Redgate Flyway Enterprise
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Nice Release Pipelines, but Needs More Flexibility for Company-Specific Workflows
What do you like best about the product?
The pipeline/ releases can be nice for promoting and undoing when you need to cherry pick
What do you dislike about the product?
I know it may be specific to the company, but figuring out what to do at the start isn’t the easiest process. A lot of small bugs can come up along the way, and the general knowledge or guidance just wasn’t really there, so it created a pretty steep learning curve for someone completely new. One thing that has been a struggle to work out and try and keep track of is if multiple people are working with stuff in one repo and going to production at different times but they may use the same item, like a view or table, and promoting that becomes a headache. It also can be a little slow. Also I do not like that you can only have one project open at a time in a window when it looks like you should have tabs at the top to be able to switch between projects.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is solving the problem that we had to wait to promote something. Another team would have to do it for us and now we can do it on our own and have version control.
CI/CD-Ready Data & DDL Changes with Reliable Full Rollback
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to treat data and DDL changes like code in our CI/CD automation, with full rollback capability enforced.
What do you dislike about the product?
The expense of the software was a challenge to justify to the business.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Version control and rollback capability are significant contributors to our CI/CD automation.
Simple to Use and Keeps Schema Changes Consistent Across Environments
What do you like best about the product?
I like how simple it is to use. This past year was the first time using Flyway Desktop and that helped me with making sure that the same schema changes are implemented across all envs in a much more intuitive way.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish that it can be integrated with Github directly so that when a certain migration files are merged into specific branch (e.g. stg or main), it will apply to that environment. Maybe there's already something like that but I've been having to apply the migration changes manually.
I also wish there was a way to see all the changes per table or see the final schema definition via AI or something. When there are a ton of migration scripts and many small changes here and there for a specific table, it's hard to see the full picture directly from Flyway.
I also wish there was a way to see all the changes per table or see the final schema definition via AI or something. When there are a ton of migration scripts and many small changes here and there for a specific table, it's hard to see the full picture directly from Flyway.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
As I work with multiple environments, it gives me assurance that whatever I've applied to my lower level envs to get it working, the same schema changes will eventually get applied to prod. Rather than keeping track of that myself and figuring out how to version them, it makes it simple and clear.
Easy Setup and Simple Database Management
What do you like best about the product?
I like how easy it is to set up and use. I also like that I can use it to manage my database, which makes things simpler for me.
What do you dislike about the product?
I haven’t really had any issues, aside from not receiving an email to reset my password at first. It turned out it was in my junk mail.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It just makes life easier, so I don’t have to manually do a lot more than I need to.
Regate: Great Experience Overall
What do you like best about the product?
As a DevOps engineer, I like Redgate Flyway because it makes database changes easy to track, manage, and deploy through our CI/CD pipelines. It’s straightforward to use, and it helps us avoid mistakes during releases by keeping changes consistent and easier to review.
What do you dislike about the product?
Redgate doesn’t support Databricks. We have a task to track SQL using Redgate, but it doesn’t support Databricks, so we can’t use it for this requirement.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Previously, before Redgate, we had built our own custom CI/CD pipeline to run SQL queries on databases using a version control system. However, the CI/CD setup was very complex, and maintaining it became a headache. At times, we faced issues such as queries running multiple times, failed queries not being executed again, and many other bugs in that CI/CD process. We introduced Redgate with our customer, the customer agreed to the changes, and now everything is back on track and running smoothly.
Robust CI/CD and Script Validation with Flyway
What do you like best about the product?
I wanted to setup a robust CI CD setup using Flyway with the client data warehouse being i Databrics and primary version control being Github.
The documentation has been super helpful and it has help me achieve the kind of script validations that I wanted to run using flyway before merging code.
The documentation has been super helpful and it has help me achieve the kind of script validations that I wanted to run using flyway before merging code.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wouldn’t define this as a downside of Flyway itself, but the limitations around applying it to Databricks Unity Catalog have caused some restrictions.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I've been using it for controlled versioned management of scripts and notebooks in Databricks, integrated by Git. It's been really helpful for ensuring that scripts get applied in cloned env before the code is merged to prod and hence we can ensure code quality as well as defined standards of uniformity.
Flyway Delivers Precise, Flexible Migrations and Streamlined Deployments
What do you like best about the product?
Flyway runs database migration scripts written in the database's language. As an expert in database design and optimization, I want the tools that perform migrations to create the exact database I designed. I turned to Flyway after years of frustration with framework migration tools, where I would spend hours figuring out how to "trick" the tool into provisioning the database I designed. Additionally, Flyway makes production deployments simple and straightforward for my DevOps team. My QA and developers can blow away a database and recreate it in seconds. Flyway is a solid execution of a simple concept that delivers productivity and flexibility to my development pipeline.
What do you dislike about the product?
The enterprise version of this software is quite expensive, which prohibits its use at many clients.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Flyway runs database migration scripts written in the database's language. As an expert in database design and optimization, I want the tools that perform migrations to create the exact database I designed. I turned to Flyway after years of frustration with framework migration tools, where I would spend hours figuring out how to "trick" the tool into provisioning the database I designed. Additionally, Flyway makes production deployments simple and straightforward for my DevOps team. My QA and developers can blow away a database and recreate it in seconds. Flyway is a solid execution of a simple concept that delivers productivity and flexibility to my development pipeline.
Seamless Flyway Migrations and an Easy Switch from DACPAC
What do you like best about the product?
Flyway migrations work seamlessly, and it was easy to migrate from our existing DACPAC setup to Flyway as well.
What do you dislike about the product?
Environment-specific migrations are a bit tricky to figure out. We ended up having to custom-wire something in the pipeline to make it work.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use Flyway to maintain database versioning.
Consistent, Traceable Database Migrations That Make CI/CD Predictable
What do you like best about the product?
What I like most about Redgate Flyway is how it brings consistency and traceability to database changes. Versioned migrations make it clear what was deployed and when, and once it’s integrated into CI/CD, database updates become predictable and low-risk. It removes a lot of manual coordination between teams. set up.
What do you dislike about the product?
The main downside is that troubleshooting failed migrations can take time, since the error messages aren’t always very clear. Managing out-of-order changes or quick hotfixes also needs careful handling, and new users usually need some time to fully understand concepts like repair and baselining.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Flyway helps keep database changes consistent across environments by version-controlling migrations. This reduces deployment issues, avoids manual DB updates, and makes releases more reliable.
Best-in-Class Customer Service from Redgate
What do you like best about the product?
The customer service so far has been the best thing about redgate.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is not much about the product that I dislike.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We're having several issues with the schema being different in our client databases.
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