Collate® is a managed OpenMetadata service for data and teams at scale

Designed for cloud natives and enterprises transforming how they manage their data discovery, observability, and governance

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The Collate Platform

Running open source OpenMetadata requires DevOps, infrastructure, and staffing. Collate's managed OpenMetadata service not only frees teams to focus on their core responsibilities, but also provides additional capabilities designed for data and teams at scale. Features include automation controls, generative AI data services, leadership dashboards, and more, all while providing the additional privacy, security, and support tailored to the needs of your metadata.

Upgrading from OpenMetadata to Collate

Organizations running open-source OpenMetadata often reach a point where their data management needs outpace what they can handle with a self-managed deployment. As data volumes grow, teams expand, and governance requirements tighten, data leaders are choosing to upgrade to Collate's managed service for three compelling reasons:

  1. Expert-managed cloud hosting
  2. Production-ready support and SLAs
  3. Advanced AI-powered and enterprise features

Expert-Managed Cloud Hosting

Eliminate Infrastructure Burden, Maximize Team Productivity
Running open-source OpenMetadata requires dedicated DevOps resources for infrastructure management and ongoing maintenance. Global fashion retailer Mango experienced this firsthand before switching to Collate, where they achieved 20% increased productivity across data teams and 3x faster data integration.
When Collate becomes the foundation for data discovery, quality monitoring, governance, and AI workflows across your organization, downtime is unacceptable. A single outage halts data pipelines, blocks critical business decisions, and prevents teams or AI agents from accessing trusted data. Collate's fully-managed service ensures you won't face these disruptions:
  • 99.9% uptime SLA with automated failover and continuous monitoring
  • SOC 2 Type II certified with enterprise-grade security
  • Continuous performance optimization - benchmarked to support 2M+ assets with <600ms response times
  • Immediate security patching - vulnerabilities addressed before public disclosure, maintaining compliance certifications (GDPR, CCPA)
  • Always current with latest releases - access cutting-edge AI automation and governance features without upgrade overhead
No Vendor Lock-In: Because Collate is built entirely on the OpenMetadata open-source foundation, you can migrate your core metadata, lineage, and governance workflows back to OpenMetadata at any time. Note that Collate-exclusive features (AskCollate, AI Studio, Knowledge Center, etc.) would not be available in the open-source version. Your core metadata, lineage, and governance workflows remain fully portable, unlike vendors whose platforms are only partially open source.

Production-Ready Support and SLAs

Expert Support from the Original Creators
While open-source OpenMetadata relies on community forums and GitHub issues, Collate provides priority support from the original creators of OpenMetadata, the engineers and architects who designed the system. If production issues arise, you get direct access to the people who built the platform, not tier-1 support reading from scripts.
Guaranteed Reliability and Responsiveness:
  • Global 24x7 coverage for enterprise customers with guaranteed response times
  • System response times <600ms even at 2M+ assets and 5.8M+ relationships
  • Proactive Customer Success services available for strategic guidance on implementation planning, metadata model design, governance policies, user training, and platform optimization
  • Product roadmap involvement - your use cases influence future development
Self-managed OpenMetadata deployments face issues discovered at 2:00 AM or during weekends entirely on internal teams. Collate provides round-the-clock access to experts regardless of timezone or business hours.

Advanced AI-Powered and Enterprise Features

Automated Intelligence for Enterprise Scale
Collate extends OpenMetadata with powerful capabilities designed for enterprise-scale data organizations, including:
  • AskCollate™ – Conversational AI interface for natural language data management
  • AI Agents – Automatically document assets, assign data tiers, and create quality tests
  • AI Studio & AI SDK - Easily build custom agents in the UI or in Python/Java/Typescript
  • Reverse Metadata – Bidirectional synchronization with data sources (descriptions, tags, owners)
  • Service Insights & Cost Analysis – Track data estate health, cost optimization, and custom productivity KPIs
  • Custom Auto-Classification – AI-powered, customizable tagging engine that automatically classifies and labels data using regex, content analysis, and human feedback to continuously improve accuracy
These features transform metadata management from a manual maintenance burden into an automated, intelligent system that continuously enriches and governs your data landscape—capabilities that would require significant custom development to replicate in open-source OpenMetadata.

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The Bottom Line: Collate eliminates DevOps overhead and reduces total cost of ownership, allowing teams to redirect engineering resources from infrastructure maintenance to strategic data initiatives.
If you’re ready to learn more about how Collate can deliver significant value over a self-hosted OpenMetadata deployment, please contact us as we would love to talk with you!
Peeyush Nahar

“With Collate AI Analytics, our analysts don't have to worry about a dashboard being grounded in incorrect or ungoverned data. It encodes how our business works and gives the AI that foundation before the question is even asked. There's no second-guessing.”

– Peeyush Nahar, Chief Product & Technology Officer, Divisions Maintenance Group

Alexandre Anquetil

“Collate provides all the capabilities in one platform that allow us to carry out our metadata management activities efficiently to ensure consistent data usage and trust.”

– Alexandre Anquetil, Lead Data Product Management, RATP Data Factory

Jordi Orriols Torras

“Collate has proven to be the cornerstone of our data strategy, allowing us to achieve a new echelon of control over our organizational data.”

– Jordi Orriols Torras, Head of Data Governance, Mango

Sapir Hirshberg

“OpenMetadata gives us a trusted foundation for AI-driven decision-making, letting our teams innovate faster and more confidently across the business.”

– Sapir Hirshberg, Senior Data Product Manager, Wix

Ronnie Santos

“Our mission is to democratize data. We partner with all data teams and achieved incredible engagement creating trust across our data governance lifecycle with OpenMetadata.”

– Ronnie Santos, Data Platform Manager, Carrefour Brazil

Praveen Singh

“We truly rely on OpenMetadata. It doesn't only help us quickly solve for discovery, data quality, and observability, but also on collaboration between teams and data assets.”

– Praveen Singh, Director of Data Engineering, PayU Finance

Erica Bertan

“OpenMetadata's data quality feature helps us proactively monitor key data sources, enabling faster incident response and improving data reliability—critical for maintaining efficient operations and accurate delivery schedules.”

– Erica Bertan, Analytics Engineering Manager, Loggi

Liubov Pasechnik

“OpenMetadata helps us to reduce the gap between business and technical users. It's crucial for us to have a tool with powerful advanced search, detailed data lineage, and integrated business glossaries.”

– Liubov Pasechnik, Senior Data Steward, inDrive

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