OpenMetadata
6.2#3 in data observability toolsFree planFree planWebAPISelf-hosted
VisitOpenMetadata vs Soda
What both publish
| Fact | OpenMetadata | Soda |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Users can deploy OpenMetadata in their own environment, try a live sandbox with demo data, or sign up for a free cloud service with their own data. | Soda offers three deployment models based on infrastructure and data privacy needs. |
| Integrations | Its ingestion framework supports connectors for 130+ data services, including Airflow, BigQuery, Databricks, dbt, Kafka, MySQL, Snowflake, and Tableau. | Soda advertises integrations with data-stack tools, catalogs, orchestration systems, incident-management tools and CI/CD workflows. |
| Purpose | OpenMetadata unifies technical context, business semantics, and organizational memory in a knowledge graph for people and AI agents. | Soda is a data quality platform for monitoring data quality, catching problems early, understanding issues at source, and taking action. |
OpenMetadata plans
- OpenMetadata (self-hosted)Free
Soda plans
- FreeFree
- Team$750 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
Pick OpenMetadata if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.
Pick Soda if…
Soda is aimed at data engineers, data producers and consumers, governance teams, and platform teams who need data checks and observability across workflows.