Marquez pricing.
Marquez is free. It's an open-source project (Apache-2.0) with no paid tier — the cost is the infrastructure you run it on and the engineering time to operate it.
What's verifiable.
Free tier Fully open source under Apache-2.0; no paid tier exists. Run cost is your own infrastructure (Marquez server plus Postgres).
How free forever pricing works.
The software is free, full stop — an open-source project with no commercial tier behind it. Your real costs are infrastructure and the engineering time to deploy, upgrade, and operate it.
Total cost of ownership. Free software with a weekend of setup and a day a month of upkeep is not free — budget the operational load, and check project governance for long-term maintenance signals.
Same cluster, ranked by entry cost.
Ranked by published entry price — sales-led tools sort last because their floor is unverifiable. For capability-ranked substitutes, see all Marquez alternatives, scored.
Asked about Marquez pricing.
Does Marquez publish pricing?
Yes. Marquez is free, open-source software.
Does Marquez have a free tier?
Yes. Fully open source under Apache-2.0; no paid tier exists. Run cost is your own infrastructure (Marquez server plus Postgres).
Can you run Marquez for free by self-hosting?
Yes — Marquez can be self-hosted at no license cost. Marquez has no managed counterpart. Astronomer's commercial product (managed Airflow) emits OpenLineage events but does not host Marquez itself. If you want managed OpenLineage-conformant lineage, the closest commercial paths are `atlan`, `datahub`, or `openmetadata` (the latter via Collate) — each consumes OpenLineage events but stores them in its own backend, not in Marquez.
What's the cheapest alternative to Marquez?
Among the 2 same-cluster alternatives indexed here, Cloudera Data Lineage (Octopai) has the lowest entry cost (contact sales). Ranking is by published entry price; sales-led tools may quote anywhere.
Where these numbers come from.
Every figure above traces to public sources — the vendor's own pricing page where one exists, marketplace listings and third-party spend data where it doesn't. Verified 2026·05·08. The full capability spec lives on the Marquez tool page.
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