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dbt vs. Mage

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
dbt
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
dbt is an SQL development environment, developed by Fishtown Analytics, now known as dbt Labs. The vendor states that with dbt, analysts take ownership of the entire analytics engineering workflow, from writing data transformation code to deployment and documentation. dbt Core is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license, and paid Teams and Enterprise editions are available.N/A
Mage
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Mage is a tool that helps product developers use AI and their data to make predictions. Use cases might be predictions for churn prevention, product recommendations, customer lifetime value and forecasting sales.
$0
per user
Pricing
dbtMage
Editions & Modules
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Hobby
$0
per user
Pro
$2,000
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
dbtMage
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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Community Pulse
dbtMage
Features
dbtMage
Data Transformations
Comparison of Data Transformations features of Product A and Product B
dbt
9.5
Ratings
15% above category average
Mage
-
Ratings
Simple transformations10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Complex transformations9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
dbt
9.0
Ratings
12% above category average
Mage
-
Ratings
Data model creation9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Metadata management8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Business rules and workflow9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Testing and debugging8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
dbtMage
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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8.5
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.5
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User Testimonials
dbtMage
Likelihood to Recommend
dbt (Data Build Tool) is best suited for doing the data transformation. dbt is just a transformation tool and it is not suitable for building a data pipeline which requires extraction of data and loading. dbt is well suited for SQL based transformation logic and it is less appropriate when transformation logic requires python.
Sahil Khan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sahil Khan
Data Analyst
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Mage is well-suited for probability score for uptake of every product is calculated for customers using ML/ Regression models, choosing customers for a product/ Top products for a customer, based on the requirement and Identifying popular product combinations using association rules from Market Basket Analysis (or affinity Analysis)\Bundle these products as combos.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Pros
  • user experience makes it easy to work with SQL and version control
  • customer success team and the dbt (data build tool) community help establish best practices
  • thorough and clear documentation
Obed Espina | TrustRadius Reviewer
Obed Espina
Senior Data Engineer
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  • Ranking algorithms.
  • Cloud-based tool.
  • Increase user engagement.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Cons
  • Slow load times of the dbt cloud environment (they're working on it via a new UI though)
  • More out-of-the-box solutions for managing procedures, functions, etc would be nice to have, but honestly, it's pretty easy to figure out how to adapt dbt macros
Verified User
Anonymous
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  • Acquisition Contribution.
  • Business Intelligence Reporting.
  • Data Destinations.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Usability
dbt is very easy to use. Basically if you can write SQL, you will be able to use dbt to get what you need done. Of course more advanced users with more technical skills can do more things.
SI
Sid Iyer
BizOps
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Alternatives Considered
Matillion is graphical versus dbt, which is SQL code-based (that, of course, is a matter of personal preference and not an objective advantage). The integrated testing, documentation generation, lineage, etc., were additional criteria that led us to choose dbt.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Mage was the easiest in terms of ease of implementation due to its no-code functionality. However, Mage doesn't have a whole ecosystem like AWS and slightly falls behind there.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Return on Investment
  • In 3 months we re-wrote the data warehouse (15-20 sources) in dbt with 3 developers.
  • We are using it continually for the past year with no issues.
  • Sorry, I don't have ROI numbers but the impact was huge.
Judy Campion | TrustRadius Reviewer
Judy Campion
Data Architect
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  • Business Understanding.
  • Data Acquisition and Understanding.
  • Data Modeling and Evaluation.
Verified User
Anonymous
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