Fivetran Alternatives (2026): Top 8 Compared
Fivetran sells managed extract and load, billed on monthly active rows, with dbt transformations run after the load. The 8 alternatives below split into open-source and self-hosted options, flat-fee and per-flow plans, compute-billed services and quote-based enterprise platforms. Each record shows dated pricing, a buyer fit and sourced trade-offs, in source order rather than rank.
Order is not a ranking. How entries are ordered.
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| Vendor | Consider for | Pricing notes | Standout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airbyteopen-source | Engineers wanting an open-source, self-hostable connector catalogue | Self-managed free; Standard from $10/mo on volume; Pro on capacity; Enterprise Flex by quote Checked Sep 2026 | 600+ connectors, self-managed or hosted, plus a Connector Builder |
| AWS Glueenterprise | AWS teams wanting serverless Spark ETL billed by the second | $0.44 per DPU-hour, per-second billing; Catalog free to 1M objects, then $1 per 100,000/mo; varies by region Checked Sep 2026 | Vendor example: a 15-minute job on 6 DPUs costs $0.66 |
| Matillionmid-market | Teams designing load and transform on a low-code canvas | Developer, Teams and Scale on consumption credits; no plan prices published Checked Sep 2026 | Built-in Git repository on every tier, including Developer |
| Informaticaenterprise | Large enterprises wanting ETL, ELT and data quality on one contract | Consumption-based Informatica Processing Units; no unit price published Checked Sep 2026 | One IPU pool spans integration, ingestion and data quality |
| Integrate.iomid-market | Teams wanting a flat fee for ETL, ELT, CDC and reverse ETL | Core $1,999/mo, unlimited volumes, pipelines, connectors and users; higher tier by quote Checked Sep 2026 | No row, connector or user limits; 60-second pipeline frequency |
| Keboolamid-market | Small teams paying only for the compute minutes their jobs use | Free plan, 60 compute minutes/mo after 120 in month one; extra $0.14/min; Enterprise by quote Checked Sep 2026 | Free tier not time-limited, with 700+ connectors |
| Portablespecialist | Analytics teams blocked by a niche SaaS source | Standard $1,800/mo for 6 flows; Pro $2,800 for 15; Advanced $4,200 for 25; unlimited volume Checked Sep 2026 | 1,500+ long-tail connectors; custom connectors included from Pro |
| Dataddosmb | Smaller teams wanting ETL, reverse ETL and replication on a low price | Free 3 flows, 100,000 rows/mo; paid plans $99/mo annual or $129 monthly with 10M rows; Enterprise custom Checked Sep 2026 | ETL, reverse ETL and replication in one $99 plan |
These comparisons draw on public product information, not hands-on testing of every tool. Source records identify available references and checks; missing evidence is marked. Buyer fit is an editorial assessment, not a measured performance score. How to use this research.
About Fivetran
Fivetran sells the extract and load half of a pipeline as a managed service, with more than 700 managed connectors on its Standard plan. Database connectors use log-based change data capture, and schema drift is handled automatically. Transformation runs after the load, inside the destination, through scheduled dbt Core projects. Fivetran and dbt Labs are now one company.
Why buyers compare Fivetran alternatives
Connections are billed on monthly active rows, meaning rows inserted, updated or deleted in a month, with 500,000 free. Paid plans publish no list price, so cost depends on which connectors run and how much data changes. One-minute syncs, enterprise database connectors and hybrid deployment start at the Enterprise tier. Row-based metering can exceed the cost of a self-managed alternative when volumes are large and predictable.
Vendor details and trade-offs
Airbyte offers its 600+ connector catalogue in a free self-managed open-source edition and in hosted plans, while Fivetran is a managed service billed on monthly active rows. Airbyte Pro prices on compute capacity rather than data moved. Self-hosting shifts cost to infrastructure and engineering time.
