--- title: "Dawiso vs Secoda | Modern Data Catalog Alternative" description: "Dawiso vs Secoda: Secoda is migrating into Atlassian's Cloud Platform and Rovo AI, while Dawiso stays a single-product catalog with its own roadmap." url: "https://www.dawiso.com/competitors/secoda" language: "en" --- Dawiso vs Secoda # Why teams choose Dawiso over Secoda Secoda was acquired by Atlassian in December 2025 and is migrating into Atlassian's Cloud Platform, with its capabilities folded into Rovo AI and enriching the Teamwork Graph. If you want a vendor whose only product is the catalog - on an independently-owned roadmap, with a published starting price and in-product setup that reaches value in 2-4 weeks - Dawiso is the cleaner long-term bet. TL;DR Independent vendor, focused on the catalog. In-product setup, not a parent-platform feature. Account manager from the Corporate plan. [Take the product tour](https://demo.dawiso.com/dashboard/demo_welcome?dw_src=competitor-secoda&dw_cta=tour-hero) Self-guided, in the real product. No sales call; a work email unlocks the full tour. From a Dawiso customer > By connecting our internal AI platform to Dawiso's MCP server \[...\] If they search for a general term, one with several sub-definitions, we can present all of those to them in an easy-to-consume way. It's a game-changer for how we communicate internally. **Jesper Bergeskans** Head of Data Engineering, Eye Security **681,000** governed objects, priced per user rather than per object at Seznam.cz [Read the Eye Security story](https://www.dawiso.com/case-study/eye-security) 01At a glance ## Dawiso vs Secoda, side by side Built on customer feedback and publicly available sources. | Features | Dawiso | Secoda | | --- | --- | --- | | Vendor independence | Catalog is Dawiso's only product, on an independently-owned roadmap - not acquired, not warehouse-locked | Acquired by Atlassian (Dec 2025); migrating into Atlassian's Cloud Platform, folded into Rovo AI and enriching the Teamwork Graph | | Product roadmap | Continuous shipping, public quarterly roadmap | Standalone Secoda direction is consolidating with Atlassian's broader Rovo + Teamwork Graph roadmap | | Support continuity | Help Center and forum on every plan, account manager from Corporate | Support continuity follows Atlassian's integration timeline | | Setup model | In-product customization (schemas, workflows, roles), no services engagement; 2-4 week time-to-value | Functional self-serve setup; forward direction routes through Atlassian Cloud | | AI agents and MCP | Production MCP read+write (Databricks MCP Marketplace) from the Corporate plan, Technical Writer Agent and Agentic Data Governance Steward in every plan | MCP server and AI Agents ship today (docs.secoda.co); forward investment routes through Atlassian Rovo | | Time to value | First use cases in 2-4 weeks; full named rollout ~11 weeks (P3 Parks, 78 days) | First value 2-6 weeks; shorter, but less enterprise governance depth | 02Customer proof ## A catalog your AI tools can read, in production today Data teams connect their assistants and agents to Dawiso through the MCP server, so answers come from governed definitions, owners and lineage. - **681,000** governed objects, priced per user rather than per object [Seznam.cz](https://www.dawiso.com/case-study/seznam) - **40,500+** scanned objects across Metabase, Snowflake and dbt [Eye Security](https://www.dawiso.com/case-study/eye-security) - **~60 days** from kick-off to a fully operational solution, DataHub content migrated [Bertel O. Steen](https://www.dawiso.com/case-study/bertel-o-steen) 03Feature by feature ## Five capabilities buyers ask about, one verdict each Open a row for what you get in each product. **GLOSSARY Built by a team that still works on the catalog** GLOSSARY ### Business glossary Built by a team that still works on the catalog dawiso Winner Wiki-style, AI-assisted, actively developed - Long structured definitions with formal approval flows - Role-based editing rights per term and per domain - Inline AI suggestions for definitions, owners, related terms Secoda Limited Clean glossary; roadmap routing through Atlassian - Glossary UI is modern but governance workflows stay light - Roadmap consolidates with Atlassian's cloud platform direction - Renewal context for buyers now includes Atlassian, not just Secoda **AI Independent catalog AI roadmap** AI ### AI Context Layer Independent catalog AI roadmap dawiso Winner Native MCP + agentic stewards - REST API in every plan, MCP server from the Corporate plan - Agentic data steward + technical writer included - Grounded answers from your real metadata, every model Secoda Limited MCP shipping, roadmap routing through Rovo - Secoda MCP server and AI Agents are documented (docs.secoda.co) - Standalone catalog AI features now consolidate with Atlassian's broader AI direction - No pre-built Technical Writer Agent or Agentic Data Governance Steward on