Great question! Data monitoring is like your car's dashboard—it alerts you when something goes wrong, like a failed pipeline or a missing dataset. Data observability, on the other hand, is like being the driver. It gives you a full understanding of how your data behaves, where it comes from, and how issues impact downstream systems. At Sifflet, we believe in going beyond alerts to deliver true data observability across your entire stack.

Data lineage adds context to data observability by linking alerts to their root cause. For example, if a metric suddenly drops, lineage helps trace it back to a delayed ingestion or schema change. This speeds up incident resolution and strengthens anomaly detection. Platforms like Sifflet combine lineage with real-time metrics and data freshness checks to provide a complete view of pipeline health.

Data observability gives you the visibility to detect freshness problems before they impact the business. By combining metrics like data age, expected vs. actual arrival time, and pipeline health dashboards, observability tools help teams catch delays early, trace where things broke down, and maintain trust in real-time metrics.

The MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server is a new interface that lets you interact with Sifflet directly from your development environment. It's designed to make data observability more seamless by allowing you to query assets, review incidents, and trace data lineage without leaving your IDE or notebook. This helps streamline your workflow and gives you real-time visibility into pipeline health and data quality.

Field-level lineage allows users to trace issues down to individual columns across tables, making it easier to pinpoint where a problem originated. This level of detail enhances root cause analysis and impact assessment, helping teams resolve incidents quickly and maintain trust in their data.

Sifflet's integration with Apache Airflow brings powerful data observability features directly into your orchestration workflows. It helps data teams monitor DAG run statuses, understand downstream dependencies, and apply data quality monitoring to catch issues early, ensuring data reliability across the stack.

Data observability provides visibility into your pipelines by tracking key metrics like row counts, duplicates, and ingestion patterns. It acts as an early warning system, helping teams catch volume anomalies before they affect dashboards or ML models. By using a robust observability platform, you can ensure that your data is consistently complete and trustworthy.

Sifflet uses machine learning to power anomaly detection across your data ecosystem. Instead of relying on static rules, it learns your data’s patterns and flags unusual behavior—like a sudden drop in transaction volume. This helps teams catch issues early, avoid alert fatigue, and focus on incidents that actually impact business outcomes. It’s data quality monitoring with real intelligence.