Potential strengths
- The open-source edition can be self-hosted at no licence cost with the full connector catalogue and change data capture
- Pro prices on compute capacity rather than data moved, so a volume spike does not move the bill
Trade-offs
- Self-hosting shifts the cost to infrastructure and the engineering time to run it
- Maximum sync frequency is one hour on the entry tier; 15-minute syncs, SSO and role-based access control start on Pro
- Product reference
- Pricing source
- Billing terms: Monthly
- Source review: checked Sep 20, 2026
- Vendor confirmation: not confirmed
AWS Glue runs serverless Spark ETL jobs at $0.44 per DPU-hour, billed by the second, where Fivetran meters monthly active rows. Transformation runs inside the Glue job as Spark code rather than as dbt models after the load, and the Spark runtime assumes PySpark or Scala skills.
Potential strengths
- A published unit rate with no seat licence, so occasional pipelines cost close to nothing when idle
- The Data Catalog is free for the first million metadata objects and the first million accesses
Trade-offs
- Cost is hard to forecast before the first job runs, because it depends on DPU count and runtime
- Effective use of the Spark runtime assumes PySpark or Scala skills in the team
- Product reference
- Pricing source
- Billing terms: Hourly rate billed per second
- Source review: checked Sep 20, 2026
- Vendor confirmation: not confirmed
Matillion designs both the load and the transform steps on one low-code canvas, while Fivetran manages the load and runs dbt projects after it. A built-in Git repository is included on every tier. Like Fivetran's paid tiers, Matillion publishes no plan price and bills on consumption credits.
Potential strengths
- Unlimited projects and a built-in Git repository from the Developer tier upward
- The Scale tier adds streaming change data capture pipelines, end-to-end lineage and hybrid cloud deployment
Trade-offs
- No plan prices appear on the pricing page. Cost depends entirely on credits consumed
- Teams and Scale both include only five developer users, and extra seats are not priced publicly
- Product reference
- Pricing source
- Billing terms: Consumption-based credits
- Source review: checked Sep 20, 2026
- Vendor confirmation: not confirmed
Informatica covers ETL, ELT, Spark and serverless execution plus data quality under one platform and one contract, a wider scope than Fivetran's managed extract and load. Capacity is sold as Informatica Processing Units shared across services. No unit price is published, and unused units do not carry over.
Potential strengths
- A single subscribed balance can be applied across ETL, ELT, ingestion and data quality rather than buying each separately
- Usage dashboards and consumption threshold alerts are built into the administrator console, with email warnings at fixed thresholds
Trade-offs
- No unit price is published anywhere on the pricing page. Every figure comes from a quote
- Unused units do not carry over: monthly on the standard IPU plan, annually on Flex IPU
- Product reference
- Pricing source
- Billing terms: IPU subscription drawn down monthly, or annually on Flex IPU
- Source review: checked Sep 20, 2026
- Vendor confirmation: not confirmed
Integrate.io charges a flat $1,999 a month with no row, connector or user limits, so the bill does not move with data volume as Fivetran's monthly active row charge does. ETL, ELT, change data capture and reverse ETL share one product, with transformation inside the pipeline.
Potential strengths
- One published flat fee, so the bill does not move when data volume spikes
- ETL, ELT, change data capture and reverse ETL pipelines all sit inside the same product and the same price
Trade-offs
- $1,999 a month is a high floor for a team running only a handful of pipelines
- Only the Core tier is priced. Security, compliance and support upgrades are quoted separately
- Product reference
- Pricing source
- Billing terms: Flat monthly fee
- Source review: checked Sep 20, 2026
- Vendor confirmation: not confirmed
Keboola bills job compute minutes at $0.14 each, where Fivetran bills monthly active rows. Its free plan has no expiry, includes 700+ connectors and bundles extraction, SQL and Python transformation, storage and orchestration. Change data capture and streaming are Enterprise-only and quote-priced.
