?
Is Atlan built for the cloud and the modern data stack?
What does an evaluation or migration from Collibra look like?
