base dos dados

What base dos dados does

Base dos Dados is a Brazilian non-governmental organization that operates the largest curated public data platform in Brazil. The organization aggregates, standardizes, and publishes data from major Brazilian public institutions including IBGE, TSE (Tribunal Superior Eleitoral), Receita Federal, CGU (Comptroller General), and INEP. Its core product is a public data lake hosted on Google BigQuery, containing more than 100 treated tables and over 2.5 billion rows of Brazilian public-sector data, distributed through both free open access and a paid subscription tier.

The platform is delivered through a multi-channel go-to-market model that is product-led, community-led, and sales-led. Its product surface has expanded to include BD Pro (a subscription tier), BD Edu (an educational sub-brand for courses and learning content), a custom AI-powered chatbot that allows conversational natural-language queries against the datalake, and a professional consulting services arm offering six distinct service lines spanning data engineering, analytics, and bespoke project work. The platform and documentation are available in Portuguese, English, and Spanish, indicating intent to serve Lusophone and broader Latin American markets.

The business model combines freemium public access, BD Pro subscription revenue, and project-based consulting fees, with payments processed via Stripe. Key infrastructure and distribution partners include Google BigQuery (core infrastructure), Stripe, and major Brazilian institutions such as Tesouro Nacional, IPEA, and Governo SP, alongside foundations and think tanks such as Fundação Lemann and Instituto Igarapé. Named users span journalists (e.g., BBC), researchers, and government advisors. The organization operates with 11-50 employees as a non-profit entity, and its open-source SDKs and GitHub contributions support a developer ecosystem around its canonical data schemas.

Name

base dos dados

Legal name

Base dos Dados

Website

https://basedosdados.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Base dos Dados is a Brazilian NGO operating the largest public datalake in Brazil, hosting 100+ treated tables and 2.5B+ rows of standardized public-sector data from IBGE, TSE, Receita Federal, CGU, and INEP on Google BigQuery, serving analysts, journalists, researchers, and institutions via freemium access, BD Pro subscriptions, and consulting services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Open Data Platform

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Governance Platforms (Policies, Stewardship, Workflows) (HDAEADAB)

Keywords

• Public data platform
• Open government data
• Data consulting services
• Data engineering services
• Data analytics training

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. BD Pro subscription: Monthly subscription providing access to exclusive, harmonized, and automatically updated datasets on the Base dos Dados platform, accessible via Python/R packages or BigQuery. Payments processed via Stripe with automatic monthly renewal.
2. Professional consulting services: Specialized data engineering, analysis, and training services including Diagnóstico de Maturidade, Arquitetura de Dados, Portal de Dados, Painel Gerencial, Chatbot Personalizado, and Formação. Revenue generated through project-based or retainer consulting engagements.
3. Free platform access (freemium): Basic access to the public datalake with treated tables is free, providing public good revenue through community goodwill, volunteer contributions, and potential donor/partner relationships.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Base dos Dados operates a public data platform hosting treated, standardized datasets from major Brazilian institutions (IBGE, TSE, Receita Federal, CGU, INEP) on a Google BigQuery datalake, accessible via web search, SQL, and Python/R SDKs. The organization also sells specialized consulting services in data engineering, data architecture, dashboards, custom chatbots, and team training, plus a paid BD Pro subscription for exclusive automatically updated datasets.

Product overview

Base dos Dados is an NGO that maintains Brazil's largest public data platform and offers specialized data consulting services. The core offering is the public data platform (Plataforma de Dados) centered on a BigQuery-hosted datalake of treated datasets from major Brazilian public institutions, accessible via search, SQL, and Python/R packages. Paid tiers include BD Pro for automatically updated data, and BD Edu for educational courses. The consulting arm provides six specialized services: Maturidade Diagnóstico (maturity assessment), Arquitetura de Dados (data architecture), Portal de Dados (data portal development), Painel Gerencial (management dashboards), Chatbot (custom AI chatbots connected to client databases), and Formação (custom team training). The platform also provides a public chatbot for general users and maintains Python and R software packages for programmatic datalake access.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BD Pro: Paid subscription service offering access to exclusive, harmonized, and updated data on the Base dos Dados platform
• BD Edu
• Chatbot

Products and services

• Plataforma de Dados (Public Data Platform)

