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Fivetran vs Tray.io comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Fivetran
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (13th), Data Replication (3rd)
Tray.io
Ranking in Cloud Data Integration
21st
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Process Automation (26th), Low-Code Development Platforms (27th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (16th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Cloud Data Integration category, the mindshare of Fivetran is 4.1%, down from 5.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tray.io is 1.4%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Data Integration Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Fivetran4.1%
Tray.io1.4%
Other94.5%
Cloud Data Integration
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Amrit Dash - PeerSpot reviewer
Automation Engineer at a educational organization with 11-50 employees
Automated student enrollments have reduced manual work and now free our team for higher-value support
Tray.io is definitely a highly powerful tool, but there are three main areas that I feel could be improved. There is a steep learning curve in user accessibility; the builder is highly developer-centric, making it difficult for a non-technical team member to modify or troubleshoot workflows. Introducing a more intuitive visual interface similar to what we have in make.com right now would make the platform much more collaborative and easier to work with for any non-technical folks or newly onboarded engineers, allowing them to be briefed faster. Visual debugging is another area where troubleshooting complex nested loops can feel very abstract. Having clearer, more visual step-by-step data tracking during test runs would speed up the development and testing process. The pricing model is geared heavily towards enterprise budgets; offering more flexible mid-market pricing tiers would make it more accessible for a growing organization that wants a small start and scale up gradually. The core platform security is highly robust and easily meets our requirements for SOC 2 and GDPR compliance. However, when utilizing their AI features such as Merlin AI with sensitive student data, we maintain a very cautious approach. While Tray.io provides enterprise-grade governance guardrails and data masking capabilities, our internal compliance policies prevent us from passing any personally identifiable student information directly through AI-driven processors. We trust Tray.io's underlying infrastructure security, but we believe organizations must still enforce strict data filtering protocols on their end to ensure student privacy is maintained. During our evaluation, we tested the AI capabilities in a sandbox environment, primarily using it to generate workflow drafts and natural language prompts from web data schemas. Strength-wise, it is highly capable when it comes to translating simple text descriptions into functional workflow templates. It serves as a great accelerator, helping to map standard files quickly and reducing the initial setup time for basic integrations. For issues, in the case of highly custom APIs or deeply nested data structures, accuracy declines. We noticed occasional misinterpretation of complex schemas, meaning our developers still had to manually review and correct the outputs. It is a highly helpful productivity booster but still requires human oversight for enterprise-grade reliability.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Fivetran can perform data migration incredibly fast, depending on the source and target."
"The most important feature of the solution is its ability to build data pipelines in less time."
"The compare feature is the most valuable piece of it."
"SysTrack load is the best feature."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of Fivetran so far is the data replication; the real-time data replication is what I see best in the market where it reduces the overhead of customers needing to maintain the pipeline."
"It has improved the way our organization functions."
"Fivetran provides time savings, cost reductions, and improvements in data quality, and when the time investment decreases, fewer developers are needed, which means significant savings."
"Tray.io has positively impacted my organization by reducing the amount of redundant tasks that our team performs by approximately 80%, and the numbers are quite significant with the workflows alone, as we are working towards creating and utilizing AI within these workflows as well."
"Tray.io has positively impacted my organization by helping to manage webhooks easily and workflows easily, and it has improved collaboration so that other clients can use webhooks."
"Tray.io has positively impacted my organization by helping us keep our internal database and this third-party service in sync, and it has really helped us automate a lot of that work because it is fairly straightforward to maintain and develop."
"During our three to six-month evaluation pilot, automating our student enrollment sync with Tray.io delivered proper operational improvements."
"Tray.io has positively impacted my organization as it provides a trusted way to organize data results and share them throughout the company at once."
 

Cons

"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 connections with SAP must be improved."
"More connectors are needed for exotic, popular, and rising star portals."
"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."
"The biggest area for improvement is in customization, particularly in how Fivetran socializes its tools."
"It can get expensive if you're sending a lot of data through Fivetran."
"It should have a few more monitoring functionalities."
"The interface needs to be more user-friendly."
"As our product got more complex, we needed to add more and more complexity to Tray.io in terms of our setup, and that is when the benefits of it being no-code or low-code started to pale in comparison to the cost of making everything slightly more complicated."
"There is not much that can be improved in Tray.io. It is a good tool, but debug can be improved further and the solutions can be improved further."
"I have found that the error management in my main use case with Tray.io is not as effective as we would prefer."
"Tray.io is definitely a highly powerful tool, but there are three main areas that I feel could be improved."
"One way Tray.io could be improved, especially for people coming in with no real coding experience, is with more comprehensive error messages."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing model is okay and mid to large companies will not have an issue with it."
"I can't give exact amounts because that's based on usage, but it's more expensive than some of its competitors."
"When you have a lot of workflows and complex use cases, pricing goes down as you use it more."
"The product is reasonably expensive"
"In the first year, we were given a very good discount. It was approximately 20,000 Euros per year. In the third year, we purchased credit for two years and the price was 33,000 Euros per year."
"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 solution is affordable."
"I rate the pricing a six out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Healthcare Company
6%
Construction Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
 

Company Size

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

Questions from the Community

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...
What needs improvement with Tray.io?
Tray.io is definitely a highly powerful tool, but there are three main areas that I feel could be improved. There is a steep learning curve in user accessibility; the builder is highly developer-ce...
What is your primary use case for Tray.io?
We used and evaluated Tray.io for approximately three to six months during a proof of concept evaluation phase. During this period, our engineering and operation teams utilized the platform to buil...
What advice do you have for others considering Tray.io?
I give Tray.io an eight out of ten rating mostly because of how it is developer-centric and lacks a low-code platform and the pricing. The reduction in manual data tasks had a direct positive impac...
 

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