Airbyte over Informatica: Greater Flexibility, Lower Cost
Switch from Informatica to Airbyte. Experience Flexibility!
"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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Why choose Airbyte over Informatica?
With Airbyte’s customizable deployment options, open-source flexibility and cost-effective pricing unlike Informatica, which has a closed annual contract based pricing model. Airbyte enables you to scale easily with reduced operational costs.
| Focus | ELT, Data Integration | Data Ingestion, ETL. |
| Pricing | Cost effective Capacity-based pricing for Enterprise & Team versions and Volume-based pricing for Cloud edition. | Consumption-based pricing. |
| Number of connectors | 600+ pre-built customizable connectors for both structured and unstructured sources. | 400 pre-built connectors |
| Database replication | Full table; incremental via change data capture. | Full or incremental load. |
| Ability for customers to add new data sources | Provides SDK for creating custom connectors. | Yes, by Connector Toolkit Developer. |
| Developer tools | Web and CLI. API Access for Cloud-hosted. | Informatica Developer Tool, REST API, Connector Toolkit. |
| Advanced ETL capabilities | Seamless integration with dbt, Airflow, and more. Custom Connector SDK. | Not available. |
| Open Source Availability | Yes | Yes |
| Compliance and security certifications | SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA Conduit. | SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, HIPAA / HITECH, GDPR, Privacy Shield. |
| Vendor lock-in | No Vendor Lock-in. | Yes, Annual contracts. |
| Skill level | Low-code, No code & AI- powered Solutions | Varies from low-code to high-code, depending on the product. |
| Flexibility to Develop Python Data Pipelines | Available through PyAirbyte open-source library. | Not available. |
| Support | Customers can access in-app chat support and Slack support. | Support options, including documentation and customer support, are available, but it depends on your pricing plan. |
Airbyte has multiple management options (UI, API, Terraform, PyAirbyte), making it developer-friendly, whereas Informatica has a complex interface with limited coding flexibility.
Why Airbyte is better than Informatica?
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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