dbt vs. Panoply

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
Panoply
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Panoply, from Sqream since the late 2021 acquisition, is an ETL-less, smart end-to-end data management system built for the cloud. Panoply specializes as a unified ELT and Data Warehouse platform with integrated visualization capabilities and storage optimization algorithms.N/A
Pricing
dbtPanoply
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
dbtPanoply
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPanoply offers simple, transparent pricing. All plans have a 21-day free trial—no credit card required. You'll get an account executive and data architect to help you get the most out of your smart data warehouse. Pricing starts at $325/month.
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Community Pulse
dbtPanoply
Features
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Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
dbt
9.7
8 Ratings
18% above category average
Panoply
-
Ratings
Simple transformations10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Complex transformations9.48 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
dbt
9.1
8 Ratings
15% above category average
Panoply
-
Ratings
Data model creation9.78 Ratings00 Ratings
Metadata management8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
Business rules and workflow9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Testing and debugging8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
dbtPanoply
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(10 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
9.7
(3 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
dbtPanoply
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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Sqream Technologies
Panoply is well suited for companies with large amounts of data that do not want all users of the company to see or view. It is appropriate for companies that have to store data for several years in case clients need the data. It is not made to constantly be downloading or looking at the documents.
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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.
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Sqream Technologies
  • Ease of data integrations. Importing data into the data warehouse is a point-and-click effort.
  • Automated data modeling. The data is modeled in a way that facilitates analysis without having to look into it myself.
  • Query speed. Automated query optimization has really sped up our dashboards.
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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)
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Sqream Technologies
  • The user interface could use some improvement for analytical tools. Apart from that, it’s great.
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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.
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Sqream Technologies
It’s a good choice for building a quick, multipurpose data stack for a variety of businesses needs.
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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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Sqream Technologies
Panoply has much more storage and better organization tools for searching. There are better folders and tools for keeping documents secure and stored for a long period of time. It is better to offload data in mass than singular or Zip drive documents like you would do in Google Drive.
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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
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Sqream Technologies
  • Saved time on Redshift setup
  • Saved support costs (monetary and temporal) by not having to set up on-premise
  • Widens the BI tool use in organization; lowers the barrier to entry and makes organization more productive in analytical terms
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