dbt (data build tool) is the industry-standard analytics engineering platform that transforms raw warehouse data into reliable, tested, documented data models. Created by dbt Labs, it enables analytics engineers to apply software engineering best practices — version control, testing, CI/CD, and modularity — to SQL-based data transformations. With 40,000+ companies using dbt including HubSpot, Vimeo, and Cisco, and a community of 300,000+ analytics engineers, dbt has defined the modern data stack. dbt Cloud provides a hosted development environment with job scheduling, observability, and a semantic layer for consistent metric definitions.
Features
✦SQL-first transformations: write data models in SQL with Jinja templating for DRY, reusable code
✦Built-in testing: schema tests, data quality tests, and custom assertions for every model
✦Documentation auto-generation: data lineage graphs and column-level docs from YAML metadata
✦Incremental models: process only new data for 10-100x faster pipeline runs
✦dbt Semantic Layer: define metrics once, consume consistently across every BI tool
✦dbt Cloud IDE: browser-based development with version control, job scheduling, and observability
Pricing
basicFree (dbt Core, open source, unlimited local development)
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