# dbt Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about dbt Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Business Intelligence products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/276601/Transform --- # dbt Software Review 2026: Features, Reviews, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on March 13, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) dbt ## What is dbt? dbt is a self-serve BI tool built upon an open-source semantic layer. ## What is dbt used for? [Business Intelligence](https://www.capterra.com/business-intelligence-software/) Overall rating Based on 4 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- ### Starting price Free trial not available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for dbt?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=http://www.transform.co&name=dbt) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### dbt 4.8 (4) VS. [### Microsoft Power BI](https://www.capterra.com/p/176586/Power-BI/) [4.6 (1,886)](https://www.capterra.com/p/176586/Power-BI/reviews/) Starting Price Contact vendor Starting Price $10 Per User, Per Month Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 5.0 (4) Ease Of Use 4.1 (1,865) Value For Money 4.5 (2) Value For Money 4.4 (1,271) Customer Service 4.0 (2) Customer Service 4.2 (1,205) ## dbt alternatives Highest Rated [ImportYeti](https://www.capterra.com/p/10006176/ImportYeti/) [4.9 (209)](https://www.capterra.com/p/10006176/ImportYeti/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 100% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/10006176/ImportYeti/) [Microsoft SQL Server](https://www.capterra.com/p/1417/SQL-Server/) [4.6 (1,977)](https://www.capterra.com/p/1417/SQL-Server/reviews/) Starting price $13748.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 97% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/1417/SQL-Server/) [Tableau](https://www.capterra.com/p/208764/Tableau/) [4.6 (2,356)](https://www.capterra.com/p/208764/Tableau/reviews/) Starting price $15.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 95% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/208764/Tableau/) [Google Data Studio](https://www.capterra.com/p/190616/Data-Studio/) [4.5 (337)](https://www.capterra.com/p/190616/Data-Studio/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 93% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/190616/Data-Studio/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Self Service Data Preparation 5.0 (3) 100.00% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Access, combine, transform, and store data without the help of an IT department Dashboard 4.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Assembly of graphs and charts for visualizing and tracking statistics/metrics Visual Analytics 4.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Interact with data visualization elements, such as charts and graphs, to drill down into data Data Transformation Translate EDI formats into data suitable for use with company applications. dbt 4 features Assembly of graphs and charts for visualizing and tracking statistics/metrics Translate EDI formats into data suitable for use with company applications. Access, combine, transform, and store data without the help of an IT department Interact with data visualization elements, such as charts and graphs, to drill down into data Get Advice We can help you find the software with the features you need. Features 4.5 (4) 4.5 Based on 4 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.5 (2) ### Starting price Free trial not available Value for money 4.5 (2) 4.5 Based on 2 reviews Connect with a Capterra advisor for a free 15-minute consultation Get a personalized software list aligned to your business needs with guidance from our expert advisors. Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs. ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.0 (2) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.0 (2) 4.0 Based on 2 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.8 Based on 4 reviews Filter by rating 5(3) 4(1) 3(0) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent P K. Business Analyst Information Technology and Services ### "Best Cloud based Data Transformation tool for Analytics purpose" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 February 13, 2024 Pros Easy to use UI. Job Scheduling. Cloud based IDE. Ease of connecting to multiple data Warehouses. Customizable Projects creation. Different users can use a Project. It's Data Transformation capabilities. Cons Error handling can be made more easy. Job Scheduling have some more options. Ability to customise the Alerts. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Asad T. BI Consultant Information Technology and Services ### "One of the best data management platforms" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 December 12, 2023 Really good, saves a lot of time and data warehousing is made easier. Pros Data transformation and data modeling is made very easy and user friendly Cons As relatively new, the tool has room for more connectors development. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. MK Melisa K. Head of Data Information Services ### "Empowers analysts" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 November 17, 2023 Pros Enables our analysts to rely less on data engineering when it comes to scheduling tasks. We can use the language that we are most comfortable in (SQL) and manage all our data ops. Super quick to get set up. Cons I'm afraid the costs could increase quite a bit at some point but for now, we're happy with the pricing. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. MR Michael R. Head of Analytics Information Technology and Services ### "DBT Review" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 August 28, 2023 Pros What I most liked about dbt is that is easy to use and implement. It also help us to keep an organized set of models and deploy tests over them to ensure data quality Cons DBT covers all my needs right now, however it assumes that all my information is on my database, this requires to make ETL efforts Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. ## Top-rated software of 2026 ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.