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BigID Next vs Collibra Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 22, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.3
BigID Next offers strong ROI through compliance, data management integration, cost savings, automation, and reduced staffing, avoiding fines.
Sentiment score
4.9
Collibra Platform aids digital transformation and efficiency but faces challenges in measuring financial gains due to integration and costs.
It is one of the best tools in the market.
Senior Manager at KPMG
We have seen returns across all three aspects: fewer employees needed, money saved, and time saved with BigID.
Senior Security Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
I have seen a return on investment from using BigID, particularly as it is a regulatory and compliance tool that helps avoid potential penalties for non-compliance.
Senior Security Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
When considering the time and effort required to build a catalog and utilize it effectively, combined with the prices, it often does not make financial sense.
Senior Consultant at Infosys
Implementing Collibra Data Catalog can be cost-effective if its features align well with the business requirements.
Enterprise Cloud and AI Security Architect at a security firm with 10,001+ employees
While there are no direct cost reductions, there is significant indirect cost reduction.
Consulting Principal & Founder at Digital Data Consultancy
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.5
BigID Next's support is praised for responsiveness, efficiency, and high customer satisfaction, despite occasional delays and time-consuming initial contact.
Sentiment score
6.1
Collibra Platform's support is knowledgeable but slow, with varying responsiveness and praised training, suggesting room for improvement.
BigID has one of the best technical support teams.
Senior Manager at KPMG
I would rate the customer support a six because you cannot directly reach out to L3 or L2 support if there's a major issue.
Senior Security Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
developing the custom connectors was relatively easy because of the courses I attended at BigID University and the support given by the BigID engineering team.
Senior Security Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
When using the Collibra Resident Architect program, the customer service was excellent, with issues quickly resolved.
Data and Analytics Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
The technical support from Collibra Governance is excellent.
Enterprise Cloud and AI Security Architect at a security firm with 10,001+ employees
I encountered some issues with data quality initially in Collibra Data Intelligence Platform, and they resolved those issues.
Data Engineer at Dataeconomy
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.7
BigID Next is scalable with mixed opinions, excelling in large environments but facing data handling and presentation challenges.
Sentiment score
7.3
Collibra Platform excels in scalability and data governance but requires improved UI and leadership for better adoption and performance.
I have added very large data sources to the BigID environment, and it remains stable.
Senior Security Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
BigID is scalable, allowing you to purchase as many scanners as you want.
Senior Security Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
We were a big bank and had thousands of assets without any issues.
Data and Analytics Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
It is very critical for a data governance tool to be stable and scalable because we start with critical data sets in one line of business, but ultimately, we want to cover the enterprise and all lines of businesses.
Data Governance System Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Collibra Lineage's performance is reliable, as the lineage harvest runs on the lineage server which operates on Collibra cloud.
Data Governance Developer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
BigID Next is often seen as reliable with some stability concerns but praised for data security and ease of use.
Sentiment score
7.8
Collibra Platform is stable and reliable, praised for minimal issues, though upgrades may briefly affect complex data handling.
BigID is generally stable, however, there is a noted issue with bulk tagging that can affect scan results.
Senior Associate - IT Governance and Compliance at Fulcrum Digital Inc
I rate the stability of Collibra Lineage as seven.
Data Governance Developer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

BigID Next needs enhancements in file access, security, automation, UI navigation, deployment, data governance, and support features.
Enhancements needed in connectivity, automation, and AI, addressing integration, pricing, support, deployment, and performance challenges for adoption.
There is also an issue with incident tagging, where all objects get tagged without an option to untag specific ones, and reverting changes is only possible through MongoDB Central, which can lead to data loss for certain periods.
Senior Associate - IT Governance and Compliance at Fulcrum Digital Inc
I want them to focus on data mapping, assessment, automation workflow, and privacy incident management.
Senior Manager at KPMG
BigID deserves recognition for the data discovery part, which has been wonderful and quite accurate, along with the confidence level process that allows us to fine-tune results for better accuracy from the database.
Assistant Manager - Cyber : Digital Privacy and Trust at Deloitte
Users often find it challenging to utilize data governance tools, with ease of use ranked as an important criterion by 2028 standards.
Analytics Head of Data Management at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
There should be a reduction in cost as compared to other tools.
Associate Director at Grant Thornton (US)
There is an issue with Collibra Catalog's pricing model, especially for organizations with many databases, as the initial package comes with a limited number of connectors.
Data and Analytics Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

BigID Next offers premium, capacity-based pricing; valued by large enterprises for advanced features, less feasible for smaller businesses.
Collibra Platform's high pricing is offset by its valuable features, benefiting larger companies despite the costly per-user model.
BigID might be expensive as it involves various paid services, like data retention and graphic rights management.
Senior Associate - IT Governance and Compliance at Fulcrum Digital Inc
The pricing is competitive in the market, however, I need to ask for the right price.
Senior Manager at KPMG
Collibra has high initial costs for licensing that can be a barrier to small and medium-sized companies starting with it.
Company Owner, Data Consultant at Telenet BVBA
There are plans to increase license rates.
Analytics Head of Data Management at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Adding modules like Privacy could become expensive.
Data and Analytics Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

