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Deliver trusted data with dbt

The open standard for modern, AI-ready data transformation

subscription Cloud Browser VS Code ETL & Data Pipelines

Deliver trusted data with dbt is a etl & data pipelines tool built by dbt Labs. It's best for Data teams and Analytics engineers. Pricing is subscription. Main alternatives include Fivetran, Qlik, Fast Open-Source OLAP DBMS.

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Data teams

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About Deliver trusted data with dbt

dbt (data build tool) Labs empowers data teams to build reliable, governed data pipelines, accelerating analytics and AI initiatives. It combines SQL-based development with real-time validation and stateful intelligence for building, testing, and deploying AI-ready data pipelines.

dbt Labs provides a data transformation platform that enables data teams to build and deploy reliable data pipelines using SQL. It focuses on empowering data practitioners to create and disseminate organizational knowledge, ensuring data is trusted, governed, and properly documented for analytics and AI development.

dbt combines SQL-based development with real-time validation and stateful intelligence, allowing users to build, test, and deploy AI-ready data pipelines quickly and confidently. Key features include interactive lineage across projects and columns, automatic refactoring of models and columns, and interoperability with various data platforms and IDEs.

The platform offers features like dbt Catalog for improved governance and trusted data, dbt Semantic Layer for self-service analysis, and dbt Copilot for code generation. It also includes cost optimization features and stateful intelligence to reduce warehouse spend. dbt integrates with popular cloud data platforms like Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, and Amazon Redshift, as well as business intelligence tools like Tableau and Hex.

dbt is designed for data teams looking to standardize data transformation, improve data quality, and accelerate analytics and AI initiatives. It helps teams spot inefficiencies, automate routine work, and use compute smarter, cutting costs and speeding delivery. The dbt Community provides a gateway to best practices, innovation, and collaboration with data leaders and AI practitioners.

Key Features

SQL-based data transformation
Real-time validation
Stateful intelligence
Interactive lineage
Automated model refactoring
Multi-dialect compilation
dbt Catalog
dbt Semantic Layer
dbt Copilot
dbt Canvas
dbt Insights
Cost optimization features
dbt Mesh
Integration with IDEs (Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, VS Code)
Data governance tools

Pricing

subscription

Developer

Free
  • One Developer seat
  • 3,000 successful models built per month
  • 1 project
  • Browser-based IDE
  • Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
  • Job scheduling
  • Keep on the latest dbt release

Starter

$100/per user/month
  • Five (5) developer seats
  • 15,000 successful models built per month
  • 5,000 queried metrics per month
  • 1 project
  • All features in Developer, plus:
  • dbt Catalog basic
  • dbt Semantic Layer basic
  • dbt Copilot code generation
  • API access

Enterprise

Contact sales
  • Custom Developer seat count
  • 100,000 successful models built per month
  • 20,000 queried metrics per month
  • 30 projects
  • All features in Starter, plus:
  • dbt Catalog advanced
  • dbt Semantic Layer advanced
  • dbt Copilot
  • dbt Canvas
  • dbt Insights
  • Cost optimization features
  • dbt Mesh

Enterprise+

Contact sales
  • Custom Developer seat count
  • 100,000 successful models built per month
  • 20,000 queried metrics per month
  • Unlimited projects
  • All features in Enterprise, plus:
  • PrivateLink
  • IP Restrictions
  • Rollback
  • Hybrid projects

Who is it for?

Best for

  • Data transformation
  • Building reliable data pipelines
  • Improving data quality
  • Data governance
  • AI-ready data pipelines
  • Analytics engineering

Not ideal for

  • Organizations without a need for data transformation
  • Teams that do not use SQL
  • Organizations not leveraging cloud data platforms

Integrations

Tableau Fivetran OpenAI Snowflake Azure AI Databricks AlloyDB Amazon Redshift BigQuery Microsoft Fabric Starburst Onehouse Airbyte Matia Weld Dot Google Sheets Hex Klipfolio

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