Why Now Is the Right Time to Move From Redshift to CTA PAD’s Google Cloud Platform

Written By Catherine Godwin

By: Bianca Mounce

Across the progressive ecosystem, organizations have access to even more data and tools. At the same time, the cost of maintaining older data warehouse systems continues to rise, often without delivering the flexibility or transparency teams need. These organizations are at a crossroads: continue investing in tools that no longer fit their budgets, growth, or long-term strategy, or take the leap to migrate to something more modern.

It’s the perfect time to move to CTA, where partners get to use the best infrastructure on the market, Google Cloud Platform, while also getting access to a services team, set of tooling, and organization focused on supporting your mission. PAD, our data analytics platform, is powered by GCP, meaning CTA Partners get instant access to some of GCP’s most popular offerings: BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Workflows, Looker Studio, as well as more advanced tools like Cloud Run, Notebooks, and the latest in AI. Powerhouse organizations across the progressive movement, such as Priorities USA and State Voices, have made the switch to CTA PAD to power their work.

What improvements do our partners find once they make the switch?

  • Cost

    • We think of infrastructure like a public utility, and we offer CTA PAD with significant movement discounts so our partners can focus on their critical campaigns and organizing.

    • Data usage and query costs are pennies compared to other cloud-based solutions. Once you run a query, it’s cached for 24 hours, and you can always check data usage before you start your work. 

  • Stability and Speed

    • CTA PAD has 99% uptime, and our syncs are operational and stable. Our team helps to pre-optimize your largest tables and syncs for faster performance.

    • No more waiting in the queue or hanging queries. Most users find they can query big datasets in seconds with significantly improved speed.

  • Movement Built

    • We operate as a not-for-profit and believe in building kind tech. CTA PAD is built to support movement organizations just like yours! We also support mission-aligned nonprofits, academic institutions, vendors, and PACs.

CTA PAD Migration Options

When you're ready to make the switch, we are here to help! Migrating might feel stressful, and we’re excited to support your team reset and grow into your new database home. Here are a few options available as you explore next steps:

Self-managed migration

  • CTA implements any available core syncs and can provide recommendations and resources for moving historical data and tables from Redshift to CTA’s BigQuery, as well as how to migrate existing scripts and workflows

  • CTA manages the project and user creation, while your team imports any additional organizational data not syncing in directly

  • We can also offer migration support for core dashboards and workflows

CTA-managed migration

  • Our Solutions team manages the migration end-to-end, including uploading historical data and tables and supporting the migration of scripts and workflows

  • We can also include rebuilding existing or new program dashboards 

  • This option includes CTA-managed syncs along with project and user creation

We’re here when you’re ready! Please reach out to info@techallies.org for more information. 

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