BigID Next offers a user-friendly design, seamless Microsoft integration, and powerful data discovery, classification, and protection capabilities.
Collibra Platform enhances data governance with user-friendly interface, custom integrations, metadata management, collaboration, and strong AI capabilities.
One of the best features of BigID is its strength in data discovery and governance.
Senior Manager at KPMG
BigID simplifies things by integrating both data protection and data privacy in one environment, making it easier for end users.
Senior Security Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
The most valuable feature of BigID is its large number of classifiers, which allow us to scan for specific data such as SSN numbers.
Senior Associate - IT Governance and Compliance at Fulcrum Digital Inc
My experience with Collibra's collaboration tools in improving data literacy has been quite good. I think it is one of the best for helping people understand and discuss certain data sets and manage workflows.
Consulting Principal & Founder at Digital Data Consultancy
We have saved up to 30% of manual work as a specific process or workflow became faster.
Data scientist at a wholesaler/distributor with 1-10 employees
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Data Governance System Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

BigID Next
Ranking in Data Governance
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (7th), Data Privacy Management Software (2nd), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (4th), AI Data Analysis (2nd)
Collibra Platform
Ranking in Data Governance
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
75
Ranking in other categories
Metadata Management (2nd), AI Governance (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Data Governance category, the mindshare of BigID Next is 5.2%, down from 7.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Collibra Platform is 9.2%, down from 13.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Governance Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Collibra Platform9.2%
BigID5.2%
Other85.6%
Data Governance
 

Featured Reviews

Aniruddha Nath - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Data discovery has transformed compliance workflows and automation now speeds up requests and remediation
The best feature that BigID offers is data discovery and classification, which is the most powerful engine. It allows connecting to many different data sources, ranging from cloud to on-premises to structured to unstructured data. If there is no connector available, you can build your own classifiers as well. Regarding the custom classifier option, you can build custom classifiers using regular expressions, and I have done that if you know how to create regular expressions. Custom connectors are something you create to connect to a database where the connector is not available. BigID has positively impacted my organization as it's a very powerful tool, especially with the increasing regulatory compliances for different countries such as GDPR, CCPA, and India's recent DPDPA act. Having these tools in place greatly helps organizations avoid any penal charges for not being compliant with the regulatory compliances. For example, regarding compliance or reduced risks for my clients, the DSAR process I was talking about allows organizations to respond quickly to user data deletion requests under GDPR law, which traditionally has a 30-day or 60-day timeline. In larger organizations, when the number of requests is high, it becomes tedious. However, using DSAR automation with BigID, it's almost instantaneous; instead of 30 days, you can respond in just one day to what users have requested.
reviewer2774796 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Governance System Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Data governance has unified definitions and saves audit preparation time across the enterprise
A separate team did the setup for this tool and was involved in setting it up. When they were doing the setup, it was a significant upfront investment in terms of the configuration, modeling, and governance design because the team first had to define the domains, the assets, and the roles. That takes time, and in the insurance environment where we had many legacy systems, this increased the setup effort. It would be helpful if Collibra Platform could have industry specific starter templates that could accelerate adoption. As we ingested more and more metadata, sometimes the catalog searches became slower by a fraction of a second because there was more metadata in the tool. After inserting millions of rows into the physical data dictionaries, the catalog searches could become a little bit slower. Having some better performance optimization might help with this minor issue.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Insurance Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Large Enterprise11
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise55
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BigID?
I like BigID's in-depth discovery and scanning capabilities, especially for unstructured data. This feature is a standout compared to competitors. The tool's data classification capabilities are i...
What needs improvement with BigID?
One area where BigID can be improved is the UI, which has a lot of bugs. I believe that if they improve their UI experience, that would greatly help. In general, sometimes you see bugs, but there's...
What is your primary use case for BigID?
My main use case for BigID includes data discovery and classification, DSAR automation, and data remediation. I use BigID for data discovery and classification in my work by identifying where perso...
What needs improvement with Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?
Collibra Platform can be improved by adding more connectors to the ecosystems.
What is your primary use case for Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?
Collibra Platform serves as the central place to document, govern, and understand our data assets. I use Collibra Platform in my day-to-day work to build out a business glossary and the data catalo...
What advice do you have for others considering Collibra Data Intelligence Platform?
My advice to others looking into using Collibra Platform is to use it in cloud because that is the best solution. I give this review a rating of 10 out of 10.
 

Also Known As

No data available
Data Intelligence Platform, Collibra AI Governance, Collibra Catalog, Collibra Governance, Collibra Lineage, Collibra Privacy & Risk
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Home Depot, Grant Thornton LLP, Cimpress, Fidelity Investments
AXA XL, DNB, Adobe, PMI, Holland America Line, UC Davis Health, Cox Automotive
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