How LiveEO Harnesses Petabytes of Satellite Data with Prefect

LiveEO, a Berlin-based SaaS company, is revolutionizing infrastructure management by analyzing satellite data to deliver insights in sectors such as utility maintenance and supply chain compliance. Initially utilizing a homegrown solution based on Airflow, LiveEO faced challenges including resource inefficiency and high maintenance burdens as data volumes grew. To address these, LiveEO transitioned to Prefect, which offered a more flexible and scalable solution. Prefect's capabilities, such as dynamic scaling and Pythonic workflows, allowed LiveEO to efficiently process massive satellite datasets, significantly reducing AWS costs by 63% and tripling development speeds. The adoption of Prefect transformed LiveEO's workflows into deployable microservices, enhancing developer productivity and enabling the company to provide more effective predictive maintenance and compliance monitoring services globally.