DataHub Core vs DataHub Cloud
Self-hosting DataHub Core gets you started. It’s open-source, flexible, and backed by a community of thousands. But as your data team grows, your AI initiatives move past pilots, or your governance and security requirements outpace what a small team can maintain, it’s time to make a switch.
DataHub Cloud is built for that moment. Built on DataHub Core, with the AI automation, advanced governance, operational reliability, and production support to run it at enterprise scale.
The #1 open source metadata platform. Free to run, built by a community of 16,000+ contributors, and enough to get discovery, observability, lineage, and governance off the ground.
The enterprise context platform built on DataHub Core. Adds the management, automation, security, and support teams need once data estates grow and AI projects are running in production.
“We rely on DataHub to gain insights and ensure our critical data is reliable. DataHub’s managed product takes DataHub to the next level through automation and emphasis on time-to-value.”
Key differences between
DataHub Core & DataHub Cloud
Operational overhead
Manual install, configuration, and upgrades. Your team owns uptime and troubleshooting.
Guided implementation and onboarding. Fully managed by DataHub engineers with SLA-backed 99.5% availability.
Security
Basic access controls. No SSO or fine-grained permissions out of the box.
Role-based and attribute-based access control. SOC 2 compliant. In-VPC Remote Ingestion Agent for sensitive data sources.
Support
Community support on DataHub Community Slack and self-service docs.
Dedicated customer success team delivers multi-team training, onboarding, adoption support, and a private Slack support channel.
Capabilities
Covers the essentials of data discovery, lineage, observability, governance, and context management, built and maintained by your own team.
Extends those same capabilities with added features, AI-powered automations, and enterprise-grade depth, so they hold up as your data and AI footprint scales.
Cost
Free (open source).
Scoped to your use case(s) and data environment. Contact sales for pricing.
For a full breakdown of the differences in features between DataHub Core and DataHub Cloud, visit our Core vs Cloud Comparison Guide
Go deeper with DataHub Cloud
As your data and AI footprint grows, so does the list of things to manage. DataHub Cloud brings all of it into one platform.
Turn query logs and BI dashboards into governed context with semantic extraction, expert review, and delivery to every agent through one governed source, so context stays accurate, consistent, and reliable long after go-live.
Find and understand data faster with AI-generated documentation, smarter search ranking, personalized home and asset views, and the Ask DataHub AI agent for conversational data operations.
Catch data incidents before they reach a dashboard with continuous quality monitors, end-to-end incident tracking and management, AI anomaly detection, an executive health dashboard, and the Data Observability Agent.
Scale governance past what manual review can handle with compliance forms and workflow automations, bi-directional metadata sync, metadata tests, and approval workflows.
Trace impact across your stack with cross-platform, column-level lineage from source data through AI models, automated impact analysis, and lineage-based propagation that enriches downstream datasets automatically.
Cut the metadata busywork that eats engineering time with automated documentation, sensitive data tagging, quality threshold tuning, and ownership assignment.
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FAQS
What does DataHub Cloud actually manage for me?
What does DataHub Cloud actually manage for me?
DataHub Cloud handles installation, onboarding, scaling, adoption support, upgrades, and security patching. Your team gets a managed instance backed by a 99.5% uptime SLA instead of owning the infrastructure yourselves.
What extra features do I get with DataHub Cloud?
What extra features do I get with DataHub Cloud?
DataHub Cloud adds the AI automation, advanced governance, operational reliability, and production support that turns DataHub Core’s open metadata platform into something an enterprise team can run at scale. That includes things like automated data quality monitoring, AI-powered discovery and documentation, RBAC and SOC 2 compliant security, and a dedicated customer success team. For a full feature-by-feature comparison, see the comparison guide on our docs site.
What enterprise security features does DataHub Cloud include?
What enterprise security features does DataHub Cloud include?
DataHub Cloud includes several important enterprise security features, including:
- 99.5% uptime SLA
- Fine-grained access control
- AWS PrivateLink support for network isolation
- IP address restrictions,
- In-VPC remote ingestion agent for data security control
Is DataHub Cloud SOC 2 compliant?
Is DataHub Cloud SOC 2 compliant?
Yes. DataHub Cloud is SOC 2 compliant with enterprise-grade security, including role-based and attribute-based access controls.
Can I keep sensitive data in my own environment with DataHub Cloud?
Can I keep sensitive data in my own environment with DataHub Cloud?
Yes. DataHub Cloud offers an in-VPC remote execution option, so tasks that touch sensitive data sources run inside your environment while the control plane stays managed.
Can I move from DataHub Core to DataHub Cloud without losing my existing setup?
Can I move from DataHub Core to DataHub Cloud without losing my existing setup?
Yes. DataHub Cloud runs on the same open metadata model as DataHub Core, so your existing ingestion, lineage, and glossary work carries over rather than starting from scratch.
How much does DataHub cost?
How much does DataHub cost?
DataHub Core is open source and free to deploy. You can use our Quickstart Guide to get started today.
DataHub Cloud is a managed enterprise SaaS product. Pricing depends on data volume, users, and which capabilities you need. Talk to our sales team for a plan based on your environment, or use the ROI calculator to estimate cost and savings first.