Collibra Lineage vs Microsoft Purview Data Governance comparison

Collibra and Microsoft are both solutions in the Data Governance category. Collibra is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.0, while Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.6. Collibra holds a 3.0% mindshare in DG, compared to Microsoft’s 22.1% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Collibra users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 84% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 20, 2025

Collibra Lineage and Microsoft Purview compete in data governance. Collibra Lineage holds an edge in ease of use and specific integration features, while Purview offers a broader suite of governance tools, appealing to organizations needing extensive functionality.

Features: Collibra Lineage features user-friendly data lineage visualization, diverse data source integration, and self-service onboarding. Microsoft Purview offers extensive integration abilities, advanced automation, and superior analytics capabilities for complex data environments.

Room for Improvement: Collibra Lineage might expand its automation options and improve technical lineage accuracy. Enhancing customer outreach would also be beneficial. Microsoft Purview could streamline setup processes and refine multi-cloud interoperability, alongside enhancing legacy system support.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Collibra Lineage provides a straightforward deployment with efficient support services, facilitating seamless implementation. Microsoft Purview offers cloud-based deployment suitable for Microsoft-focused environments, though integration complexity could be challenging for some users.

Pricing and ROI: Collibra Lineage provides competitive pricing and ensures a rapid return on investment, attractive to small and medium businesses. Microsoft Purview, despite a higher initial cost, offers significant long-term ROI through its comprehensive governance features, making the investment worthwhile for enterprises needing extensive solutions.

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Categories and Ranking

Collibra Lineage

Ranking in Data Governance

10th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Microsoft Purview Data Gove...

Ranking in Data Governance

1st

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Microsoft Security Suite (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Data Governance category, the mindshare of Collibra Lineage is 3.0%, up from 2.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Purview Data Governance is 22.1%, down from 24.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Q&A Highlights

Dhaval Thakkar

Associate Consultant at Capgemini

Dec 05, 2023

Which tool is better for data governance: Collibra or Azure Purview?

Hi,There is not a default answer. It depends on your focus and your data source. If you are looking a data governance tool for Microsoft 365 or for Azure, Microsoft Purview should be the best because of the native integration.

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Prabhjyot Singh

Data and Analytics Manager at BMO Financial

Faster and more efficient than manual methods or other tools like Informatica

The main differences between Collibra Lineage and Informatica are significant, particularly for small to mid-sized organizations. First, Informatica requires a dedicated team, which incurs a huge cost, making it less suitable for smaller organizations. Second, Informatica's tools are very scattered. For instance, to create a domain, you need to use Axon, and then for lineage, you must use EDC. For profiling, Informatica Developer or Analyst is required. These different tools are not well-connected to display everything on one screen. While Informatica is trying to improve with its cloud version, not many users have adopted it yet. These are the two main areas where Informatica lags.

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AmrNaeem

Manager, Service Delivery & Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It helps us by reporting on and auditing leaks and breaches

One important feature is data security, which both end users and the organization seek. Microsoft Purview offers data protection across a multi-cloud and multi-platform environment. It's critical that Purview connects to iOS, Mac, and Android. We could only secure some of our data if it only covered Windows. It provides a comprehensive view of the entire ecosystem's threats and compliance in real time. It's very easy to use. Purview's compliance features are crucial. We have to match some cases in other countries to our own to comply with the policies, procedures, and regulatory frameworks here.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The solution allowed us to quickly and efficiently implement our data governance operating model, including accountabilities, regulatory lineage, and data dictionaries. This was much faster and more efficient than manual methods or other tools like Informatica. I prefer Collibra Lineage for its self-service capabilities."

"The solution makes data more discoverable and transparent."

"It shows how the data was transformed on the way and how the solutions were derived. This is the essence of the tool and why it is so powerful."

"The diagrams are good for data visualization."

"The integration with other Collibra Lineage products is valuable in our data governance initiatives."

"The solution has very good online assistance."

"We find the most valuable feature of this solution to be the lineage aspect."

"The best features of Collibra Lineage include its ability to map data flows and provide clear visualizations."

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"Data segregation is the most valuable feature."

"It starts off with records management, insider risk management, and information protection. And there is the discovery of the clouds, and we can get analytics on that as well, so that we know which user is using which cloud application and for how much time. The Activity explorer tells us which user was transferring out what data at what moment and on which device, including the serial number."

"Microsoft Purview Data Governance enables us to show our compliance in real time."

"Microsoft Purview is extremely stable."

"Purview helped us automate and control our data without having to rely on people to manually tag documents with specific retention periods."

"Purview's ability to connect to iOS, Mac, and Android devices is critical."

"It is critical that Purview delivers data protection across multi-cloud and multi-platform environments. That is the number one reason that people are adopting hybrid and best-of-the-breed approaches. Especially in banking, it is critical because people want to protect, govern, and secure their data. This is one of the first conversations that happens with security and the architecture group on the client side."

"Purview helps mitigate risk and allows us to govern the information being shared among apps and devices."

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Cons

"It would be better if features like the privacy module and AI-based Collibra DQ were included in one package instead of being separate and requiring additional costs. Currently, the basic package covers lineage and documentation, but the extra modules come at an extra cost."

"We would like this solution to be able to connect directly to the databases, so we can pull directly from Databank without manual intervention."

