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Features and usage

What is Datacoves?

Datacoves is an end-to-end data engineering platform that unifies dbt, Airflow orchestration, Python development, governance, and best practices. It can be deployed in a customer’s environment and provides a secure, managed workspace.

Does my operating system have prerequisites?

Datacoves runs on modern browsers such as MS Edge and Google Chrome. No special requirements are needed on the user’s computer. This is what allows us to get new users up and running in minutes. Deliver insights and leave the infrastructure to us.

How is Datacoves Deployed?

Datacoves is deployed in the customer’s private cloud or consumed as SaaS. It uses Kubernetes, integrates with identity systems, and requires no VPC peering.

What problem does Datacoves solve?

Datacoves eliminates the complexity of building and maintaining dbt Core, Airflow, Python, CI/CD, and secrets management. It provides a unified, secure, governed environment.

Who uses Datacoves?

Analytics engineers, data engineers, and enterprise platform teams. Decision-makers include Directors, VPs, and Heads of Data.

What is VS Code in Datacoves?

An in-browser VS Code IDE with dbt Core, Python virtual environments, SQLFluff, and Git integration.

What is My Airflow vs. Teams Airflow?

My Airflow is a personal sandbox for testing. Teams Airflow is shared orchestration for production workflows.

Can Datacoves onboard large teams quickly?

Yes. Standardized environments and templates reduce onboarding time by ~30 hours per developer.

How does code go from development to production?

Datacoves users follow standard dbt-core development standards. New features are created on a branch, they are then pushed to a git server like GitHub where they are tested. Once the change is approved, the branch is merged into the repo’s main branch. The main branch is picked up by Airflow and jobs run as scheduled.

Does Datacoves include AI capabilities?

Yes. AI can be integrated with your LLM of chose, and can leverage MCP servers to generate dbt tests, documentation, models, DAGs, explains errors, etc.

Does Datacoves replace dbt Cloud?

Yes, Datacoves is an alternative to dbt Cloud and provides a private, enterprise-grade alternative with broader capabilities.

How is Datacoves different from DIY?

DIY requires custom platform development on Kubernetes for Airflow and development environment. It also requires integrating the tools so they work well together. Datacoves provides this preconfigured and managed.

What legacy ETL tools can Datacoves modernize?

Informatica, SSIS, Alteryx, Talend, Matillion, Coalesce.io, and homegrown ETL.

Is Datacoves scalable?

Yes. Datacoves has helped large organizations manage tens of dbt projects in a single organization, with hundreds of developers, hundreds of Airflow DAGs, and thousands of dbt models.

What outcomes do customers report?

Faster onboarding, improved reliability, reduced overhead, and better governance.

What warehouse features does Datacoves leverage?

Datacoves supports any available warehouse feature including Snowflake cloning, incremental builds, dynamic tables, and any dbt features.

How is data processed by the Datacoves IDE?

When previewing queries in our IDE the resulting data passes through our infrastructure on the way to your browser, but we do not store it. Furthermore, by default, we limit query previews to 500 lines.

Support and integrations

Is Datacoves open source?

While Datacoves is not open source, it is built on open components to which we also contribute. There is no vendor lock-in as customers can recreate what we have done, but trust us, this is not simple.

How does Datacoves support dbt?

Datacoves provides a managed dbt runtime, environments, CI/CD, testing frameworks, documentation, and Git-driven workflows.

How does Datacoves support Airflow?

Datacoves includes My Airflow for development and Teams Airflow for production. It syncs DAGs from Git, supports secrets, and includes dbt operators and decorators.

Does Datacoves support Python ingestion?

Yes. Datacoves supports dltHub, custom Python ingestion, and integrates with Airflow.

How does Datacoves support CI/CD?

Datacoves includes pipelines for dbt tests, SQL linting, governance checks, docs, and deployment.

What cloud platforms are supported?

Private cloud or SaaS deployments on AWS, Azure, or any Kubernetes provider. Works with Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, MS Fabric, Synapse, DuckDB, DuckLake, Postgres, and any database with a dbt adapter.

What BI tools integrate with Datacoves?

Tableau, Power BI, Omni, Looker, Excel, and any BI tool connected to the warehouse.

Does Datacoves work with dbtCloud?

Datacoves is an alternative to dbtCloud. Like dbtCloud we offer a development IDE for working with dbt-core. Additionally, we provide tools for loading, orchestrating, and visualizing data.

Does Datacoves support data quality?

Yes. dbt tests, dbt unit tests, SQLFluff, CI/CD checks, and orchestrated alerts.

What ingestion tools work with Datacoves?

dltHub, Python ingestion, and external tools like Fivetran or Airbyte or integrate with any external tool.

What support does Datacoves provide?

Onboarding, architecture guidance, success channels, and ongoing engineering support.

Does Datacoves support multiple dbt projects?

Yes. Supports multi-project and multi-team setups including dbt Mesh.

How does Datacoves integrate with Git?

Works with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps to drive CI/CD and deployments.

What happens if I cancel, do you keep my configurations or transformation code?

No, Datacoves is built on open standards and tools. You own your data, your warehouse, your git repository, and all your configurations. You can host your own infrastructure and create what we have, but trust us, it’s not as simple as it sounds.

Is Datacoves open source?

While Datacoves is not open source, it is built on open components to which we also contribute. There is no vendor lock-in as customers can recreate what we have done, but trust us, this is not simple.

Security governance overview

How does Datacoves handle secrets?

Secrets are stored in AWS Secrets Manager or customer vaults and securely injected into workflows.

Does Datacoves lock customers in?

No. Datacoves uses open-source dbt and ensures full ownership of code and metadata.

What makes Datacoves secure?

Customer-controlled deployments, SSO/SAML, VPC isolation, secrets management, and audit logging.

How does Datacoves enforce governance?

Git workflows, CI/CD rules, branching standards, secrets management, and deployment guardrails.

Is Datacoves suitable for regulated industries?

Yes. Since Datacoves can be deployed in a private cloud account, it is ideal for pharma, healthcare, finance, and government.

Is my data safe with Datacoves?

Learn what we do with your data here. We also understand that SaaS is not for everyone so we built Datacoves to be deployed in your private cloud. Customers with GDPR and sensitive data requirements sometimes choose to run Datacoves within their cloud account (Azure, AWS, or GCP)

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