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My main use case for Liquibase is syncing different databases. I have an RDS cluster with different databases, and when there is a change in one database, I sync the other databases with the same changes.
I created a Jenkins pipeline with designed workflows. Using that pipeline, if there is a change in one database or multiple DDL or DML changes occur, developers can use the pipeline to make changes directly in one database and sync to other databases.
Liquibase has positively impacted my organization by reducing the time spent syncing databases.
Manual overhead has been significantly reduced, making Liquibase a valuable tool for us.
Liquibase's best features handle all the overhead of syncing. We do not have to plan any DML or DDL changes manually and apply them to the database. It also reduces the risk of inconsistent changes.
Liquibase reduces the risk of inconsistent changes in my experience by syncing the database easily, and there is no manual intervention required.
Liquibase could be improved in several ways. Some facilities could be enhanced, and for first-time users, it could be more intuitive rather than overwhelming.
I have been using Liquibase for more than two years.
Liquibase is overall good software, but for first-time users, it could be more intuitive. Everything else works well. I would rate this review as a six.
I have worked on the Liquibase commands, Liquibase updates, Liquibase storeback, and some basic commands from Liquibase. We were using the Docker image installed from the AWS CI/CD, downloading this Liquibase image, and updating the command from AWS DevOps.
I'm not very into data engineering, but Liquibase is the first tool I have worked on from a data perspective. We were using the SQL server, which our clients found somewhat complex. So, they opted for Liquibase because it is easy. The solution is easy to use, and it has very clear documentation.
We were not able to delete some of the tables because of a security issue.
I have done the POC project with Liquibase for six months.
Whenever we face any issue, we contact the Liquibase support team, who are very supportive and give us quick responses.
The solution's initial setup is easy if we use the Docker version. We have done a POC on our local tool. It was easy to install Liquibase in our local CLI.
Liquibase is an open-source solution. If you are using Liquibase, you need to update its license. I think Liquibase is affordable for our organization.
We were not able to delete some of the tables because of a security issue. We reached out to Liquibase because we thought the issue was from the Liquibase side, but it was from our end. We restarted the security team from our organization, which sorted our issue. My last project was a finance project, and they were relying on Liquibase only for database deployments.
I would recommend the solution to other users. Liquibase is very easy to use if you do CI/CD deployment for the database. The solution's commands and documentation are very easy to understand. The solution is very easy to learn, and I was able to learn it in two weeks. Liquibase is a user-friendly open-source tool.
Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.