End of life didn't end the need.
Whether your team still runs Data Workbench or has already moved off it, the gap it left looks much the same.
Unsupported since December 31, 2023
Adobe ended Data Workbench on December 31, 2023. Its FAQ says perpetual-license customers may keep running it, but Adobe will not fix critical bugs or security vulnerabilities, and continued use is at the customer's own risk.
Adobe's path is a different platform
Adobe points Data Workbench customers to three Adobe Experience Platform products: Customer Journey Analytics, Query Service and Data Prep. Its FAQ says there are limited cases in which Data Workbench functionality is not replicated there.
Cloud-only means a new data path
A cloud-only product puts a vendor and its subprocessors in the path of customer data that used to stay on your own servers. That suits some teams. It is harder for teams with residency or procurement constraints.
The way your analysts worked, on infrastructure you control.
Marver is built by Andrew Chepurny, who built and operated Data Workbench deployments at enterprise scale before Adobe retired it.
A real desktop workbench
A desktop app for the analysts who lived in Data Workbench. Explore paths, funnels and correlations interactively against your own server, not in a browser tab waiting on a cloud query queue.
Offline and batch sources
CSV, JSON and NDJSON files from CRM, point-of-sale or call-center systems. Each is a registered source with its own join key and consent purpose, and every import returns a receipt of rejected and consent-suppressed rows.
Unify the same customer Analytics + CDP
Resolve identity across web, server-side and batch-file sources with deterministic matching, a full history of how each profile formed, and un-merge when a link is wrong.
Runs where Data Workbench ran
On-prem or in your own cloud account, the way Data Workbench ran. Bring the server up on a Linux host (x86-64 or ARM64), or under Docker Desktop on a Mac or Windows machine. Analysts install the desktop Workbench and connect to it.
What you relied on, and where it lives in Marver.
Data Workbench was built to analyze customer interactions online and offline in one place. Marver keeps that model.
| What you relied on in Data Workbench | In Marver | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| A desktop workbench for analysts | A desktop workbench for interactive, analyst-driven exploration | Marver Workbench is a desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux that connects to your own server. |
| Path Browser, Funnels and Correlation | Path Browser, Funnels and Correlation against your own event data | In every tier, alongside schema authoring and cluster analysis. |
| Online and offline data in one place | Online and offline channels blended into one customer view | Live web and tag-manager events, plus CSV, JSON and NDJSON files from CRM, point-of-sale or call-center systems. One profile per customer across channels needs Analytics + CDP; the Analytics tier has no identity layer. |
| On-prem or your own cloud account | On-prem or in your own cloud account, the way Data Workbench ran | A Linux host (x86-64 or ARM64), or Docker Desktop on a Mac or Windows machine. Air-gapped networks need an Enterprise license. |
This table compares capabilities, not configuration. It is not a migration guide for an existing Data Workbench installation.
Evaluate it on your hardware, on your schedule.
Request a license, start the server with Docker Compose, and point real traffic at it. Marver sends no customer data to Chip Hosting Solutions' systems, and every question gets a written answer from the engineer who built it.
Inside your network
Your channels
Web and tag-manager events, server-side calls, and CRM, POS or call-center files
Marver server
Collection, processing and identity, on your hardware or cloud account
Marver Workbench
Desktop app on your analysts' machines: macOS, Windows and Linux.
Leaves your network
A license check, once a day
A license ID and an install fingerprint. Never customer or event data. It can go through your HTTP proxy. If it can't get through for 30 days, Marver goes read-only until it can. Air-gapped Enterprise licenses skip it entirely.
Request a license
Tell Chip Hosting Solutions your company and where the server will run, and get back a signed 45-day license file and the Docker Compose bundle.
Run it on your infrastructure
Bring the server up on a Linux host (x86-64 or ARM64), or under Docker Desktop on a Mac or Windows machine. Analysts install the desktop Workbench and connect to it.
Keep it, or let it lapse
To continue, reply for an order form or invoice and drop in the paid license, with no reinstall. If you don't, Marver stops taking new events and you keep view, query and export access to everything it already holds. Raw events sit on your disks as plain NDJSON text, readable without Marver.
Who Marver is for, and who it isn't.
