Airbyte Alternatives

Fivetran

Free plan Free trial

9.3 /10

Fivetran is the ETL category leader with 700+ managed connectors — most in category. Free tier: 500K MAR + 3,500 activation MAR + 5,000 transformation runs. Standard tier is usage-based MAR pricing with 15-minute sync + dbt Core + RBAC. Enterprise adds 1-minute sync + VPN + enterprise connectors. Business Critical adds customer-managed keys + PCI DSS Level 1. Census acquired October 2025.

• 700+ connectors is category-leading by 3-4x margin vs competitors
• Automatic schema migration handling reduces data engineering burden materially
• Free tier (500K MAR connections + 3,500 activation MAR) is genuinely usable

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Hevo Data

Free plan Free trial

8.6 /10

Hevo Data is the SMB-accessible ETL platform. Free tier: 1M events/month with 5 users and 1-hour scheduling. Starter at $239-299/month (5M/20M/50M event tiers) adds 150+ connectors + 24/7 support + dbt integration. Professional at $679-849/month (Best Value) for unlimited users + Hevo APIs. Business Critical custom with streaming pipelines + RBAC + SSO + VPC peering.

• Free tier 1M events/month is generous vs Fivetran 500K MAR
• Starter tiers ($239-299/month) transparent event-based pricing simpler than MAR
• 24/7 email + live chat support at Starter tier is rare at $239/month price point

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Matillion

Free trial

8.5 /10

Matillion is the transformation-first ETL/ELT platform. Three plans: Developer (1 developer user), Teams (5 developer users + audit logging + SLA — Most Popular), Scale (+ custom SSO + hybrid cloud + data lineage + streaming CDC + 180+ day log retention). Credit-based consumption model: credits consumed by Task Hours (pipeline execution time) + additional developer users beyond included.

• Transformation-first approach with visual low-code canvas + SQL + Python
• Tight Snowflake + Databricks + Redshift + BigQuery native integration
• Credit-based pricing favors teams with variable pipeline volumes

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Stitch Data (Talend/Qlik)

Free trial

8.4 /10

Stitch Data is the mid-market ETL choice. Owned by Talend (acquired 2018), then Talend acquired by Qlik (2023). Standard at $100/month covers 5-300M rows/month (configurable tier) + 1 destination + 10 standard sources + 5 users + 7-day extraction log retention. Advanced at $1,500/month annual for 100M rows + unlimited enterprise sources + HIPAA BAA. Premium at $3,000/month annual for 1B rows.

• Transparent row-tier pricing with clear Standard/Advanced/Premium tiers
• SOC 2 Type II + ISO 27001 compliance on ALL plans including $100 Standard
• Advanced connectivity (VPN, PrivateLink, VPC peering) available as add-ons on all paid plans

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