ETL vs ELT: Processes, Key Benefits, Use Cases, Best Practices and More.

ETL or ELT - Which Is Optimal to Meet Your Data Delivery Needs and Challenges?

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Today’s organizations must process a tremendous volume of data arriving in a wide array of forms and make data seamlessly available across diverse platforms and hybrid environments. For years, there was a standard order of operations for data delivery: ETL, or extract, transform, and load.

With data coming at us faster than ever, there’s another option on the table: ELT, or extract, load, and transform. ELT offers benefits that aren’t available in ETL, especially for situations where speed is critical.

Which model should you use, and when? Download the eBook to learn critical differences between ETL and ELT.

  • Why ETL was effective for so long – and where it falls short

  • What ELT delivers that ETL can’t

  • The advantages of ELT in big data management

  • Common use cases for ETL and ELT

  • How to build a real-time data pipeline with ELT

  • Benefits of adding change data capture (CDC) to ELT processes


The eBook highlights one ELT success story: how Jaguar Land Rover unlocked mission-critical data on premises and in the cloud for immediate, informed decisions.

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