Liquibase Named a Finalist in Five 2026 DevOps Dozen Award Categories
Liquibase has been named a finalist in five categories of the 2026 DevOps Dozen Awards. Here’s what each nomination recognizes, how we’re bringing governance to database change across software delivery, and how to vote by Dec 31.
November 12, 2026
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Liquibase has been named a finalist in five categories of the 2026 DevOps Dozen Awards, presented by DevOps.com and Techstrong Group. We’re honored to be recognized alongside the people, projects and platforms shaping how software gets built and delivered.
This is the 10th year of the DevOps Dozen, and the program expanded to 24 categories to reflect where DevOps is heading. Finalists were chosen by an independent panel of DevOps leaders, and last year Liquibase Secure won Best DevOps for DataOps and Database Solution. Being named in five categories this year, across open source, platform engineering, CI/CD, DevSecOps and breakthrough innovation, says something we believe deeply: database change belongs in every part of the software delivery conversation.
Our five nominations
| Category | Finalist | What it recognizes |
|---|---|---|
| DevOps Open Source Project of the Year | Liquibase Community (FSL) | Brings version control, repeatable deployments and change management to the database, so schema changes move through the same workflows as application code. |
| Best Platform Engineering Solution | Liquibase Secure | Gives developers governed self-service for database changes through standardized workflows, while platform teams keep security, compliance and operational controls in place. |
| Best CI/CD Solution | Liquibase Secure | Puts database changes inside enterprise CI/CD pipelines with automated deployments, policy enforcement and governance, so teams ship faster without adding operational risk. |
| Best DevSecOps Solution | Liquibase Secure | Builds security and compliance into the database change workflow: policies that stop risky changes before they deploy, and proof of control for every change. |
| Best Breakthrough DevOps Solution | Liquibase Secure Change Intelligence | Gives enterprises one view of database change activity, so teams can spot risk, detect drift, investigate failures and improve delivery performance across every database environment. |
From database change to governed software delivery
Liquibase started with a simple idea: database changes should be versioned, repeatable and automated, like application code. That idea became Liquibase Community, the project that brought database change into source control and CI/CD for teams around the world, now available under the Functional Source License (FSL).
Over time, our customers asked for more than automation. They needed to know that every change met their standards before it reached production, and they needed proof for auditors after it did. So we built governance into the workflow: policy checks, approvals, drift detection and a complete record of what changed, where and by whom.
Today our story is growing beyond the database. Database change is one of the riskiest steps in software delivery, and the controls we built for it apply to the whole pipeline. Liquibase Secure connects database change to the platform engineering, CI/CD and security practices teams already run, so the database stops being the step that slows releases or slips past review. Five nominations across those categories tell us the industry sees it the same way.
Governance for AI-speed delivery
AI is changing how fast software gets written. Coding assistants and agents now generate application code, migrations and schema changes in minutes, and the volume of change reaching pipelines keeps rising. The database is where that speed carries the most risk, because a bad change there can expose sensitive data or take down production.
This is why governance matters more now. When changes come faster, and some come from agents rather than people, teams need automated guardrails that check every change against policy before it deploys, and a clear record of what was approved. Liquibase lets teams adopt AI-assisted development without giving up control of their most critical data.
Helping customers see change across the database estate
Most enterprises run many database platforms across many environments, owned by different teams. Few can answer basic questions across all of them: what changed last week, where environments have drifted apart, and why a deployment failed.
Liquibase Secure Change Intelligence answers those questions from one place. It gives teams a centralized view of database change activity across their estate, so they can find risk early, catch drift before it causes an incident, investigate failures faster and measure how database delivery is improving over time.
For our customers, that visibility turns database change from a blind spot into something they can manage and report on.
Thank you, and how to vote
This recognition belongs to our customers, our open source community and our team. Thank you to DevOps.com, Techstrong Group and the judges for including us.
Public voting is open until December 31, 2026 at 11:59 pm ET. If Liquibase has made your database changes faster or safer, we’d be grateful for your vote:
- Go to the DevOps Dozen ballot.
- Choose Liquibase in categories 01, 15, 17, 19 and 24. You can skip the rest.
- Enter your name and email and submit once. Only your latest ballot counts, so select all five before you submit.
Winners will be announced at Techstrong’s Predict 2026 virtual summit in January.
Ryan brings more than 14 years of experience leading marketing at hyper-growth technology companies. He has built and scaled high-performing marketing organizations across cybersecurity, SaaS, and developer tools, driving revenue growth through a combination of brand storytelling, product marketing, and data-driven demand generation. Prior to joining Liquibase, Ryan held marketing leadership roles at companies including Astronomer, Bolster, Lacework, and Druva. Ryan holds a BA in Film Production from Brooks Institute and an MBA from Walden University.
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