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Airbyte Cloud vs Fivetran comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Airbyte Cloud
Ranking in Data Integration
44th
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
24th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
3.7
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Fivetran
Ranking in Data Integration
13th
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
Data Replication (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Airbyte Cloud is 0.7%. The mindshare of Fivetran is 1.8%, down from 2.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Integration Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Fivetran1.8%
Airbyte Cloud0.7%
Other97.5%
Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

Tanisha . - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager Intern at a agriculture with 11-50 employees
Automated data flows have unified sensor and app insights and now drive faster product decisions
The best features Airbyte Cloud offers are the huge connector library, automatic schema change detection, and scheduling and synchronized frequency control. The transformation support with dbt integration, and the clear monitoring dashboards that show sync status and error every time are also notable. Definitely the pre-built connectors have been the most valuable feature for my team, and it has made my workflow easier. As a product manager intern, I don't have deep engineering resources to build custom data pipelines from scratch. Having a ready-made connector for tools such as Google Sheets, PostgreSQL, HubSpot, and various API tools means I can set up a new data pipeline in under one hour without writing a single line of code. The self-service capability has been incredibly empowering for the product team specifically. Airbyte Cloud has positively impacted our organization by directly improving our product decision-making speed. Before, we were making feature decisions based on gut feelings or out-of-date weekly reports. Now we have nearly real-time data flowing into our dashboards, and we can see exactly how farmers are using our app, which drone features are being used the most, and where the drop-offs happen. This has made our product roadmap more evidence-based.
Hafiz Usman - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead Data Engineer at Data Pilot
Has accelerated data integration workflows and supports seamless development of custom connectors
I've worked extensively with Fivetran, mainly used for extraction purposes, and I've worked with the transformation element in it as well. Fivetran not only has built-in connectors but also provides SDK connectors, allowing us to develop our own connectors in an easy manner. I don't have to write raw Python scripts or dumping scripts; it offers straightforward examples and guidelines, making it much simpler to develop custom connectors inside Fivetran. We've been able to develop many custom connectors as well, which is unique and beneficial for having everything centralized instead of having those connectors located elsewhere. One of the best features by Fivetran is its clean, simple, and intuitive UI. It includes a transformation section where I can deploy my DBT queries and scripts. It also supplies good tracking capabilities for billing estimates and user permissions, allowing for customization to the desired level. The number of connectors it has remains a standout feature, and within connectors, the options available are very helpful. Although it sometimes appears static due to its built-in nature, it offers good flexibility for data transformation and caching, which I appreciate because it saves us extensive script-writing time.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"My advice to others considering Airbyte Cloud is that they should use it because it is very helpful and saves a lot of time in managing day-to-day tasks."
"Airbyte Cloud has positively impacted our organization by being very helpful and speeding up our work environment."
"Airbyte Cloud has positively impacted our organization because we were looking for multiple products and ended up choosing Airbyte because it is easy to use and set up."
"Airbyte Cloud has impacted us very positively in the perspective of faster time to data for analytics teams."
"Since using Airbyte Cloud, we save approximately seventy to seventy-five percent of the time our data team was spending on manual data preparation."
"Fivetran offers native connectivity with Sybase"
"Fivetran's most valuable feature is replication."
"Fivetran is remarkably easy to use; I haven't encountered any other data integration tool that is as user-friendly."
"Fivetran can perform data migration incredibly fast, depending on the source and target."
"You can manage all of your connectors individually, which gives you a very good ability to trace which one of your ETL processes is running and when."
"For us, Fivetran has been able to scale both in terms of the data we bring into our warehouse and the amount of data that we use as well."
"The simplicity of the solution is its valuable feature."
"The most important feature of the solution is its ability to build data pipelines in less time."
 

Cons

"I think Airbyte Cloud can be improved by adding more connectors and more customizable connectors."
"Airbyte Cloud can be improved because it looks good so far, but based on the AI coming, they have to catch up with AI agents."
"Though Airbyte Cloud is a mature product, there is room for improvement. One limitation is that a sync being marked successful does not necessarily mean the data is correct."
"I give it an eight because of error messages. If they solve some error messages, that would help significantly."
"Airbyte Cloud does have some limitations, particularly in terms of connector quality, as it varies, and not every connector has the same maturity level since many are community-driven."
"I would like for them to incorporate additional transformations. A valuable aspect of the product is that it does inflight transformations and that could be expanded."
"More connectors are needed for exotic, popular, and rising star portals."
"Fivetran could improve in the area of customization, especially in how they socialize their tools."
"In our case, we ultimately did not end up using Fivetran because we were able to do custom connects at a lower cost compared to Fivetran. From a cost perspective, if the number of connectors is lesser, then Fivetran is not the most cost-efficient option."
"The customization could improve because Fivetran gives more thought to people who don't want to manage analytics workflows rather than engineers who want to be able to customize pipelines more thoroughly."
"Their pricing has increased over the years, so it's not seen as an advantage anymore."
"It can get expensive if you're sending a lot of data through Fivetran."
"HVR Software's technical support could be improved. Whenever we log a case, the response that we get from the support is a bit delayed."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Fivetran is very expensive, and its database-driven pricing model is outdated."
"When you have a lot of workflows and complex use cases, pricing goes down as you use it more."
"I've heard that the license for HVR is a bit costly compared to its competitors, but since it's reliable and efficient, I think the customer shouldn't be bothered about the cost."
"The licensing costs are extremely high for the usage of somebody who has one GB or two GB of usage per day for real-time traffic. There are many other players in the market which are similarly priced or competitively priced. On average per month, it used to come around 12,000-15,000 USD, which is very high."
"I would say they're a little bit on the expensive side, and their contract process is not particularly good, but there is a lot of potential flexibility."
"I rate the pricing a six out of ten."
"I don't have the exact information, but I know it is high, and it is on a yearly basis. There is no additional cost for what we're doing. We're always open to doing things cheaper, so we might potentially implement a different solution."
"The solution is affordable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
37%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise16
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Airbyte Cloud?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was good.
What needs improvement with Airbyte Cloud?
Airbyte Cloud can be improved because it looks good so far, but based on the AI coming, they have to catch up with AI agents. Everything seems to be going through AI, so that is a consideration for...
What is your primary use case for Airbyte Cloud?
Airbyte Cloud's main use case for our organization is to optimize our cost. A specific example of how we're using Airbyte Cloud to optimize costs is that we have some tools, and they also help us t...
What's the deal with the HVR software acquisition?
As a user of HVR Software I followed this deal closely. Fivetran is apparently trying to establish more in its sector and by buying an already established data replication software, they become som...
Does HVR Software provide reliable insights?
I honestly can't think of another data replication software that can give you better statistics and insight than HVR Software. There's the feature for topology and statistics and both of them can ...
How much traffic can HVR Software handle?
As someone who works at a company where a high volume of information is replicated and has tried several data replication softwares, I can tell you that you're looking at the right one. HVR Softwar...
 

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Sample Customers

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Autodesk, Condé Nast, JetBlue, Morgan Stanley, OpenAI, LVMH, Pfizer, Verizon, SpotifyNational Australia Bank, Saks, Cemex, Okta, Dropbox, Pitney Bowes, World Fuel Services,Lufthansa, AutoZone, ASICS, ASOS, Coupa, Databricks, Hermes, New Relic, Intercom,Canva, Honeywell, Square, DocuSign, Nandos, Oldcastle Infrastructure
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