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# dbt

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> dbt is a self-serve BI tool built upon an open-source semantic layer.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 4 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 4 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 100% | (10/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: dbt Labs

## Commercial Context

- **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: United States

## Features

- Dashboard
- Visual Analytics

## Category

- [Business Intelligence Tools](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/23/business-intelligence/software)

## Alternatives

1. [Microsoft Power BI](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/176586/power-bi) — 4.6/5 (1870 reviews)
2. [ImportYeti](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1044829/importyeti) — 4.9/5 (199 reviews)
3. [Tableau](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/77260/tableau) — 4.6/5 (2348 reviews)
4. [Microsoft SQL Server](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1417/sql-server) — 4.6/5 (1974 reviews)
5. [Google Data Studio](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/190616/data-studio) — 4.5/5 (335 reviews)

## Reviews

### "Best Cloud based Data Transformation tool for Analytics purpose" — 4.0/5

> **P** | *13 February 2024* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Easy to use UI.
Job Scheduling.
Cloud based IDE.
Ease of connecting to multiple data Warehouses.
Customizable Projects creation.
Different users can use a Project.
It's Data Transformation capabilities.
> 
> **Cons**: Error handling can be made more easy.
Job Scheduling have some more options.
Ability to customise the Alerts.

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### "DBT Review" — 5.0/5

> **Michael** | *28 August 2023* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: What I most liked about dbt is that is easy to use and implement. It also help us to keep an organized  set of models and deploy tests over them to ensure data quality
> 
> **Cons**: DBT covers all my needs right now, however it assumes that all my information is on my database, this requires to make ETL efforts

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### "Empowers analysts" — 5.0/5

> **Melisa** | *17 November 2023* | Information Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Enables our analysts to rely less on data engineering when it comes to scheduling tasks. We can use the language that we are most comfortable in (SQL) and manage all our data ops. Super quick to get set up.
> 
> **Cons**: I'm afraid the costs could increase quite a bit at some point but for now, we're happy with the pricing.

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### "One of the best data management platforms" — 5.0/5

> **Asad** | *12 December 2023* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Data transformation and data modeling is made very easy and user friendly
> 
> **Cons**: As relatively new, the tool has room for more connectors development.
> 
> Really good, saves a lot of time and data warehousing is made easier.

## Links

- [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/1037948/transform)

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