dbt Consulting

As a top-tier dbt Visionary Partner, we’ve seen firsthand how critical dbt is to building the trusted data foundation AI depends on. We help our clients use dbt to create consistent, governed, and scalable data that can support analytics today and AI tomorrow.

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We are a dbt Labs Visionary Consulting Partner

From migrations and implementations to semantic layer strategy and optimization, our certified consultants help organizations get more value from dbt across their entire data ecosystem.

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Analytics8 dbt Customers

Recognized by the industry, preferred by dbt Labs, and trusted by our clients

Visionary

dbt Consulting Partner

50+

certified consultants

100+

dbt customers

Trusted

by enterprise clients

Analytics8 has consistently demonstrated what it means to be a true Visionary partner.

Their work with customers demonstrates a deep understanding of the dbt platform and a strong ability to help organizations build governed, scalable data foundations that make their data AI-ready and drive enterprise-wide transformation.

Shawn Toldo, Vice President

Worldwide Partner Ecosystem at dbt Labs

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Why Analytics8 for dbt?

We combine disciplined execution with deep dbt expertise — embedding dbt into modern data architectures to accelerate delivery and build stronger data foundations.

Organizations partner with Analytics8 to: 

  • Transform fragmented workflows into clean, reliable, business-ready data
  • Scale analytics engineering and standardize development practices
  • Modernize legacy data transformation workflows
  • Upgrade to dbt Fusion and unlock new capabilities
  • Improve data quality, performance, governance, and cost efficiency
  • Unify enterprise-wide metric definitions using dbt Semantic Layer
  • Accelerate delivery of analytics and AI initiatives

Our dbt Consulting Services

Everything you need to build trusted, governed foundations and get business-ready data with dbt.

Strategy & Readiness

Assess your data landscape and define the foundation for dbt adoption and long-term success.

  • Data strategy assessments
  • dbt readiness and roadmaps
  • AI and data readiness assesssments

Migration & Modernization

Accelerate and de-risk migrations from legacy tools to dbt.

  • dbt migration assessments
  • AI-powered migrations from legacy platforms to dbt
  • dbt Core/Platform-to-dbt Fusion migrations

Implementation

Stand up dbt correctly from day one.

  • dbt QuickStart
  • dbt architecture design and deployment
  • Data team operating model
  • Governance, metric definition, testing, and CI/CD setup
  • Semantic layer design and implementation

Optimization

Improve platform performance, increase adoption, and maximize long-term ROI

  • dbt health checks
  • Performance and cost optimizations
  • Fusion upgrades
  • Adoption and enablement programs

dbt Insights and Resources

Resources from our certified experts to help you optimize dbt and get more value from your data solutions.

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Why Analytics8 for dbt

Analytics Engineering Expertise at Scale

We’ve helped hundreds of organizations get more from dbt with proven expertise in analytics engineering, testing, governance, and enterprise adoption.

Beyond dbt: Across the Modern Data Stack

We go beyond dbt implementation, connecting it to your broader data strategy, platforms, governance, BI, semantic layers, and AI.

Business-Driven, Not Tool-Driven

We focus on business outcomes, not simply deploying technology. From improving reporting and self-service analytics to preparing data for AI, we align dbt investments to measurable value.

AI-Enabled Delivery

Accelr8, our AI-enabled delivery framework, accelerates implementation, improves consistency, and reduces delivery risk via reusable accelerators and standardized workflows.

What We Do

Analytics8 is a full-service data analytics consulting agency. We implement the best solution to transform your organization with data-driven decisions.

Strategy and Advisory

We turn data and AI ambition into executable strategy — aligning your priorities, resources, and investment to accelerate business value and ROI.

Data & AI Strategy | Data Team & Operating Model Design | Fractional CDO | Data Governance | Adoption & Enablement

Modernization

We’ll modernize your data foundation to support solutions that are future ready, scalable, and responsive — built to evolve as your needs (and data) grows.

Tech Selection | Data Platform Build | Platform Modernization | Tool Migration & Consolidation | Cost Optimization

Data & AI

We deliver end-to-end data and AI services — building, launching, and operationalizing solutions that turn insight into intelligent action.

Data Team as a Service | AI Readiness | Data & Analytics Engineering | Data Viz & Reporting | AI-Assisted Analytics

Data Monetization

We help you turn data into a growth engine — building the data monetization strategy and launching data products that create new revenue and differentiation.

Data Monetization Strategy | Data Product Design | Data Product Commercialization

Modern data and AI solutions built for what’s next.

We bring deep expertise across the modern data and AI ecosystem, with strong partnerships across leading platforms.

Our relationships give us early visibility into emerging capabilities and product roadmaps — helping our clients stay ahead of what’s next.