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dbt vs. MetaRouter

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
dbt
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
dbt is an SQL development environment, developed by Fishtown Analytics, now known as dbt Labs. The vendor states that with dbt, analysts take ownership of the entire analytics engineering workflow, from writing data transformation code to deployment and documentation. dbt Core is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license, and paid Teams and Enterprise editions are available.
$0
per month per seat
MetaRouter
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
MetaRouter is presented by the vendor as a customer data integration solution for security-minded organizations who want to use analytics tools they need, on their own terms. With MetaRouter the user owns the entire data infrastructure, with it deployed on a private cloud, and maintains control of data from the point of ingestion to delivery to a third-party. While a SaaS option exists for basic customer data integration, the core platform is designed for private deployment: modular,…N/A
Pricing
dbtMetaRouter
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
dbtMetaRouter
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
dbtMetaRouter
Features
dbtMetaRouter
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
dbt
9.7
8 Ratings
19% above category average
MetaRouter
6.5
1 Ratings
21% below category average
Simple transformations10.08 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Complex transformations9.38 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
dbt
9.1
8 Ratings
15% above category average
MetaRouter
7.3
1 Ratings
7% below category average
Data model creation9.78 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Metadata management8.78 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Business rules and workflow9.08 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Collaboration10.06 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Testing and debugging8.08 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
dbt
-
Ratings
MetaRouter
6.0
1 Ratings
31% below category average
Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
dbt
-
Ratings
MetaRouter
6.5
1 Ratings
19% below category average
Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
dbtMetaRouter
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(10 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.7
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
dbtMetaRouter
Likelihood to Recommend
dbt Labs
The prerequisite is that you have a supported database/data warehouse and have already found a way to ingest your raw data. Then dbt is very well suited to manage your transformation logic if the people using it are familiar with SQL. If you want to benefit from bringing engineering practices to data, dbt is a great fit. It can bring CI/CD practices, version control, automated testing, documentation generation, etc. It is not so well suited if the people managing the transformation logic do not like to code (in SQL) but prefer graphical user interfaces.
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Anonymous
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MetaRouter
Capturing clickstream events from multiple sources. Marketing attribution analytics general marketing influence.
NC
Nagaraj C
Senior Software Engineer
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Pros
dbt Labs
  • dbt supports version control through GIT, this allows teams to collaborate and track the data transformation logic.
  • dbt allows us to build data models which helps to break complex transformation logic into simple and smaller logic.
  • dbt is completely based on SQL which allows data analyst and data engineers to build the transformation logic.
  • dbt can be easily integrated with snowflake.
Sahil Khan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sahil Khan
Data Analyst
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MetaRouter
No answers on this topic
Cons
dbt Labs
  • Field-level lineage (currently at table level)
  • Documentation inheritance - if a field is documented the downstream field of the same name could inherit the doc info
  • Adding python model support (in beta now)
Judy Campion | TrustRadius Reviewer
Judy Campion
Data Architect
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MetaRouter
No answers on this topic
Usability
dbt Labs
dbt is very easy to use. Basically if you can write SQL, you will be able to use dbt to get what you need done. Of course more advanced users with more technical skills can do more things.
SI
Sid Iyer
BizOps
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MetaRouter
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
dbt Labs
I actually don't know what the alternative to dbt is. I'm sure one must exist other than more 'roll your own' options like Apache Airflow, say, bu tin terms of super easy managed/cloud data transforms, dbt really does seem to be THE tool to use. It's $50/month per dev, BUT there's a FREE version for 1 dev seat with no read-only access for anyone else, so you can always start with that and then buy yourself a seat later.
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Anonymous
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MetaRouter
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
dbt Labs
  • Simplified our BI layer for faster load times
  • Increased the quality of data reaching our end users
  • Makes complex transformations manageable
Verified User
Anonymous
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MetaRouter
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