Data Quality Frameworks: Great Expectations vs dbt Tests vs Soda Core
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Picking a data quality framework in 2026 is no longer a "should we test our pipelines?" debate — every senior data engineer knows the answer. The real debate is which framework: Python-native Great Expectations with its expectations + suites + checkpoints, warehouse-native dbt tests living next to models, or YAML-first Soda Core with SodaCL checks and the optional Soda Cloud dashboard. Each one solves the same problem — catch the broken row before the dashboard ships it — but each carries a diff