Overview
Tecton is the enterprise feature platform built by the team that created Uber's Michelangelo ML platform. It provides a complete solution for feature engineering, storage, and serving at scale—handling both batch and real-time features.
Key Features
- ✓ Unified Batch/Streaming: Same definitions for both
- ✓ Real-time Serving: Sub-millisecond feature retrieval
- ✓ Feature Monitoring: Track drift and quality
- ✓ Time Travel: Point-in-time correct features
- ✓ Declarative Definitions: Features as code
- ✓ Enterprise Scale: Battle-tested at Uber scale
Pros
- 👍 Most production-ready feature platform
- 👍 Handles complex real-time features
- 👍 Strong engineering team (Uber pedigree)
- 👍 Comprehensive monitoring
- 👍 Enterprise security features
Cons
- 👎 Enterprise pricing (expensive)
- 👎 Requires significant data infrastructure
- 👎 Overkill for smaller teams
- 👎 Learning curve for full capabilities
Best For
Enterprise ML teams with real-time feature requirements and scale. Ideal when feature engineering is a bottleneck and you need production reliability.
Founded: 2019 HQ: San Francisco, CA