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Integrate Sifflet with BigQuery to monitor all table types, access field-level lineage, enrich metadata, and gain actionable insights for an optimized data observability strategy.

Metadata-based monitors and optimized queries

Sifflet leverages BigQuery's metadata APIs and relies on optimized queries, ensuring minimal costs and efficient monitor runs.

Usage and BigQuery metadata

Get detailed statistics about the usage of your BigQuery assets, in addition to various metadata (like tags, descriptions, and table sizes) retrieved directly from BigQuery.

Field-level lineage

Have a complete understanding of how data flows through your platform via field-level end-to-end lineage for BigQuery.

External table support

Sifflet can monitor external BigQuery tables to ensure the quality of data in other systems like Google Cloud BigTable and Google Cloud Storage

Sifflet’s AI Helps Us Focus on What Moves the Business

What impressed us most about Sifflet’s AI-native approach is how seamlessly it adapts to our data landscape — without needing constant tuning. The system learns patterns across our workflows and flags what matters, not just what’s noisy. It’s made our team faster and more focused, especially as we scale analytics across the business.

Simoh-Mohamed Labdoui
Head of Data

"Enabler of Cross Platform Data Storytelling"

"Sifflet has been a game-changer for our organization, providing full visibility of data lineage across multiple repositories and platforms. The ability to connect to various data sources ensures observability regardless of the platform, and the clean, intuitive UI makes setup effortless, even when uploading dbt manifest files via the API. Their documentation is concise and easy to follow, and their team's communication has been outstanding—quickly addressing issues, keeping us informed, and incorporating feedback. "

Callum O'Connor
Senior Analytics Engineer, The Adaptavist

"Building Harmony Between Data and Business With Sifflet"

"Sifflet serves as our key enabler in fostering a harmonious relationship with business teams. By proactively identifying and addressing potential issues before they escalate, we can shift the focus of our interactions from troubleshooting to driving meaningful value. This approach not only enhances collaboration but also ensures that our efforts are aligned with creating impactful outcomes for the organization."

Sophie Gallay
Data & Analytics Director, Etam

" Sifflet empowers our teams through Centralized Data Visibility"

"Having the visibility of our DBT transformations combined with full end-to-end data lineage in one central place in Sifflet is so powerful for giving our data teams confidence in our data, helping to diagnose data quality issues and unlocking an effective data mesh for us at BBC Studios"

Ross Gaskell
Software engineering manager, BBC Studios

"Sifflet allows us to find and trust our data"

"Sifflet has transformed our data observability management at Carrefour Links. Thanks to Sifflet's proactive monitoring, we can identify and resolve potential issues before they impact our operations. Additionally, the simplified access to data enables our teams to collaborate more effectively."

Mehdi Labassi
CTO, Carrefour Links

"A core component of our data strategy and transformation"

"Using Sifflet has helped us move much more quickly because we no longer experience the pain of constantly going back and fixing issues two, three, or four times."

Sami Rahman
Director of Data, Hypebeast
Dynex Capital
Euronext
Dailymotion
Saint-Gobain
ShopBack
Servier
Penguin Random House
Adaptavist
Mollie
Hypebeast
Deuna
BBC Studios
Carrefour
Etam
Auchan
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Frequently asked questions

How does Sifflet support data quality monitoring at scale?
Sifflet uses AI-powered dynamic monitors and data validation rules to automate data quality monitoring across your pipelines. It also integrates with tools like Snowflake and dbt to ensure data freshness checks and schema validations are embedded into your workflows without manual overhead.
Why is data observability gaining momentum now, even though software observability has been around for a while?
Great question! Software observability took off in the 2010s with the rise of cloud-native apps, but data observability is catching up fast. As businesses start treating data as a mission-critical asset—especially with the growth of AI and cloud data platforms like Snowflake—the need for real-time visibility, data reliability, and governance has become urgent. We're in the early innings, but the pace is accelerating quickly.
How does Sifflet help with data drift detection in machine learning models?
Great question! Sifflet's distribution deviation monitoring uses advanced statistical models to detect shifts in data at the field level. This helps machine learning engineers stay ahead of data drift, maintain model accuracy, and ensure reliable predictive analytics monitoring over time.
Why is data observability important for monetizing data products?
When you're selling data, trust is everything. Data observability ensures your data is accurate, fresh, and traceable, which builds client confidence. Carrefour, for example, used observability to monitor over 800 assets and enforce data quality across 8 countries, making their data products reliable and revenue-generating at scale.
What’s the difference between static and dynamic freshness monitoring modes?
Great question! In static mode, Sifflet checks whether data has arrived during a specific time slot and alerts you if it hasn’t. In dynamic mode, our system learns your data arrival patterns over time and only sends alerts when something truly unexpected happens. This helps reduce alert fatigue while maintaining high standards for data quality monitoring.
Why is data quality such a critical part of a data governance strategy?
Great question! Data quality is one of the foundational pillars of a strong data governance strategy because it directly impacts decision-making, compliance, and trust in your data. Poor data quality can lead to biased AI models, flawed analytics, and even regulatory risk. That's why integrating data quality monitoring early in your data lifecycle is key to building a reliable and responsible data foundation.
What does it mean to treat data as a product?
Treating data as a product means managing data with the same care and strategy as a traditional product. It involves packaging, maintaining, and delivering high-quality data that serves a specific purpose or audience. This approach improves data reliability and makes it easier to monetize or use for strategic decision-making.
What makes observability essential for AI governance and ML model reliability?
ML models rely on clean, consistent data. With real-time drift detection and schema monitoring, observability tools catch issues before they impact predictions. One global consulting firm used Sifflet to detect feature drift and schema changes early, keeping their models accurate and their stakeholders confident in the results.

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