roadmap **LINEAGE Live and editable, not stale and read-only** LINEAGE ### Live data lineage, editable in-product Live and editable, not stale and read-only dawiso Winner Auto + manual edits, column-level, real-time - Live lineage from warehouse and transformation tools - Edit edges in-product where the parser misses - Impact analysis on every schema change Secoda Limited Read-only lineage, scan-based - Column-level coverage is partial on modern lakehouse stacks - No in-product edits when the parser misses an edge - Lineage updates depend on scheduled scans, not real-time events **VENDOR Independent roadmap, not a future Atlassian feature** VENDOR ### Whose roadmap are you buying into? Independent roadmap, not a future Atlassian feature dawiso Winner One product, one company, one independent roadmap - Single product: business + technical metadata linked by design, no silos - Independently-owned roadmap - not acquired, not folded into a parent platform - In-product customization (schemas, workflows, roles), no services engagement - Managed in every deployment option, account manager from the Corporate plan Secoda Limited Now an Atlassian product, routed through the Atlassian stack - Acquired by Atlassian in December 2025 - Platform migrating into Atlassian's Cloud Platform - Capabilities folded into Rovo AI and enriching the Teamwork Graph - Techzine reports the integration will ultimately lead to Secoda AI disappearing as a separate solution **PACKAGING Independent vendor, focused on the catalog** PACKAGING ### Procurement model Independent vendor, focused on the catalog dawiso Winner One product, the full catalog in every plan - No SKU shopping: one product in three plans - AI features included, not a premium add-on - Contract is with the company building the catalog, not its parent Secoda Limited Contract now sits under Atlassian - Renewal conversations now route through Atlassian - Standalone product roadmap is consolidating with Atlassian's data platform - Independent quarterly roadmap is not the buying signal here **See the difference yourself.** Click through the real product, at your own pace. [Take the product tour](https://demo.dawiso.com/dashboard/demo_welcome?dw_src=competitor-secoda&dw_cta=tour-mid) 04Price and ratings ## What it costs, and what users say A 0-10 total-cost score from public AWS Marketplace starting prices, next to verified G2 ratings. Total cost of ownership score, 0-10. **Lower is better.** Dawiso 2.1/10 Collibra 9.8/10 Ab Initio 6.8/10 Atlan 5.6/10 Select Star 5.0/10 DataHub 4.1/10 OpenMetadata 4.1/10 Alation 3.2/10 DataGalaxy 2.7/10 Secoda 2.6/10 TCO scores anchor on public AWS Marketplace starting subscription pricing, normalized 0-10 where lower is better. Full 3-year program cost varies by services SOWs, paid modules (DQ, lineage, AI agents), and steward FTE. Methodology updated 2026-05. CRITERIA Ease of Use 9.7 9.4 Ease of Setup 9.4 9.3 Quality of Support 9.4 8.6 Product Direction 9.5 8.4 05FAQ ## Frequently asked questions Still deciding? [Contact us](https://www.dawiso.com/contact-us) and we will answer in a short time. **Is Secoda still an independent data catalog?** No. Atlassian acquired Secoda in December 2025, and the platform is migrating into Atlassian's Cloud Platform, with Secoda's capabilities folded into Rovo AI and enriching Atlassian's Teamwork Graph. Atlassian states existing customers' experience will not change in the near term, and the team stays on - so this is a future-direction and vendor-independence question, not a support concern. Dawiso's only product is the catalog, on an independently-owned roadmap, with full feature parity across SaaS, customer Azure, and on-prem deployments. **How long does migration from Secoda take?** Dawiso reaches first use cases in 2-4 weeks, with a full named rollout (P3 Parks) in ~11 weeks. Migration from Secoda adds a metadata export and a glossary mapping pass, which most teams finish inside one additional sprint. The connectors, ownership model, and tagging concepts map cleanly. **Can we run Secoda and Dawiso in parallel during evaluation?** Yes. Connect both to the same warehouse, point a small business team at Dawiso for a 30-day shadow trial, and compare adoption side by side. Given the uncertainty around the standalone Secoda roadmap post-acquisition, this is the pattern we recommend most often right now. **When does Secoda still make sense?** Small teams already deep inside the Atlassian ecosystem who welcome consolidation into Rovo and the Teamwork Graph may still find Secoda a fit. For teams that want a vendor whose only product is the catalog, on an independently-owned roadmap, that is the Dawiso case. ## See why teams pick Dawiso over Secoda Explore Dawiso in the real product, at your own pace. No sales call; a work email unlocks the full tour. [Take the product tour](https://demo.dawiso.com/dashboard/demo_welcome?dw_src=competitor-secoda&dw_cta=tour-final)