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Calling all builders!
Since GA, thousands of teams have moved production workloads onto Lakebase. We want to hear how you’re using it.
A few examples of stories we’d love to capture:
If any of that sounds like your team or if Lakebase is helping your company achieve its goals and overcome challenges, share your story via this link. The first 50 reviewers will receive a $50 Amazon gift card as a thank you, and your review will help other data and AI teams see what’s possible.
Wednesday
In our retail analytics project (CPG domain), Lakebase transformed how we handled operational data alongside analytics.
We had ADF pipelines extracting POS data to Snowflake, but needed real-time operational tracking—job statuses, data quality alerts, user audit logs. Traditional RDS/SQL databases created ETL sync nightmares between ops and analytics layers.
Lakebase solution:
Migrated all those tables to Lakebase Provisioned (serverless Postgres).
Key wins:
Zero-copy sync: Lakebase tables auto-materialize as Delta Live Tables in lakehouse—no more dual maintenance
Unity Catalog governance: Single access control for ops + analytics teams
Scale-to-zero: It costs us only during pipeline runs (vs. always-on VMs). It has resulted in reducing the cost to the customer.
Thursday
Hi @KVNARK! Thank you so much for sharing this thorough snapshot of your experience with Lakebase - we are so happy that you have had such success with the product. Were you able to submit a review directly through this link?
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We run a large-scale retail analytics platform in the Manufacturing domain on AWS Databricks, and for a long time we lived with an architectural compromise most data teams know well — a lakehouse for analytics, and a separate operational database for everything else.
The operational layer handled the things that needed to be fast and transactional: pipeline job statuses, data quality , user audit logs. But keeping that data accessible to our analytics layer meant ETL sync jobs, latency gaps, and two separate governance models to maintain. Every time an analyst needed to correlate a data quality event with a downstream metric, they were fighting the architecture to do it.
Lakebase changed the equation. By moving our operational tables to Lakebase Provisioned — serverless Postgres running natively within Databricks — those tables automatically materialized as Delta tables in the lakehouse. The sync problem disappeared because there was no longer a sync. Ops and analytics teams now query the same data under the same Unity Catalog policies, with no coordination overhead between them.
The latency win was the goal. The cost win was the bonus — scale-to-zero means we're only billed during active pipeline runs, not for infrastructure sitting idle in between. For a customer-facing engagement, reducing infrastructure cost without reducing capability is exactly the kind of outcome that builds long-term trust.
For any architect working in Manufacturing or retail on AWS, if operational and analytical data sprawl is slowing you down, Lakebase is the most elegant solution we've found to that problem.
Thursday
Hi @Rishabh-Pandey! It is great to hear how much Lakebase has changed the equation for you. Did you submit a review directly using this link for your gift card? If there are other Databricks MVPs that you know who have also had success with Lakebase feel free to send them to this post as well.
Thursday
When we switched our production workloads to Lakebase, it honestly felt like a weight lifted off our shoulders. Before, we were juggling multiple systems just to keep data flowing between analytics and operations. Now, everything lives in one place, and that’s been a game-changer.
One of the coolest things we’ve built is stateful AI agents that can actually remember context while working with lakehouse data. Instead of patching together external databases, Lakebase gives us persistent memory right where we need it.
We also started serving real-time features directly to our ML models without spinning up a separate online store. That shaved off a ton of complexity and made our models more reliable.
Another big win was cutting out reverse ETL. Keeping operational and analytical data together means fewer pipelines, less latency, and way fewer headaches.
And the branching feature? Total lifesaver. We can test database changes safely, ship faster, and roll back if needed without drama.
Overall, Lakebase hasn’t just helped us hit our goals — it’s changed how we think about building data products. We’re moving faster, breaking less, and spending more time on the fun stuff instead of plumbing.
Thursday
Hey @aman_k_sharma1 - what a success story with Lakebase! Please make sure to submit your review directly via this link to receive your $50 gift card.
Thursday
Hi @jessdarnell thanks for giving opportunity to mention our story, yes I have already submitted my review through the link which you mentioned. Thank you ! 😊
Friday
Hi @jessdarnell , I’ve completed my evaluation. Thanks!
Friday
Thank you @WiliamRosa - your review will help others see what is possible with Lakebase!