Collibra
The enterprise AI control plane governing context and ensuring control across every source, model and agent
By Collibra · HQ New York, US; Brussels, Belgium · 4.2/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Large enterprises governing data and AI across hybrid, multi-cloud estates
- Regulated firms with BCBS 239, Solvency II, HIPAA or GDPR reporting obligations
- Organizations standing up AI governance for agents, models and use cases at scale
- Data teams wanting catalog, glossary, lineage, quality, privacy and marketplace in one platform
- Companies feeding governed, certified context into LLM and agent pipelines
Ideal size: 500+ people · Enterprise with a funded data governance or AI governance program
Not for
- Small teams wanting a lightweight catalog deployed the same week
- Startups with no dedicated data or AI governance function
- Buyers who require published, self-serve pricing
- Teams that only need ad-hoc data quality checks without governance workflows
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
6+ months
~180 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
On request
Custom enterprise pricing, quote-based; no public list price published
Implementation Friction
4/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Not published
Add-on costs
- None
Company & support
Who is behind Collibra, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- 2008 · 18 yrs in business
- Headquarters
- New York, US; Brussels, Belgium
How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailNot listed
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsPlan not stated
- Community forumPlan not stated
- Help centre / docsPlan not stated
- Dedicated account managerPlan not stated
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Not recorded
- Response time
- Not stated
Customers are directed to the Collibra Support Portal to raise tickets; a dedicated Customer Success team, the Collibra Community and product documentation are also offered. No public support hours or response SLA are stated.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
Where Collibra sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
The lines cross at the median of the solutions shown, so about half sit on each side of each line. A dashed ring marks an outlier pinned to the edge; hover for its value.
Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- Collibra
- OneTrust
- Checkmarx
- Feedzai
- Watershed
- Shift Technology
Add or change companies
Up to 10 companies including Collibra. Listed closest first.
Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
Ships an official MCP server. Connects to Claude Code, Claude Desktop, ChatGPT connectors and Cursor out of the box.
AI & MCP readiness
What Collibra ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
AI features shipped
Trust center lists Collibra AI Governance, an AI Command Center for tracing agents in production, Collibra Maestro Assistant (formerly AI Copilot), Maestro Agents, generative descriptions, Data Recommender and semantic mapping. Deasy Labs turns unstructured PDFs, email and SharePoint into governed, AI-ready datasets.
Your data & models
- Trains on your data
- Not recorded — ask the vendor
- Runs on
- Not recorded
- AI pricing
- Not recorded
In your ecosystem
- AI connection
- Official MCP server
- Model key
- Not recorded
- AI usage audit
- Not recorded
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Collibra is an enterprise data and AI governance platform, positioned as an Enterprise AI Control Plane. It combines a data catalog, business glossary, lineage, data quality, privacy and access controls with governance for AI agents and models, and reports SOC 1/SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, HIPAA and FedRAMP Moderate compliance. Pricing is quote-based and deployments are multi-month programs, so it fits large, regulated organizations rather than small teams.
Frequently asked questions
What does Collibra cost?
Collibra does not publish list pricing; plans are quoted annually based on scope, users and deployment. Budget for the platform licence plus a multi-month implementation, typically delivered with Collibra professional services or one of its 300+ service partners. Ask for a written statement of work and a phased rollout plan before signing.
How long does it take to get value?
No vendor-published timeline exists. Deployments are governance programs: catalog, glossary, lineage and policy rollout usually run in phases over several months, with ontology and operating-model design before automation. Pilot one domain or business unit first and measure search time and certification coverage rather than waiting for enterprise-wide rollout.
Which certifications will my auditors accept?
The Collibra trust center lists SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 42001 (AI management), ISO 9001, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, ITAR and FedRAMP Moderate, and states it operates a control framework aligned to COSO, COBIT and NIST. Evidence and privacy documentation are available through the trust center and policy center.
Does Collibra provide an MCP server for AI agents?
Yes. MCP Server is listed as a platform feature alongside Collibra's APIs and integrations, so agents can consume governed context through the Model Context Protocol. Confirm the currently supported tools, authentication model and access controls with your account team, since documentation changes frequently.
How does Collibra handle AI governance and traceability?
Collibra offers an AI Command Center to see, trace and govern AI agents in production, plus AI governance covering use cases and models across their lifecycle. Its trust center publishes AI FAQs and factsheets for individual AI features such as Maestro Assistant and Maestro Agents. Specific logging and retention behaviour should be confirmed directly.
What does Collibra integrate with?
Collibra publishes REST and Java APIs, JDBC drivers, an ERP/CRM metadata integrator, and connectors including Amazon S3 and Tableau, plus partner integrations on the Collibra Marketplace. Databricks and SAP integrations are also described in its resource library.