dbt vs. Progress DataDirect

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
dbt
Score 9.0 out of 10
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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.N/A
Progress DataDirect
Score 4.5 out of 10
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Progress Software offers DataDirect, a data connectivity solution which helps enterprises integrate data across relational, big data and cloud databases.N/A
Pricing
dbtProgress DataDirect
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
dbtProgress DataDirect
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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Community Pulse
dbtProgress DataDirect
Features
dbtProgress DataDirect
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
dbt
9.5
Ratings
15% above category average
Progress DataDirect
9.3
Ratings
13% above category average
Simple transformations10.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Complex transformations9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
dbt
9.0
Ratings
12% above category average
Progress DataDirect
9.7
Ratings
20% above category average
Data model creation9.50 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Metadata management8.50 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Business rules and workflow9.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Collaboration10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Testing and debugging8.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
dbt
-
Ratings
Progress DataDirect
9.8
Ratings
16% above category average
Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Data Governance
Comparison of Data Governance features of Product A and Product B
dbt
-
Ratings
Progress DataDirect
9.8
Ratings
19% above category average
Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
dbtProgress DataDirect
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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9.5
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Usability
9.5
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User Testimonials
dbtProgress DataDirect
Likelihood to Recommend
dbt (Data Build Tool) is best suited for doing the data transformation. dbt is just a transformation tool and it is not suitable for building a data pipeline which requires extraction of data and loading. dbt is well suited for SQL based transformation logic and it is less appropriate when transformation logic requires python.
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Data ingestion and connectivity to CRM applications made easy by Progress data direct JDBC interface. The interface integrates well with Spark and AWS Glue etc. May not be a great fit for ingestion of very large objects from systems like Salesforce.
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Pros
  • user experience makes it easy to work with SQL and version control
  • customer success team and the dbt (data build tool) community help establish best practices
  • thorough and clear documentation
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  • Providing JDBC connectivity to CRM applications
  • Raw data integration
  • Customer support
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Cons
  • Slow load times of the dbt cloud environment (they're working on it via a new UI though)
  • More out-of-the-box solutions for managing procedures, functions, etc would be nice to have, but honestly, it's pretty easy to figure out how to adapt dbt macros
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  • Seamless data access for BI and Analytics.
  • Helps you comply with industry standards.
  • Cloud and On-premises Data Access with Hybrid Data Pipelines.
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Usability
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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Alternatives Considered
Matillion is graphical versus dbt, which is SQL code-based (that, of course, is a matter of personal preference and not an objective advantage). The integrated testing, documentation generation, lineage, etc., were additional criteria that led us to choose dbt.
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Ended hybrid Data Pipeline info your app, white label it and ship it to your customers to give them the very best cloud connectivity. Has an encryption algorithm that can be made compliant using the FIPS Compliance mode. Get real-time connectivity to popular data sources such as Salesforce, Google Analytics, and Oracle.
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Return on Investment
  • In 3 months we re-wrote the data warehouse (15-20 sources) in dbt with 3 developers.
  • We are using it continually for the past year with no issues.
  • Sorry, I don't have ROI numbers but the impact was huge.
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  • Create custom data access and security policies at a user level.
  • Integrate HDP into your app seamlessly with management and administration API's.
  • Hybrid Data Pipeline service can be deployed on multiple modes behind a load balancer.
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