Datafold
Data diffing and testing for pipeline changes and migrations
About Datafold
Datafold provides tooling that compares data before and after code changes so analytics engineers can catch regressions in CI. It also offers automated support for migrating data warehouses.
Common use cases
- Regression testing in dbt
- Warehouse migration
- Data quality monitoring
- Impact analysis
Products and services
Data Diff
Compares datasets across environments to show the effect of code changes.
CI/CD integration
Runs data checks on pull requests for dbt and SQL pipelines.
Migration Agent
Automates translation and validation for warehouse migrations.
Key features
- Value-level data diffing
- Pull request data checks
- Column-level lineage
- Migration validation
- Data monitoring
Integrations
- dbt
- Snowflake
- Databricks
- BigQuery
- GitHub
- GitLab
Datafold alternatives
FAQs
Where does it fit in a workflow?
It runs in CI on code changes and compares affected tables before deployment.
Which warehouses does it support?
It connects to common cloud warehouses and lakehouses such as Snowflake, Databricks and BigQuery.
Does it help with migrations?
Yes, it offers validation and automation features for moving between data platforms.
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