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e.g. we are just 2 of us - yet need this.
Also, apologies - but I litereally hear in my head "Meatplane" every time I read 'Metaplane' (but I do like the name - Suckit Zuck, metaplane is just way more meta-ier than 'Meta'
I love this, and the comment you made about getting up in 10 mins with any size team. e.g. we are just 2 of us - yet need this. Also, apologies - but I litereally hear in my head "Meatplane" every time I read 'Metaplane' (but I do like the name - Suckit Zuck, metaplane is just way more meta-ier than 'Meta'
My team has worked on a library for a similar purpose: https://github.com/capitalone/DataProfiler Load any document, profile and monitor the profiles for changes that would impact downstream applications. Very common problem, you all are in a great space! Very interested and will check out!
We definitely want to explore suggesting data tests based on profiling. Don’t be surprised if you see a fork!
Looks great! Congrats on the launch. How does this differ from a data reliability platform like Datafold? https://www.datafold.com/ And can this replace what https://atlan.com/ does as well?
Datafold is primarily known for their Data Diff regression testing that simulates the result of a PR on your data within a CI/CD workflow. There’s definitely a need for proactively preventing data issues from occurring in the first place, but issues introduced via code are only one subset of potential data quality issues.
Metaplane is focused on catching the symptoms first via continuous monitoring. Regression tests don’t replace the need for observability, and vice-versa.
Atlan is primarily known for their data workspace features that make collaboration easier, like a data dictionary, SQL editor, and governance.
Data collaboration is a huge unsolved problem and data monitoring does play a role there. But Metaplane is focused squarely on the problem of detecting data issues and giving you relevant metadata to prioritize and debug.
Looks great! Congrats on the launch. How does this differ from a data reliability platform like Datafold? https://www.datafold.com/ And can this replace what https://atlan.com/ does as well?
Good question! Both Datafold and Atlan support data monitoring as a secondary feature, but have different main focuses: Datafold is primarily known for their Data Diff regression testing that simulates the result of a PR on your data within a CI/CD workflow. There’s definitely a need for proactively preventing data issues from occurring in the first place, but issues introduced via code are only one subset of potenti…
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We wanted to make Metaplane free for individuals and approachable for teams, and found that $400/mo is justified by the cost of engineering time saved and is comparable to other paid tools that a smaller data team might use (like dbt, Fivetran, Hightouch). That said, we’re still experimenting with pricing though, and I can see the argument for a tier that’s more suited for individual paid plans. We also want the free…
One note about the pricing page itself - I found the "black vs grey" links for the two tiers of "Growth" pretty confusing. I incorrectly assumed that once I enter the Growth plan $400/mo, I get access to dbt/lineage. But those are only "checked" when you pay $800/mo version of the Growth plan. So it really feels like you have 4 plans: Free, Growth, Business?, and Enterprise.
When you sign up, you'll have access to everything immediately, so you can connect and try it out and when we start enforcing the limits, we'll give you ample notice.
I'm curious if you have opinions on the plans and pricing. Do the plans make sense as 1. individual 2. team for warehouse 3. team for whole stack 4. enterprise?
I love this, and the comment you made about getting up in 10 mins with any size team. e.g. we are just 2 of us - yet need this. Also, apologies - but I litereally hear in my head "Meatplane" every time I read 'Metaplane' (but I do like the name - Suckit Zuck, metaplane is just way more meta-ier than 'Meta'
Haha you're definitely not alone — this happened so much we ended up getting http://meatplane.com . Maybe we'll consider a rebrand in the near future :)
Tell me that you'll data me
Watch me like you'll never let me down
'Cause I'm Aler-tin' on a meat-plane
Don't know when I'll be backed-up again
Oh Ops, I hate to go
Congrats on the launch! Any plans to integrate with Apache Superset? https://superset.apache.org/