Who it's for
- Former Data Workbench teams who lost their desktop power-analyst workflow
- Organizations that need user-level analytics across web, server-side, and offline events
- Teams with privacy, residency, or procurement constraints around customer data
Probably not for
- Teams that would rather hand analytics to a fully managed cloud service than own the stack again
- Teams with no one to run a server: Marver runs on infrastructure you operate, so it needs a technical owner
- Teams looking for a plug-and-play marketing dashboard in an afternoon
Pricing that scales with your deployment, not your headcount.
No per-seat fees, no MAU pricing, and no event metering on paid tiers. Start with a full 45-day trial on your own hardware, then pick the tier that fits. Every tier includes unlimited users.
Analytics
$2,500
per month · flat
Unmetered events · No identity layer
The analyst workbench with no event caps: schema authoring, Path Browser, Funnels, Correlation and cluster analysis, with role-based access for every user.
Analytics + CDP
Typical fit$5,000
per month · flat
Persistent customer identity
For teams that need trusted customer identity, not just event counts. Everything in Analytics, plus unified profiles, attribution, an identity formation audit with un-merge, and direct founder support.
Enterprise
Custom
based on scale
Air-gapped · Custom terms
Everything in Analytics + CDP, plus offline licenses for air-gapped networks, a TLS-on deployment profile, custom license terms, and help with your security review. SSO and high availability are on the roadmap.
Typical fit: Analytics + CDP. Teams that blended online and offline channels in Data Workbench need the identity layer in Analytics + CDP to join them into one profile per customer: unified profiles, attribution, and an identity formation audit with un-merge. Teams that only need the workbench and event analysis can start on Analytics, which has no identity layer.
Full pricing detailsBuilt by an Adobe Certified Data Workbench Architect.
Andrew Chepurny
Founder & Principal Architect, Chip Hosting Solutions
Andrew Chepurny built and operated Adobe Data Workbench at enterprise scale for Fortune 500 organizations. When Adobe announced end-of-life, three clients, in telecom, insurance and financial services, got in touch within 48 hours, all asking where to go now. Everything was cloud-only, and the thick-client power-analyst workflow had disappeared. Marver is the answer, five years in the making.
- 17+ years in analytics and MarTech for Fortune 500 brands
- 11 years at Adobe · CS degree, business minor
- Adobe Certified Expert: Data Workbench Architect · CJA Developer
Analytics architecture delivered for
Consulting and in-house engagements, not Marver deployments.
- Dollar General
- Amtrak
- Western Union
- ForeFlight
- Pfizer
- City National Bank
- Adobe Systems
- + many more
Questions teams ask before a trial.
How does Marver relate to Adobe Data Workbench?
Marver is an independent, self-hosted successor to Adobe Data Workbench from Chip Hosting Solutions, not made or endorsed by Adobe. It carries over the desktop workbench, Path Browser, Funnels and Correlation, and online and offline channels blended into one customer view, on-prem or in your own cloud account. It is built by Andrew Chepurny, who built and operated Data Workbench deployments at enterprise scale before Adobe retired it.
What does Adobe recommend instead?
Adobe's end-of-life FAQ points Data Workbench customers to three Adobe Experience Platform products: Customer Journey Analytics, Query Service and Data Prep. It also says there are limited cases in which Data Workbench functionality is not replicated there. Chip Hosting Solutions consults on Adobe too, and its view is simple: Adobe where it fits. Marver where the data can't leave your network.
Do our analysts still get a desktop app?
Yes. Marver Workbench is a desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux that connects to your own Marver server. Analysts explore paths, funnels and correlations interactively, not in a browser tab waiting on a cloud query queue.
Where does our customer data live?
On infrastructure you control: a Linux host (x86-64 or ARM64), Docker Desktop on a Mac or Windows machine, or your own cloud account. Once a day Marver makes a license check that carries a license ID and an install fingerprint, never customer or event data. Air-gapped Enterprise licenses skip it entirely.
What does Marver cost?
Pricing scales with your deployment, not your headcount. Analytics is $2,500 and Analytics + CDP is $5,000, each per month and flat; Enterprise is custom, based on scale. Every tier includes unlimited users, and the 45-day trial is free.
What happens if we try it and don't buy?
Marver stops taking new events, and you keep view, query and export access to everything it already holds. Raw events sit on your disks as plain NDJSON text, readable without Marver.
Request your 45-day trial.
Tell Chip Hosting Solutions who you are and where the server will run. Andrew Chepurny, who built Marver, reviews each request and replies with a signed license.dwb file and the matching install bundle, usually within one business day.
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