Victoria Roe

19 May 2025

Redgate Flyway’s latest major release: more flexibility, more control

With advances in AI and heightened compliance requirements, the way we handle data is changing rapidly. This makes a robust database change management process crucial for organizations who still need to ship value to market, while getting the right data into the hands of decision-makers faster. It’s a tough set of demands for any organization to grapple with as they modernize their data for the future.

Having a reliable way to develop and deploy database changes is also essential for the development and operations teams at the coalface, challenged with managing ever more complex data needs together with maintaining growing volumes of data.

At Redgate, we know from our conversations with thousands of teams who are responsible for delivering database changes that there are different ways to achieve reliable database deployments. There’s no one-size-fits-all approach, and the factors influencing how a team approaches database change management include deployment frequency, current architecture, team culture, and more.

That’s why the latest major release of Redgate Flyway brings flexibility and control to the way teams develop and deploy database changes. Flexibility, meaning Flyway can meet teams where they are and grow with them as their needs change. Control, meaning that teams can easily access Flyway’s capabilities, bringing repeatability and reliability to database change management.

Why it matters

Delivering software with stability and speed isn’t just about the delivery of application code – the database has to keep up too. If the database is left out, application performance, data security and data integrity are all at risk. To bring robust change management practices to the database, teams need workflows best suited to their immediate needs, with the flexibility to adapt as business requirements change.

Flyway’s new deployment approaches and workflow integrations allow you to build a pipeline that works for your team – both today, and as your needs evolve.

With Flyway Enterprise, you can:

• De-risk and standardize database deployments with the best-fit deployment approach for your data needs
• Automate manual, repetitive tasks and fit Flyway into your existing pipelines using CLI-based developer workflows
• Optimize your process with workflow options including backups as baselines, automatic or no shadow databases, and more

New capabilities powering Flyway’s flexibility

State-based deployments
You can now quickly generate scripts from your desired schema – perfect for teams who are just getting started, or who need fast, low-risk changes without the manual overhead of writing every migration.

State-based deployments now join migrations-based deployments in Flyway Enterprise, giving our customers the opportunity to select the right deployment approach for their needs. Both have their advantages for different set-ups, frequency of deployments and types of database changes going through the pipeline. Read more about automated state-based deployments with Flyway Enterprise.

Want to learn more about state-based deployments in action? Join us on June 17th, 2025, for a live training session where we’ll walk through the fundamentals and advanced techniques of the state-based approach—perfect for teams exploring more automation and control. Reserve your spot now.

Automated CLI developer workflows
Run Flyway directly in your developer environment or CI pipeline, automating script creation, validation, and deployment with simple, consistent commands. Learn more about automated CLI developer workflows

Workflow integrations for migration-based deployments
Choose the setup that suits your needs:

• Backups as baselines: save time, reduce complexity. Restoring a backup from file provides a baseline.
• No shadow script generation: Removes complexity and cost of requiring a shadow DB to generate migrations.
• Automatic shadow database: Simplifies set-up of a shadow database.

How this helps your team

• Reduced deployment risk – more automation where you need it most, fewer manual steps
• Scales with your needs – from simple setups to complex enterprise deployments
• Full control – state-based and migrations-based deployment options for market-leading flexibility, meeting teams where they are both now and in the future
• Faster time to value – onboard quickly with Flyway Enterprise and see results sooner

“With the addition of new capabilities for comparing schemas, deploying changing and versioning database, Redgate Flyway is able to meet teams where they’re at and grow with them. Redgate Flyway adapts to users’ processes and workflows, allowing teams to automate safely and deploy with confidence.” — Max Drobot, Group Product Manager for Redgate Flyway.

Explore what Flyway can do for you

Want to find out how Flyway Enterprise can bring stability and speed to your database change pipelines? Contact us today!