Great Expectations

Great Expectations is ranked #5 of 26 in database testing tools on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan.

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Developer Free up to 5 data assets under test per month · up to 3 users · unlimited rows per data asset greatexpectations.io · 30 Sept 2026

Team Not published custom data-asset limits · up to 10 users · unlimited expectations (tests) · unlimited rows per data asset greatexpectations.io · 30 Sept 2026

Enterprise Not published custom data-asset limits · unlimited users · unlimited expectations (tests) · unlimited rows per data asset greatexpectations.io · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on database testing tools

Free plan: Yes
Database support: AlloyDB, Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, Citus, Databricks SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Neon, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redshift, Snowflake, SQLite, Trino
Schema migration tests: Yes
Data quality checks: Yes
Test execution: both
Test language: Python, SQL, Spark SQL

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Great Expectations

Data validation: GX is a framework for describing data with expressive tests and validating that data meets test criteria.
GX Core: GX Core is a Python library that provides a programmatic interface for building and running data-validation workflows.
Supported Python: GX Core requires Python versions 3.10 through 3.13.
Data Docs: Data Docs translate Expectations, Validation Results, and other metadata into human-readable documentation saved as static web pages.
Data integrations: GX lists Databricks, BigQuery, Pandas, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Spark, Redshift, Neon, Citus, Amazon Aurora, Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, and AlloyDB as data-source integrations.
Notifications: GX lists Slack, Email, PagerDuty, OpsGenie, and Microsoft Teams as notification-action integrations.
Orchestration: GX lists Apache Airflow, Dagster, and Prefect as orchestration integrations.
Custom rules: GX Cloud lets users create custom rules with SQL in its user interface and also supports custom rules through GX Core.
Processing location: GX Cloud executes tests in the environment where the connected data is located and connects to data read-only using secure, encrypted methods.
Security: GX Cloud metadata is encrypted at rest with AES-256 and in transit with TLS 1.2, and tenant isolation uses Postgres Row Level Security.
Compliance: Great Expectations states that it has SOC 2 Type II certification, and a HIPAA business associate agreement is available for Enterprise customers.
Enterprise support: Enterprise customers receive a 99.5% SLA and support response times as soon as one hour during business hours depending on issue severity.
Deployment architecture: GX Cloud consists of a web-based user interface, an API, and a backend, with alternate deployments available that host orchestration in an organizational or local environment.
Target users: GX Cloud is designed for data teams and provides an interface accessible to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
Price from: Free

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Best Database Testing Tools in 2026#5 of 26

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Sources

docs.greatexpectations.io/docs/core/introduction/gx_overview/· checked 30 Sept 2026
docs.greatexpectations.io/docs/core/set_up_a_gx_environment/insta· checked 30 Sept 2026
docs.greatexpectations.io/docs/core/configure_project_settings/co· checked 30 Sept 2026
greatexpectations.io/integrations/· checked 30 Sept 2026
greatexpectations.io/gx-cloud-faqs/· checked 30 Sept 2026
greatexpectations.io· checked 23 Sept 2026