Fivetran's Pricing Got You Stuck?: Airbyte Gives You Control & Savings
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"For TUI Musement, Airbyte cut development time in half and enabled dynamic customer experiences."
Andres Exner
DIRECTOR OF CUSTOMER HUB AND COMMON ANALYTICS
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What data leaders say about us
"For TUI Musement, Airbyte cut development time in half and enabled dynamic customer experiences"
André Exner
Director Customer hub
“Airbyte saved us years, freeing us to focus on user value, not infra.”
Chase Zieman
Chief Data Officer
“It's a huge win for our organization because it's basically a huge optimization opportunity for us in terms of cost and performance.”
Raman Singh
Data Architect
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F500 companies use Airbyte
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Active community members
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Daily active companies
Why choose Airbyte over Fivetran?
See how Airbyte stacks up against Fivetran: with 600+ connectors, open-source flexibility, customizable connectors and competitive pricing, Airbyte enables seamless and cost-effective data integration.
| Focus | Data movement (including AI support), governance. | Data movement (excluding AI support), transformation, governance. |
| Number of connectors | 600+ pre-built customizable connectors for both structured and unstructured sources. | 500+ pre-built non-customizable connectors for structured sources only. No unstructured sources. |
| Pricing | Cost effective Capacity-based Pricing | Usage-based Pricing |
| Customizability of connectors | Edit any connectors and build new ones within minutes through Airbyte’s Connector Builder (low-code, no-code, AI-powered). | Limited through Fivetran’s Function connector. |
| Integration with data stack | Kubernetes, Airflow, Prefect, Dagster, dbt, LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI, Cohere. | Airflow, Prefect, and Dagster. |
| Database replication | Log-based and incremental sync via change data capture. | Supports log-based CDC, log-free replication. |
| Open Source Availability | Yes | No |
| Flexibility to Develop Python Data Pipelines | Available through PyAirbyte open-source library. | Not available. |
| Data Transformation | Advanced dbt integration (data build tool), and support SQL-based transformation. Also supports RAG-specific transformations. | Offers their own transformation. |
| Support SLAs | Available | Available |
| Security certifications | SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA Conduit. | SOC1, SOC2, ISO 27001, HIPAA BAA. |
| Deployment model | Cloud-hosted, self-hosted, or hybrid. | Cloud-hosted. Database replication can be self-hosted through HVR. |
| Community Support | An active community of 20,000+ members. | A community of 3,000+ members. |
| Supported Destinations | Data warehouses, lakes, databases, 10+ vector databases, LLMs, RAG and more. | Data warehouses, databases, and more. No vector database destinations. |
| Enterprise features | Data mesh, data fabric, SSO, RBAC, column selection/hashing, PII handling, etc. | Data mesh, data fabric, SSO, RBAC, column selection/hashing, PII handling, etc. |
With extensible AI support Airbyte helps in seamless data transformation and governance, While Fivetran helps in Data movement without AI support
Why Airbyte is better than Fivetran?
Benefits/USPs:
Modern GenAI workflows:
Streamline AI workflows with Airbyte: load unstructured data into vector stores like Pinecone, Weaviate, and Milvus. Supports RAG transformations with LangChain chunking and embeddings from OpenAI, Cohere, etc., all in one operation.
An Extensible Open-Source Standard
More than 1,000 developers contribute to Airbyte’s connectors, different interfaces (UI, API, Terraform Provider, Python Library), and integrations with the rest of the stack. Airbyte’s Connector Builder lets you edit or add new connectors in minutes.
Full Control & Security
Airbyte secures your data with cloud-hosted, self-hosted or hybrid deployment options. Single Sign-On (SSO) and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) ensure only authorized users have access with the right permissions. Airbyte acts as a HIPAA conduit and supports compliance with CCPA, GDPR, and SOC2.
Capacity-Based Pricing Model
Capacity-based pricing is based on allocated compute capacity (e.g., credits or resource units), which is easier to forecast and budget. Teams can plan ahead based on capacity requirements, avoiding unexpected overages.
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