Editions & Pricing

Designed for predictable pricing

Buy concurrent-license packs sized to your target headcount coverage. Users, connectors, and metadata objects are unlimited beyond that. This can provide multi-year predictable costs.

No named users

You can provision your entire organization. A seat is reserved when someone logs in and released when they log out. Adding a person to a project doesn't touch your bill.

No connector limits

Every edition includes full access to its bundled 400+ current and future connectors at no extra charge. Connect a new source next quarter at the same price.

No object limits

Manage metadata for five tables or five million. Every edition includes unlimited metadata assets, so a growing estate never triggers a new bill.

MetaKarta editions

Standard

Popular

Full lineage and cataloging in a single configuration. The natural start for one team standardizing its first data domain.

Import from any supported RDBMS and popular DI/BI tools

Column-level data lineage with control flow & processes

Data classification automation (metadata & data-driven)

Business glossary and semantic mapping

Advanced

Enterprise-grade configuration and change management and customizable workflow automation for complex data estates.

Import from all current and future supported databases, file systems, DI/BI tools, and popular modeling tools

Version control management with incremental harvesting

Multi-configuration management for grouping model and mapping, glossaries and stitching to control visibility and sharing for:

System, domain, and department separation
Legacy on-prem and modern cloud environments
Dev/Test/Prod environments

Customizable workflows

Ultimate

ERP & business applications, advanced modeling features, and compiled context for databases, BI, and AI agents.

Import from any current and future platforms and tools, including ERP & business applications

Data Modeling (IDEF1X)

Business Process Modeling (BPMN)

Custom Business Modeling (UML Metamodel Designer)

Semantic modeling with reverse-engineering from existing database and BI

Active Data Governance: Forward Engineering

Native compilation of governed metrics into native database & BI formats

All editions are licensed by concurrent-user packs, not per named seat.
Starter Bundles

Prove the solution on your biggest problem

Not ready for the full platform yet? Choose from lineage against your own data, or compiled context delivered to databases, BI, and AI, capped at 5 concurrent users.

Under $50K

Fixed Scope

Sales Assisted

Annual Term

Data Lineage Starter

Parse cross-system lineage for up to 5 pre-selected connectors and connect via MetaKarta MCP for Metadata Management tools. Built for one team that needs to trace impact before it becomes a ticket.

Credits toward Standard, Advanced, or Ultimate

Semantic Hub Starter

Compile governed metrics for up to 5 pre-selected connectors and connect via MetaKarta MCP for Semantic Hub tools. The fastest way to see a compiled artifact land in your own environment.

Credits toward Ultimate

Included with both bundles

5 concurrent users maximum

5 pre-selected connectors maximum

1 configuration, no metamodel customization

1 production instance, no multi-environment deployment

100% of Starter spend credits toward an edition upgrade within 12 months

Sales-assisted, annual term, no self-serve or monthly billing

Full Comparison

Compare all editions

Every capability, clearly mapped. Pick the edition that matches where your data program is today.

Feature

Standard

Advanced

Ultimate

Data Lineage (column-level with data vs. control flow & processes)
Data Classification Automation (metadata & data-driven)
Ask in NLP & MCP for Metadata Management
Business Glossary & Semantic Mapping
Multi-Configuration & Version Management
Customizable Workflows
Data Modeling (IDEF1X)
Business Process Modeling (BPMN)
Active Data Governance: Forward Engineering
Semantic Hub IDE
- Semantic Reverse Engineering from DB and BI
- Visual Semantic Modeling and Ontology Linking
- Semantic Compiler for DB and BI
- MCP for Semantic Hub (agentic AI)

Connectors

Standard

Advanced

Ultimate

Data Stores (RDBMS, NoSQL, Object Stores, Files, API)

Any supported RDBMS

All current & future supported

All current & future supported

Data Integration (DI, ETL, ELT, Scripting, Streaming)

dbt, Spark, HiveQL

All current & future supported

All current & future supported

Data Reporting / Business Intelligence / Analytics

Tableau, Power BI, Qlik Sense

Any current & future supported tools

All current & future supported

Data Modeling

-

Erwin & ER/Studio

All current & future supported

Data Quality, Classification & Governance

-

All current & future supported

All current & future supported

Business Applications (e.g. ERP: SAP S/4HANA, BW)

-

Salesforce only

Any supported ERP & business apps

Category

The Value Metric

How MetaKarta is licensed

MetaKarta is licensed by concurrent users, which include access with UI, REST API, and MCP using your preferred LLM provider. One concurrent producer license typically covers 5 producers, and one concurrent consumer license typically covers 10 consumers. Producer base packs come in 5, 10, or 25 concurrent licenses. Consumer base packs come in 25 or 100.

