dbt is a data development framework that lets analysts and engineers collaborate on transformation workflows using their shared knowledge of SQL. Through the application of software engineering best practices like modularity, version control, testing, and documentation, dbt’s analytics engineering workflow helps teams work faster and more efficiently to produce data the entire organization can trust.

dbt Cloud offers

• A unified development, deployment, and monitoring solution to promote greater speed and collaboration
• An intuitive IDE complete with in-app SQL suggestions, embedded version control, and automatic versioning to promote cross-team consistency
• In-context scheduling and alerting to maintain continuous deployment
• A more streamlined way to reduce wasteful runs via Slim CI
• dbt docs, freshness tests, and fine-grained access control to help customers answer "What does this data do?", "Can I trust it?", and "Who can edit and view each set?"