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We’re excited to introduce Albatross, a powerful new self-hosted data movement solution built to meet the needs of modern enterprise teams. Albatross moves all of the data from cloud-native database instances—such as Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, and Oracle—into cloud data warehouses like Snowflake. Designed for simplicity, security, and performance, Albatross dramatically reduces the time and cost of moving data between systems—without compromising control or flexibility.
Built on the open-source foundation of SQLpipe, which is trusted by thousands of users including Fortune 500 companies, Albatross takes it a step further with enterprise-grade polish and capabilities.
Unmatched Cost Efficiency
Managed data movement tools can come with steep and unpredictable pricing. Albatross takes a different approach: it's self-hosted and designed to run efficiently in your own environment, avoiding the overhead of managed services. This translates directly into lower operational costs—especially at enterprise scale—while giving you full control over your infrastructure footprint.
Albatross allows organizations to optimize resources without sacrificing capability. It's the ideal choice for teams that want powerful data movement without the price tag of managed orchestration platforms.
Your Data, Your Environment
With Albatross, your data never leaves your control. It runs entirely within your infrastructure, with no outbound connections and no dependencies on third-party services. This is a critical feature for organizations with strict compliance or data residency requirements.
Whether you're operating in tightly secured cloud environments or on-premise data centers, Albatross gives you the confidence that sensitive data stays exactly where it belongs: in your hands.
Simple Setup. No Orchestration Headaches.
Data engineering teams often spend valuable time writing and maintaining orchestration code—complex DAGs, fragile scheduling logic, and edge-case handling. Albatross changes that.
It’s designed to “just work.” With a clean, intuitive interface and straightforward configuration, you can get up and running in minutes. Instead of investing weeks building Airflow DAGs or managing pipelines, your team can focus on delivering value. Albatross takes care of the plumbing.
Safe and Efficient: Never Touches Production Databases
Albatross is designed with operational safety in mind. It works by restoring cloud-native backups and reading from those restored environments, rather than querying production databases directly. This approach minimizes performance risks and ensures your production workloads remain undisturbed.
This strategy also improves data integrity and simplifies auditing and troubleshooting. With Albatross, you can move fast without compromising stability or safety.
Get Started Today
We’re offering a free trial of Albatross, including a complimentary implementation session to help you get set up and moving data quickly. This session typically takes just one to two hours, and so long as you follow our step-by-step guidance, you'll be able to move your first databases into your data warehouse by the end of the call.
Ready to take control of your data movement? Contact us today to get started.
Albatross is currently available on AWS, with support for moving data into Snowflake. We’re actively working on support for GCP, Azure, and SSO integration—coming soon. Additional data sources and destinations can be requested at any time to fit your specific needs.
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