Producers

Technical users in IT who create and maintain metadata content, typically data architects, data modelers, glossary editors, mapping designers, and developers.

Consumers

Analysts, business users, and reviewers who access, review, and annotate metadata objects, create metadata worksheets and dashboards, and add comments and social curation.

What every license includes

Concurrent licensing

A license is reserved when someone logs in and returned when they log out. Provision as many people as you like. Concurrency is what you license.

No compute charges

We don't bill for compute cycles. Your organization already pays Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, GCP, or Azure for that.

No token charges

Use your preferred LLM provider contract. MetaKarta supplies the compiled context it needs for reliable AI.

Unlimited assets

Every edition includes an unlimited number of metadata objects. On customer-managed deployments, storing more of your estate never raises your price. Meta Integration hosted cloud environments are sized by total volume.

Connectors included

Each edition bundles a defined set of connectors at no additional charge, each usable against unlimited data sources of that type.

Deployment Options

Flexible deployment options to fit your architecture

On-premises and private cloud deployments are customer-managed with no additional cost from MetaKarta. Meta Integration hosted and managed SaaS cloud deployments require sizing and carry a hosting fee based on total volume.

Deployment Type
Environment sizing
Customer-Managed Deployment
On-premises or private/public cloud. Any platform: AWS, Azure, GCP.
Unlimited
customer managed, no additional license cost
Meta Integration Cloud Hosted & Managed Deployment
SaaS deployment managed (AWS)
S
Small
Up to 500 GB
M
Medium
Up to 1 TB
L
Large
Up to 3 TB

Frequently asked
questions

Why don't editions show list pricing?

Your price depends on your edition, your concurrent-license mix, and how you deploy, so we quote it directly rather than posting one number for every company. Use the estimator above to size your license pool, then talk to sales for a quote built around your actual numbers.

Can I upgrade from one edition to another?

Yes. MetaKarta editions are designed for progressive growth. Every edition is built on the same shared metadata repository, which means all your definitions, mappings, lineage, and metadata carry forward when you upgrade. You activate additional capability on the same platform.

What's the difference between Starter and the three editions above it?

Starter is a fixed-scope proof, capped at 5 concurrent users and 5 connectors, sold in one of two prepackaged bundles: Data Lineage or Semantic Hub. Standard, Advanced, and Ultimate are the open-ended editions built for a team running production workloads at real scale. 100% of Starter spend credits toward an edition upgrade within the first year: Data Lineage Starter toward Standard, Advanced, or Ultimate, and Semantic Hub Starter toward Ultimate.

How is MetaKarta licensed?

By concurrent users across two roles: Producers and Consumers. One concurrent producer license covers about 5 producers, and one concurrent consumer license covers about 10 consumers. Producer base packs come in 5, 10, or 25 concurrent licenses, with add-on packs of 25. Consumer base packs come in 25 or 100, with add-on packs of 25 or 100. Producers are technical users who create and manage metadata content. Consumers are business users who access and annotate governed data. Talk to sales for pricing specific to your organization's size and edition.

What happens if my team grows past its concurrent-license pool?

Your deployment grows with actual usage based on concurrent user activity, rather than named users in the company. When you need more concurrent capacity, you add a pack: producer packs in blocks of 25, consumer packs in blocks of 25 or 100. Your account team sizes the addition using your usage-monitoring data, not a guess.

What connectors come with my edition, and can I add more later?

Every edition bundles a defined set of connectors at no additional charge, and each one connects to unlimited data sources of that type. Standard covers RDBMS data stores, dbt/Spark/HiveQL integration, and Tableau, Power Bl, and Qlik Sense. Advanced and Ultimate include every specified current and future supported connector, across data stores (databases, data lakes, file systems), data integration tools, analytics platforms, data modeling, and business applications. New connectors we release later are included automatically at your edition's scope, no upgrade required.

Does MetaKarta support on-premises, cloud, and hybrid deployments?

MetaKarta is available across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. The shared metadata repository operates consistently regardless of where your data infrastructure is deployed, so your metadata and business logic definitions travel with you across every architecture you run.