Why Organizations Choose Flyway

If you’re looking to improve the speed and reliability of your organization’s database delivery, many options exist on the market. Some are open source, some are vendor supported, and each has their own set of strengths and weaknesses. Though Flyway is not a one-size-fits-all solution, it has specific advantages over other alternatives.

Rich Comparison Technology

Flyway leverages platform specific comparison technology that accounts for the complexity of modern and legacy databases. Every object is included to provide a comprehensive comparison.

The comparison engines for SQL Server and Oracle have been consistently updated while the engines for PostgreSQL and MySQL have been built from the ground up, incorporating detailed customer feedback.

Other products are only capable of basic database comparisons, ensuring manual checks remain to safely deploy to production environments.

Superior Performance

Best-in-class database comparisons means that Flyway handles large databases more efficiently. Not only is the comparison fast, but the deployment scripts Flyway creates are trustworthy and don’t require oversight. Flyway competitors with less advanced comparison technology can struggle to maintain consistency in object-heavy databases, resulting in slow performance and unreliable release scripts requiring significant rework.

Scalability

Simplicity is at the heart of Flyway. It’s just native SQL, so developers can manage things like conflicts in technologies that they’re already familiar with, such as git. This makes scaling across organizations straightforward and painless because developers aren’t forced to onboard a lot of new information and the learning curve isn’t steep.

Other products operate differently, using concepts like ledgers to manage changes. These solutions seem simple at first but can become increasingly difficult to maintain and add complexity when dealing with conflicts. Additionally, the ledger creates a single point of failure in the person responsible for it.

Flexibility 

Flyway can be tailored to the needs of your IT org. It is not a black box with a prescriptive way of working.

Developers can use a GUI, or a command line. Teams can use different development approaches for faster velocity without increased risk.

Lastly, if development teams use technologies like SSDT or ORM or Entity Framework, Flyway can integrate with that workflow and provide visibility into the contents of those projects before deployment. No other tool on the market can adjust to the different needs of the teams in your organization.

Test Data Management

One of the most elusive aspects of database development is testing changes against accurate, production-like data sets. It costs money, storage, and time. Flyway Enterprise solves this expensive problem by leveraging Redgate’s cloning technology to copy production data and deliver it via containers.

These database clones occupy an insignificant amount of space and can be spun up in seconds, so teams always have access to disposable, production-identical databases to check their changes against. Redgate is the only company that offers test data management with its database deployment solution.

Dedicated Support & Continuous Innovation

Unlike other organizations, Redgate does not charge for Proof of Concepts (PoCs). We offer free trials and solutions engineers to help you in your PoC.  Additionally, during PoCs, Redgate dedicates a team to feature requests to ensure prospective customers receive the best solution for their needs.

From onboarding and implementation to maintenance and new functionality, Redgate is there every step of the way with customer success and follow-the sun technical support teams.

Continuous innovation from Redgate supports your needs today and your requirements for tomorrow. Flyway is regularly optimized with dedicated in-house development teams continuously improving its capabilities.

Trusted Experience

Redgate is also renowned for its robust community of database experts, and its 20+ year track record of providing database software that solves the challenge of delivering at speed.

Our products help 800,000 people in every type of organization around the world, from small businesses to 91% of the Fortune 100.

Flyway is the Future

More Flexible. More Scalable. And Supported. Flyway is quickly becoming the database CI/CD solution of choice.  Adopters select Flyway for various reasons but time and again customers share that:

“Flyway brings databases into the 21^st century.”

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