Quantifiable outcome

• 2.5 billion+ rows of data available across 100+ treated tables
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Tesouro Nacional (Brazilian National Treasury)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTesouro Nacional is a partner organization that contributes and consumes public data through the Base dos Dados platform. The partnership supports the mission of universalizing quality data access across Brazilian government institutions.
• IPEA (Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIPEA, a Brazilian applied economic research institute, is a partner organization of Base dos Dados, contributing socioeconomic data and leveraging the platform for data-driven research and policy analysis.
• Fundação LemanncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFundação Lemann is a key strategic partner, with the organization's coordinator Laura Ogando referencing the Base dos Dados datalake integration for strategic decision-making dashboards. The foundation supports data-driven education and research initiatives.
• Governo do Estado de São PaulominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe São Paulo state government is a partner organization contributing and accessing public data through the Base dos Dados platform.
• Instituto IgarapéminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstituto Igarapé, a Brazilian think tank, engaged Base dos Dados for data architecture services, specifically for structuring data collection scripts and configuring secure, scalable cloud infrastructure.
• AlzirasminorOthersAlziras is listed as a partner organization of Base dos Dados, contributing to the ecosystem of organizations that transform data into social impact.
• Fiquem SabendominorOthersFiquem Sabendo is listed as a partner organization, supporting transparency and public data initiatives through the Base dos Dados platform.
• AponteminorOthersAponte is listed as a partner organization of Base dos Dados, collaborating within the network of organizations that transform data into impact.
• Prefeitura do Rio de JaneirominorOthersThe Rio de Janeiro city government is listed as a partner contributing to and consuming data through the Base dos Dados platform.
• Google (BigQuery)coreTechnology or IntegrationGoogle BigQuery is the core cloud data warehouse technology powering Base dos Dados' public datalake. All treated tables are accessible via BigQuery, with 1 TB of free queries per month per user project.
• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationStripe is the payment processing platform used by Base dos Dados for BD Pro subscriptions and service payments. User data is stored in the Stripe platform per the terms of service.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Kaggle: Kaggle operates the largest data science community globally, providing curated public datasets, notebooks, and competitions. Its community-driven dataset contributions and SQL/BigQuery integration overlap with Base dos Dados' approach to democratizing access to analyzed public data.
• Quandl (Nasdaq Data Link): Quandl/Nasdaq Data Link aggregates and standardizes financial and economic datasets with both free and paid premium tiers (subscription model). Its freemium + paid tier structure mirrors Base dos Dados' BD Pro subscription and free public datalake model.
• World Bank Open Data: World Bank Open Data provides free harmonized socioeconomic indicators across countries with API access — comparable in mission (universalizing public economic data) but at international scale versus Base dos Dados' Brazilian national focus.

Direct peers

• Our World in Data: Our World in Data publishes free, harmonized socioeconomic and development datasets with strong research-grade documentation — directly comparable to Base dos Dados' mission of universalizing access to quality public socioeconomic data, though globally focused.
• data.world: data.world operates a collaborative data catalog and community platform that allows organizations to publish, discover, and query shared datasets — closely comparable to Base dos Dados' treated-table platform and community-driven contribution model for public socioeconomic data.
• DataHub (LinkedIn): DataHub is an open-source metadata platform for data discovery and lineage used by enterprises. Its metadata-first approach to organizing datasets is comparable to Base dos Dados' data directories and dictionaries that link institutional codes across Brazilian public datasets.
• CKAN (Open Knowledge Foundation): CKAN is the leading open-source data management system used by governments worldwide to publish open data portals — Base dos Dados' website explicitly consumes a CKAN-based metadata API, making it directly comparable as open data infrastructure for public sector data.
• Dataverse Project: Dataverse is open-source research data sharing software widely used by academic institutions — comparable to Base dos Dados' standardized datasets with metadata, dictionaries, and programmatic access for research communities.

Regional players

• Open Data Institute: Open Data Institute is a UK-based non-profit that promotes open data adoption and infrastructure — comparable to Base dos Dados as a non-profit advancing public sector data standardization, though UK-focused rather than Brazil/LATAM.
• Open Data Brasil (Portal Brasileiro de Dados Abertos): Brazil's federal open data portal, operated by the government, which publishes raw public datasets. It is comparable to Base dos Dados as a source of Brazilian public sector data, though it lacks the treated, harmonized, and analysis-ready layer that Base dos Dados provides.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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