How we think
You know your data. We handle the technology. Bastion Data exists to remove the friction between your expertise and the systems that should be serving it.
The data is the system. The database is the storage medium. The tooling around it lets users interact with it.
The Bastion Data Platform is a control plane that adds maturity, robustness, and flexibility to your data — instrumenting the systems around it without owning them.
Technical principles
Everything else is functionality that enables users to interact with the data. Platforms, interfaces, and integrations are all in service of the data — not the other way around. We design every feature with this hierarchy in mind.
We abhor vendor lock-in. Every architecture, schema, and component we build is available to customers should they wish to self-host or migrate. You own your data and the means of using it — unconditionally.
Bastion Data sits above your existing databases and tools as a control plane, adding maturity, access control, and usability without pulling your data into a proprietary ecosystem. We integrate with PostgreSQL, file storage, identity providers, and reporting tools — instrumenting what you already have rather than asking you to start over.
Our first question is always: does a well-maintained open source tool already solve this? Custom development is reserved for the gaps that nothing else fills. This keeps your costs lower, your maintenance burden smaller, and your stack built on software that thousands of organizations depend on and improve.
Where bespoke work is necessary, it should be contributed back to the shared platform wherever possible. Multiple users improve quality and maintenance. A feature built for one customer and generalized for many is always better than a one-off fork.
Security is not an afterthought. We ensure that processes are defined and implemented to inventory, audit, and control data access from day one. Role-based permissions, audit trails, and schema-only AI integrations are built into the platform by default — not bolted on later.
Business principle
We measure success by whether you own and understand what we've built — not by how dependent you are on us to run it. Every engagement starts with your data, your team, and your constraints. It ends with a solution you control, can explain, and can sustain. If we've done our job well, you're more capable than when we started.
Tell us about your data challenge and we'll find the right approach together.
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