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Show HN: Onboard faster by importing data from your customers' DBs (recaseai.com)
2 points by ayushrodrigues 35 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments
Hey all! Wanted to share a project (https://recaseai.com) I’ve been working on, which helps B2B SaaS startups integrate with their customers’ data stores (like Snowflake, Looker, etc.) much faster.

I previously worked on a tool targeted at fintechs, and we required certain data points from their internal DB. The fintechs couldn't dedicate engineering effort to send data via an API, so we had to build out integrations with their data stores and query the relevant data. This meant that:

- We had to create custom integrations and queries for each customer's DB - Our customers would worry about how we’d store their DB credentials

For a startup, this was limiting. As such, we built Recase, which is basically a reverse ETL that allows your SaaS to build integrations and sync custom data points from your customers’ databases / data warehouses easily. Here’s how it works:

1. You use our embedded page or API to save your customers’ DB credentials / API keys

2. You or your customer define a schema to send to your endpoint

3. Your customer can select which fields from their DB they’d like to map to the schema, via our UI

4. Data sync can then be triggered via API or CRON

Love to hear your thoughts!

PS. We had a few early users who enjoyed the tool so now we're looking to take on a few more for our invite-only beta :)




That's an interesting concept! Sorry if I'm misunderstanding here, but what's the difference between this and a reverse ETL?


It's a similar concept for sure. Reverse ETL typically involves setting up flows for a business to export data to their SaaS vendors.

We're trying to go the other way around. Help SaaS vendors import data from their customers!


Right, now that seems pretty interesting...

I wonder if this would apply to many use cases




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