MetaKarta is an enterprise metadata management platform built around a shared repository for lineage, cataloging, governance and semantic definitions. Its lineage tools parse SQL, Python, Informatica mappings, SSIS packages, stored procedures and COBOL copybooks to calculate column-level lineage. The catalog adds business context to technical metadata gathered from the data estate. Governance applies ownership, versioning and policy at the point of use, while keeping change history for audits. Semantic Hub turns governed business definitions into native database and BI formats and supplies compiled context for AI agents. Meta Integration lists more than 400 native connectors; Standard includes supported RDBMS sources, dbt, Spark, HiveQL, Tableau, Power BI and Qlik Sense. Customer-managed deployments can run on-premises or in private or public cloud environments, including AWS, Azure and GCP. Licensing uses concurrent-user packs with producer and consumer roles, and editions include unlimited metadata assets. Pricing is on request, with no free plan. Data Lineage Starter and Semantic Hub Starter each cost 50.00 USD per year and have limits of five users, five selected connectors, one configuration and one production instance.
Who it is for
MetaKarta is intended for data professionals in large enterprises and government agencies. It may suit teams needing shared metadata management and customer-managed deployment.
What is good
- Column-level lineage across listed code and mapping types
- More than 400 native connectors listed
- Unlimited metadata assets in every edition
- Customer-managed on-premises and cloud deployment
What to know first
- No free plan
- Main pricing is available on request
- Starter options cap users and connectors at five
Verdict
MetaKarta brings lineage, cataloging, governance and semantic definitions into a shared repository. Its concurrent-user licensing and customer-managed deployment are worth weighing alongside the starter limits and on-request pricing.
MetaKarta plans and pricing
All plansCompared on metadata management software
- Free plan
- No
- Metadata discovery
- Yes
- Business glossary
- Yes
- Lineage analysis
- Yes
- Deployment options
- both
- Listed connectors
- 400
- API available
- Yes
