I Stress-Tested 5 Data Catalogs With Real Governance Scenarios. Most Failed Silently.

The Enterprise Fortress is built to integrate tightly with dbt, Airflow, and the modern data stack. The Librarian is built by a team that clearly thought hard about metadata modeling. The Lightweight Newcomer is fast to set up, opinionated defaults, and clean UI. The Modern Stack Native was built by people who were frustrated with the other four.