Potential strengths
- The free plan has no expiry date and includes unlimited pipelines, 700+ connectors and a Snowflake backend
- Per-minute compute billing means pipelines that run rarely cost close to nothing
Trade-offs
- The free tier is one project on an extra-small backend with no Data Catalog and no data sharing between projects
- Streaming, change data capture, development and production separation and single sign-on are Enterprise-only and quote-priced
- Product reference
- Pricing source
- Billing terms: Per compute minute, topped up by card or contracted as Time Credits
- Source review: checked Sep 20, 2026
- Vendor confirmation: not confirmed
Portable targets long-tail SaaS sources with more than 1,500 prebuilt connectors and includes custom connector development from Pro. Each tier has a flat monthly fee from $1,800 with unlimited data volumes. Portable does not transform data, while Fivetran schedules dbt projects after the load.
Potential strengths
- Every tier carries a published flat monthly fee and unlimited data volumes
- Connector development is part of the subscription rather than a separate professional services engagement
Trade-offs
- Priced per enabled data flow, and each unique source-to-destination pair counts as one flow
- Standard syncs hourly; 15-minute syncs, cron scheduling and API access start on Pro
- Product reference
- Pricing source
- Billing terms: Billed monthly
- Source review: checked Sep 20, 2026
- Vendor confirmation: not confirmed
Dataddo publishes a $99 a month plan, billed annually, covering 10 million rows with warehouse ETL, reverse ETL and database replication, where Fivetran's paid tiers publish no list price. A separate plan feeds BI dashboards without a warehouse. Every Dataddo plan carries a yearly commitment.
Potential strengths
- The lowest published paid entry point on this page at $99 a month billed annually, covering 10 million rows
- Data Anywhere includes reverse ETL and database replication at the same price as the dashboard-only plan
Trade-offs
- The Data to Dashboards plan excludes warehouse ETL and ELT, so warehouse buyers must take Data Anywhere
- On-premises deployment and API access are Enterprise-only, and every plan carries a yearly commitment period
- Product reference
- Pricing source
- Billing terms: Monthly or annual; annual billing is around 25% cheaper
- Source review: checked Sep 20, 2026
- Vendor confirmation: not confirmed
Frequently asked questions
What are the main alternatives to Fivetran?
This page compares Airbyte, AWS Glue, Matillion, Informatica, Integrate.io, Keboola, Portable and Dataddo. They differ mainly by pricing model: open-source or self-hosted, flat monthly fees, compute-based billing and quote-based enterprise capacity. Each record is copied from the StatWharf ETL tools comparison with its pricing check date.
How is Fivetran priced?
Fivetran bills connections on monthly active rows, meaning rows inserted, updated or deleted in a month. The free plan covers 500,000 monthly active rows and 5,000 model runs. Paid tiers are consumption-priced with no published list price, and annual contracts save up to 22% (checked Sep 2026).
Which Fivetran alternatives publish a flat monthly price?
Integrate.io lists a flat $1,999 a month with unlimited data volumes, pipelines, connectors and users. Portable lists $1,800, $2,800 and $4,200 a month for 6, 15 and 25 data flows. Dataddo lists $99 a month billed annually for 10 million rows. All three figures were checked in September 2026.
Is there a free or open-source alternative to Fivetran?
Airbyte's self-managed open-source edition has no licence cost and includes the full connector catalogue and change data capture. Keboola offers a free plan with no expiry date and 700+ connectors. Self-hosting moves the cost to infrastructure and the engineering time to run it.
Which Fivetran alternatives transform data inside the product?
Matillion designs transformation on the same low-code canvas as loading. Integrate.io handles transformation inside the pipeline, Keboola runs SQL and Python transformations, and AWS Glue runs Spark code. Airbyte and Portable load raw tables and leave modelling to the warehouse, while Fivetran schedules dbt projects after the load.
How was this list of Fivetran alternatives compiled?
The alternatives come from the StatWharf ETL tools comparison, and Fivetran's facts come from its ETL, CDC and data integration entries, all built from public vendor documentation and pricing pages. StatWharf did not test any product hands-on. Entries follow the category page order, which is not a ranking.
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First published October 2026. Page update dates reflect editorial changes, not a fresh check of every vendor.