Stop Struggling with Collibra. Switch to Actian.
In the age of AI, you can’t afford to be stuck with a legacy data governance platform. Future-proof your data strategy with Actian.
Real Collibra users. Real frustrations.
Don’t just take our word for it. Here’s what real users* are saying about their experiences with Collibra:
* Sources: Reddit and G2
“Ingestion of metadata is done via a tool called Edge. This is a buggy, half-baked mess. It’s difficult to deploy and manage, and it’s missing basic functionality like APIs and monitoring. Plus it performs terribly.”
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"They are constantly breaking things with their monthly releases. We’re joking that we should invoice them as we seem to be their QA department. I’ve never raised so many bugs with a vendor."
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"Absolute s****show from start to finish implementing it against cloud based warehouses in $6-$12bn sized companies."
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"The tool is quite buggy. I am not an infra expert but it seems every 2-4 weeks I have to engage premium support and my infra department to figure out why jobs are not running. "
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"The constant changes that needs configuration updates makes it unstable. The Data Governance side of things can be improved"
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"The technical lineage views and diagram views are very confusing for users. It’s hard to view the end to end because of how many nodes there may be. Confusing for users to understand business lineage vs technical lineage."
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Actian vs. Collibra
Compare the difference between Collibra’s traditional data governance tool and Actian’s active metadata platform and catalog.
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Ease of setup & implementation |
Often takes months and requires implementation support experts. |
Automated setup, typically up and running in weeks. |
Organizational adoption |
UI and UX designed for technical resources. |
Dual user interface. Actian Studio for data producers to manage and govern data, and Actian Explorer for business users to find and access data products. |
Metadata ingestion |
Need to manually add data or use APIs that are limited in capability. |
Actian’s built-in scanners and APIs enable connection and synchronization of metadata from all data sources in seconds. |
Cost and maintenance |
Relies on manual stewardship to enrich assets, needing a large team. For a large organization, this cost can be 6x the product price. |
Actian is nearly half the cost of Collibra. Comparing total costs, including setup and subscription, Actian is higher value. |
Data democratization & search |
Customizable search indexing and filtering options. |
Actian’s knowledge graph provides a more advanced and user-friendly search experience, particularly for non-technical users seeking to explore and discover data assets, |
Data products & marketplace |
Curated views of data products, UI can be difficult to understand and navigate for non-technical users. |
Purpose-built for data consumers, an enterprise data marketplace with ready access, and request data products and data contracts. |
See why Groupe BPCE chose Actian over Collibra
We chose to switch from Collibra to Actian for three main reasons. Firstly, unlike Collibra, we were impressed by Actian’s ability to connect instantly to our data sources without needing to rely on third party tools. Indeed, connecting to modern data platforms often requires customization, and Actian was able to meet our connectivity needs.
Additionally, we were impressed by Actian’s Bottom Up approach, which allowed us to democratize data access. In contrast, Collibra’s Top Down method was more conceptual and complex, involving the use of workflows that we deemed unnecessary and hindered democratization.
Finally, when comparing the TCO of both solutions including subscription and implementation costs Actian proved to be a much more cost effective option than Collibra.
The Actian difference: Governance for the AI era
More reasons why customers are choosing Actian over Collibra.
Federated knowledge graph
Delivers a powerful, Google-like search across all your business domains without sacrificing local data control and autonomy.
Metadata harvesting automation
Synchronizes your metadata automatically across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments, keeping an up-to-date view of your complete data landscape.
Graph-based business glossary
Maps critical relationships between policies, KPIs, and business terms, enhancing data literacy and bringing relevant context to AI initiatives.
Smart data lineage
Automatically visualizes end-to-end data flow across the ecosystem, enabling impact analysis, root cause tracing, and up-to-date documentation with no manual effort.
Data catalog and marketplace
Unify a data catalog with an ecommerce-style marketplace on a single platform, streamlining workflow for data producers and discovery for data consumers.
Ease of implementation and use
Purpose-built for high adoption with two unique interfaces: Studio for managing data assets and Explorer for data discovery, ensuring rapid time-to-value.
Data products and contracts
Integrates governance into your data using Data Contracts, allowing you to create trusted, ready-to-use data products that are automatically validated, accelerating data democratization.
Data quality and observability
Provides proactive, end-to-end data health visibility with instant access to every invalid record to reduce incidents, enhance reliability for AI/ML models, and build unwavering trust in your data products.
Cloud-native design
Offers a scalable enterprise data marketplace that covers your entire data landscape—from hybrid to multi-cloud—while reducing risk and optimizing costs with a truly flexible SaaS solution.
Ready to See the Difference?
*Terms and Conditions
Actian will offer its Actian Data Intelligence Platform at half the rate of Collibra. To obtain the discount, Customer must submit one of the following to Actian:
*A current Collibra invoice; or
*An official quote from Collibra.
Upon submission Actian will analyze to determine the discount equivalent to 50% based on similar cataloging loads.
Actian reserves the right to refuse any use-case deemed not appropriate for the Actian Data Intelligence Platform environment. This promotion is intended to last through December 31, 2025. Actian reserves the right to terminate this promotion at any time at its sole discretion. Actian Data Intelligence Platform terms apply to all transactions.