TopCoat provides a data analytics platform that simplifies building custom data applications through integration with dbt, enabling data analysts and engineers to create highly customized reporting and visualizations. The platform is being integrated into Snyk's developer security offering to power analytical capabilities for vulnerability response. TopCoat is also shifting to an open-source contributor model within the dbt community.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Building custom data applications is expensive and often requires dedicated teams of software developers, making it difficult for data professionals to create tailored reporting and visualization solutions. This limits the speed and flexibility with which organizations can derive insights from their data.
Solution
TopCoat provides a powerful data analytics platform that simplifies building data applications through an integration with dbt, allowing data analysts and engineers to quickly create highly customized data reporting and visualizations. The platform gives data professionals capabilities previously only available to full-stack software engineers, enabling faster, cheaper, and more reliable solutions. As part of Snyk, the TopCoat product will provide core reporting and analytical capabilities that enable developers, operations, and security professionals to better understand and act on their organization's vulnerabilities. The company is also committed to contributing to the open-source dbt community.
Target Audience
Primary users are data analysts and engineers, as well as developers, operations, and security professionals who need custom data reporting and analytical tools to respond to vulnerabilities.
Features
- Integration with dbt that streamlines the creation of analytical applications
- Tools that enable data analysts and engineers to build custom reporting and visualizations without needing full-stack engineering skills
- Analytical capabilities designed to support vulnerability response and security workflows within the Snyk platform
- A focus on open-source contribution to the dbt ecosystem