---
title: "Welcome to Elementary"
sidebarTitle: "Introduction"
description: "dbt-native data observability platform built for data and analytics engineers."
icon: "fire"
---


<div className="dark:#4A165C rounded-md p-0">
  <img
    src="https://res.cloudinary.com/diuctyblm/image/upload/v1699193505/mintlify_header_eqa3jy.png"
    alt="Elementary banner"
  />
</div>


Elementary includes two products:

<Snippet file="quickstart/quickstart-cards.mdx" />

See the [detailed comparison](/overview/cloud-vs-oss) between Elementary and Elementary Community.

## Get started with Elementary

<Snippet file="cloud/quickstart-steps.mdx" />

### Elementary Community

Or - Start with [Elementary Community](/oss/quickstart/quickstart-cli-package), open-source CLI tool you can deploy and orchestrate to send Slack alerts and self-host the Elementary report.


## Why choose Elementary?

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Built for data developers" icon="code" iconType="solid">
    Elementary configuration is managed in your dbt code. 
    Elementary Cloud syncs configuration changes from the UI back to the dbt project code repository.

    You won't need to duplicate configuration - all your existing tests, owners, tags, and descriptions are leveraged.

  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Secure by design" icon="lock" iconType="solid">
    Elementary Cloud can't access your data.

    The dbt package creates a schema for logs, results and metadata, and Elementary only requires access to the Elementary schema.

    [Read about Security and Privacy >>>](/cloud/general/security-and-privacy)

  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="dbt native" icon="cube">
    Elementary dbt package automatically collects results and artifacts from your dbt project. All of your Elementary configuration is managed in your dbt code.

    By combining the package and Elementary Cloud, you get full dbt observability. All your tests and results in one dashboard and interface.

  </Accordion>

</AccordionGroup>


## Want to know more?

<Card
title="Book a call with our team"
href="https://cal.com/maayansa/elementary-intro-docs"
></Card>
<Card
title="Reach out to us on Slack"
href="https://elementary-data.com/community"
></Card>