"I have seen many customers moving away from Collibra Lineage after using it for a couple of years because the cost-benefit analysis does not give them a favorable report."

"Collibra doesn't provide support for integration for SAP Info Steward directly with Collibra."

"Collibra Lineage could improve connectively. If they can offer more out-of-the-box connectors, which come as in a package compared to you having to go and buy a lot in the marketplace for certain specific connectors."

"The product must be cheaper."

"I experience occasional downtime, bugs, and some glitches."

"If a developer implements ETL in Glue or PySpark, Collibra cannot capture lineage out of that."

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"Auto-tagging should be available at lower levels of licensing. Right now, a high level of licensing is needed for auto-tagging, and this feature should be made available at a lower license level."

"While Purview's data connector platform can ingest information from non-Microsoft data sources, it is slow to do so and the information may become outdated."

"Setting up Purview in a production tenant proved challenging due to a lack of clear documentation on permission requirements."

"Data quality has been a highly requested feature among customers."

"Two features are unsupported—custom insights and the DLP component—that would be beneficial to me as a consultant and for the customer in terms of security and monitoring. Regarding security, DLP would provide a more granular level of data masking. Custom insights would offer more detailed monitoring and alerts that can notify customers of failures or anything requiring urgent action."

"Reflecting organizational changes within Purview is impractical."

"he one thing it doesn't do is data quality."

"Enhancing the tool's capability to connect to multiple sources would be valuable."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are different licenses available for Collibra Lineage based on what kind of access you want. If you want, for example, a read-only license they have different ones to pick from."

"It's expensive, especially for small companies."

"Currently, the licensing differs for the governance side compared to the risk and compliance side."

"The categorization within the licensing could be improved. There are a lot of solutions within Microsoft Purview. If the licensing could be a bit clearer and the solutions could be better categorized according to function and across multiple environments, that would be excellent. The licensing is very confusing."

"Microsoft Purview requires a Microsoft 365 license and is included with an E5 license."

"The pricing is moderate. It's not too expensive, but it's not the most competitive."

"The interesting part is how they are bundling the version into the E5 stack. If it was not for that inclusion, this would have been a difficult conversation for us, so kudos to Microsoft on that. Separating it out may become a problem for customer retention. It is definitely a good move on Microsoft's part to include it as part of any existing or any system upgrades for customers that were on E3."

"Microsoft Purview is a subscription-based service, so we need either an E3 or E5 license to use it."

"Microsoft Purview is expensive."

"While Purview's standard pricing might not be accessible to most small businesses, we were fortunate to benefit from the educational pricing which made it a financially viable option for our needs."

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Answers from the Community

Dhaval Thakkar

Associate Consultant at Capgemini

Dec 5, 2023

Which tool is better for data governance: Collibra or Azure Purview?

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Roy Pollack

Advisor Application Architect at CPS Energy

Mar 30, 2023

These two are suites of 'tools' for metadata management. I would ask first that you list 'what' you are wanting to achieve with such tools. Data Catalog? Data Lineage? Table level or Column level lineage? Data Quality detection, etc, etc. Your answers will be critical as you engage various vendors as each may say they do 'it all', but the reality is something less. Also, do you need to manage metadata across heterogeneous systems, just Azure, or others, because some tools are great if used on their 'native' platform, but not so great integrating with other platforms.You may also want to consider Quest/erwin Data Intelligence Suite. I have implemented this solution and it is one of the best. I would add that some tools tend to 'overwhelm' your users with all they can do. So be careful that whatever you bring in will not become 'shelf-ware'.

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Mbaye Babacar Gueye

Owner at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Dec 5, 2023

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

21%

Insurance Company

13%

Computer Software Company

10%

Energy/Utilities Company

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Collibra Lineage?

The solution makes data more discoverable and transparent.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Collibra Lineage?

The licensing cost depends on our requirements.

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What needs improvement with Collibra Lineage?

There are areas of improvement in Collibra Lineage, including pricing, support, and reporting. Regarding pricing, it is somewhat expensive, and I think it could be more cost-efficient.

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What do you like most about Microsoft Azure Purview?

It is designed to seamlessly connect to various data sources, which is particularly beneficial for our customers who primarily use Microsoft technologies.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Purview?

Microsoft Purview Data Governance is quite affordable compared to other market solutions, which have high initial costs. It allows for a cost-effective start with negligible initial cost. However, ...

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What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Purview?

There should be more clarity about the costing, particularly how the cost is calculated, especially when utilizing health reports and quality features. Additionally, adding more tools around data q...

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Overview

Data lineage reveals how data transforms through its life cycle across interactions with systems, applications, APIs and reports. Collibra Lineage automatically maps relationships between data to show how data sets are built, aggregated, sourced and used.

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The new Microsoft Purview portal offers an enhanced governance experience, serving as a unified platform for managing and governing data across various sources, including Azure, Microsoft 365, on-premises, and multicloud environments. Designed to streamline governance, compliance, risk, and security efforts, the new portal provides a user-friendly interface and unlocks advanced features like live view and preset scans. Existing users of Microsoft Purview can upgrade to this enhanced experience, gaining access to improved user interface, enhanced capabilities, and consolidated management of data assets. Additionally, the upgrade sets the stage for future developments, including account consolidation and fine-grained access control.

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AXA XL, DNB, Adobe, PMI, Holland America Line, UC Davis Health, Cox Automotive

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