Data Infrastructure

DBT Labs

Analytics engineering platform for transforming data in the warehouse with SQL

About DBT Labs

dbt Labs created dbt, the open source framework that lets teams build, test and document data transformations in SQL, and sells the managed dbt platform. It includes the Fusion engine and a semantic layer for consistent metrics. dbt Labs completed a merger with Fivetran in June 2026.

Common use cases

  • Warehouse transformation
  • Analytics engineering
  • Metric standardization
  • Data quality testing

Products and services

dbt Core

Open source transformation framework.

dbt platform

Managed environment for development, scheduling and observability.

dbt Fusion engine

Newer SQL engine for faster parsing and development.

dbt Semantic Layer

Centrally defined metrics served to downstream tools.

Key features

  • SQL transformations
  • Automated testing
  • Documentation and lineage
  • CI/CD
  • Semantic layer
  • Version control

Integrations

  • Snowflake
  • Databricks
  • Google BigQuery
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Git
  • Airflow
  • Fivetran

DBT Labs alternatives

FAQs

Is dbt free?

dbt Core is open source; the managed platform is a paid product with tiers.

Which warehouses are supported?

Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift and others via adapters.

What changed in 2026?

dbt Labs completed a merger with Fivetran.

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