Databricks migration specialists

Migrate to Databricks. Pay for outcomes, not hours.

Sunsprinkle moves legacy data warehouses and databases to the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform on fixed-price, fixed-scope terms. Every wave is delivered converted, reconciled to the source and accepted by your team.

Fixed-fee assessment in 2 to 4 weeks. You leave with a costed wave plan, whether or not you continue with us.

Led by a Data Engineering Professional with more than 20 years of experience.

LEGACY Teradata Oracle / Exadata SQL Server / Synapse Netezza / Hadoop Redshift / Snowflake OLTP databases SUNSPRINKLE Assess Convert Validate fixed price per wave DATABRICKS Databricks SQL Delta Lake Unity Catalog Lakeflow · Workflows analytical workloads Lakebase operational workloads ✓ Reconciled to source Parallel run · your sign-off · cutover · legacy retired
Data via bulk load + Lakeflow Connect CDCCode via Lakebridge + engineers
Built on Databricks' own toolkitLakebridgeLakeflow ConnectUnity CatalogDelta LakeLakebaseWorkflowsDatabricks on AWS specialists
What you get

A migration you can put a number on.

Scope, price and date are agreed before each wave starts. Here is what that buys you.

Fixed price per wave

Automation converts the code, so you don't pay by the hour for it. You pay for a defined set of tables, pipelines and reports running on Databricks.

Proven parity

Every migrated table is reconciled to its source: row counts, aggregates and key hashes. Nothing goes live on trust.

Lower cost to run

Retire legacy licences, appliances and idle capacity. On Databricks we right-size compute, use serverless where it fits and switch off what sits idle. You get a cost dashboard by team.

No disruption

Legacy and Databricks run side by side until your sign-off. The old platform is paused, not deleted, until you say so.

Governed from day one

Unity Catalog lineage, access control and audit are designed in, not bolted on after go-live.

Ready for AI

AI needs data it can trust. With lineage, access control and audit already in Unity Catalog, your teams can put models and agents into production on the same platform.

How it works

Five steps. One accountable partner.

We follow the same phased approach Databricks uses for its own migrations, with a fixed price attached to each step.

1

Assess

Fixed fee · 2 to 4 weeks

We profile your query logs, inventory every object and score it for complexity with Lakebridge Analyzer. You receive a costed, sequenced wave plan with a fixed price per wave.

→ Wave plan and fixed quote
2

Design

Target lakehouse on Delta Lake with Unity Catalog governance, organised in bronze, silver and gold layers. Lift-and-shift, modernise or hybrid, decided per workload. ETL-first or BI-first sequencing, chosen for your situation.

→ Target architecture and governance model
3

Prove

One production workload, end to end. This calibrates conversion yield, validation effort and run cost before you commit to the rest.

→ Live pilot and calibrated plan
4

Migrate

Wave by wave. Data lands through bulk load, Auto Loader and change data capture with Lakeflow Connect. Lakebridge converts the code and our engineers handle what automation can't. Transformations run as Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines, schedules move to Workflows and BI tools are repointed.

→ Accepted waves
5

Validate & cut over

Automated reconciliation on every table, parallel run, your sign-off, cutover. Legacy is paused, then decommissioned. After go-live we tune cost: right-sized compute, auto-termination and a spend dashboard your finance team can read.

→ Parity report, cutover, cost dashboard
Sources

From any legacy platform.

ETL from SSIS, DataStage and similar tools is rebuilt on Lakeflow.

Analytical workloads

  • Teradata
  • Oracle & Exadata
  • SQL Server, SSIS & Synapse
  • Netezza & Db2
  • Hadoop & Cloudera
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Snowflake

→ land on Delta Lake and Databricks SQL, governed by Unity Catalog.

Operational workloads

  • Oracle applications
  • SQL Server applications
  • Postgres applications

→ land on Lakebase, Databricks' managed Postgres, with gold data synced back to apps and agents.

Pricing

What outcome-based means.

A wave

is a named set of tables, pipelines and reports.

Fixed price and target date

are agreed before work starts.

Done

means it runs on Databricks, reconciles to the source and your team accepts it.

Scope changes

become a new priced wave, not an open-ended change order.

Definition of done, every wave

  • Data landed and kept in sync until cutover
  • Code converted and running on Workflows
  • Reconciliation passed: row counts, aggregates, key hashes
  • BI tools repointed and verified
  • Unity Catalog lineage and access in place
  • Runbook handed over, your team signs off

"If it isn't reconciled and accepted, it isn't done. That is our definition, not just yours."

Why Sunsprinkle

Why teams choose Sunsprinkle.

Stefan Deusch
Who you work with

Stefan Deusch, principal architect

You work with the person who designs and delivers, not a delivery bench. Stefan has spent more than 20 years building data platforms, including migrations off Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL and MySQL for federal agencies and commercial platforms.

Databricks Certified Data Engineer ProfessionalAWS Certified Solutions Architect ProfessionalAWS Certified DevOps Engineer ProfessionalAWS Certified Security SpecialtyLinkedIn profile

Databricks on AWS, done right

Workspaces, networking, identity, Unity Catalog and cost controls set up to AWS and Databricks best practice.

Validation is where migrations succeed or fail

Conversion is automated. Validation isn't. We invest where the risk is: reconciliation, governance and cutover.

Operational workloads too

Oracle, SQL Server and Postgres application databases to Lakebase, with gold data synced back to the apps and agents that need it.

FAQ

Questions we hear first.

How long does a migration take?

The assessment takes 2 to 4 weeks and produces a dated plan. A pilot typically follows within weeks. Total duration depends on the number of waves, and you will know it before you commit.

What exactly does "outcome-based" mean?

Each wave has a fixed price and a defined scope. It is accepted when the workload runs on Databricks and reconciles to the source. You are not billed by the hour for conversion.

Do we have to freeze our current platform?

No. Change data capture keeps Databricks in sync while you keep operating. Parallel run continues until your sign-off.

Which clouds do you support?

We specialise in Databricks on AWS and also deliver on Azure and Google Cloud.

What tooling do you use?

Databricks' own: Lakebridge for analysis, conversion and reconciliation, Lakeflow Connect for change data capture, Unity Catalog for governance. Our engineers handle what automation can't.

We already started a migration. Can you help?

Yes. A short assessment establishes what is converted, what is validated and what remains. We then price the rest as waves.

We use Airflow. Do we have to switch?

No. Airflow can keep orchestrating and trigger your jobs on Databricks. We move schedules to Workflows only where that makes operations simpler for your team.

Start with the assessment.

A fixed-fee, 2 to 4 week assessment gives you an inventory of your estate, a target design and a fixed price per wave. No commitment beyond it.

Not ready to talk yet? Get the migration readiness checklist. Twenty questions, no form.