Top 10 Fivetran Alternatives in 2026

Fivetran is still the default managed ELT tool, with 700+ connectors and very little to maintain. What sends teams looking for Fivetran alternatives is almost always the bill. Since March 2025 every connection is metered on its own monthly active rows (MAR) curve, and since January 2026 every connection with any usage is billed at least $5 a month, deletes count as billable rows, and reverse ETL is billed separately as Activations.

Fivetran has also changed shape. It acquired Census in 2025 (now Fivetran Activations) and Tobiko Data, the company behind SQLMesh, and completed its merger with dbt Labs on 1 June 2026. For some teams that is a reason to stay. For others it is one more vendor they depend on for everything.

This guide compares 10 alternatives, plus the open source frameworks and the warehouses' own connectors, on pricing, connectors and fit.

The short answer. For the same managed experience on a predictable bill, look at Weld. For open source and self hosting, Airbyte. For real time CDC, Estuary. For enterprise governance, Qlik Talend Cloud or Informatica. If you rely on Fivetran's long tail of connectors or fit inside its free plan, staying may be the right call.

How we compared them. Every price below is a list price taken from the vendor's own pricing page and checked on 9 October 2026. Where a vendor publishes no price, we say so rather than guess. Weld is our product, so it is listed first and we have tried to be as plain about its limits as about everyone else's.

Quick comparison

What Fivetran actually costs

Fivetran does not publish a per-row rate, but every worked example on its pricing page divides out to roughly $500 per million MAR on the Standard plan, before per-connection volume discounts. Each connection has its own curve, so ten small connections cost more than one large one with the same total rows. The full Fivetran pricing breakdown goes through every plan and change.

Here is what that means at three team sizes, using the model behind our Fivetran savings calculator. Rows are split evenly across sources, and prices are monthly list prices. Weld's plan is the smallest one that fits: Basic and Premium can each add up to two connectors, so five sources need Premium and ten need Business.

Real bills differ: one busy product database usually dominates MAR, enterprise contracts carry discounts, and connections with very little volume are billed a $5 monthly minimum. The calculator lets you put in your own numbers.

1. Weld

Weld is a data platform that covers ingestion from 300+ sources, log based CDC, SQL and dbt transformations, orchestration, lineage and reverse ETL in one product. It also orchestrates Coalesce, SQLMesh and Cube, and ships with a built-in AI agent, an MCP server and a full API, so your own agents and tools can run it.

For Fivetran users the relevant detail is migration. Weld keeps Fivetran's destination schemas and table names, so the dbt models and dashboards on top keep working, and the Weld team does the migration for free, running both stacks in parallel until the numbers reconcile. See how Weld works as a Fivetran alternative.

What stands out:

• Flat pricing: each tier includes a row allowance and a set number of connectors, so the bill does not move with every row
• Reverse ETL, orchestration and lineage included rather than billed separately
• Log based CDC for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server and MongoDB, including deletes, on Business (as an add-on) and Enterprise
• Free migration from Fivetran with schemas and table names kept
• SOC 2 Type II audited, hosted in the EU
• 4.8 on G2

Limitations:

• 300+ connectors against Fivetran's 700+, so check your long tail sources first (custom connectors cover gaps)
• Cloud only, with no self-hosted option
• 15 minute syncs need the Business plan; 5 minute syncs are an add-on to Business

Pricing: Basic from $99/mo billed annually (2 connectors, 5M rows, daily syncs). Premium from $389/mo billed annually (6 connectors, 10M rows, hourly syncs). Business from $959/mo billed annually (10 connectors, 50M rows, 15 minute syncs). See full pricing.

2. Airbyte

Airbyte is the most common answer to "Fivetran alternative" in data engineering circles, mainly because you can run it yourself. Airbyte Core is free to self host, and Airbyte Cloud offers the same connectors as a managed service.

What stands out:

• 700+ connectors, plus a low code builder and Python CDK for custom sources
• Self-hosted Core is free to run
• Managed cloud with credit based or capacity based plans

Limitations:

• Self hosting moves the cost from licence fees to engineering time: upgrades, monitoring and scaling are yours
• Connector maturity varies between Airbyte maintained and community connectors
• Core is licensed under ELv2, which is source available rather than a permissive open source licence
• No built-in reverse ETL or BI layer

Pricing: Standard from $20/mo with 5 credits included, extra credits $5 each. Plus from $189/mo for 40 credits. Pro and Enterprise Flex are capacity based and quoted. See pricing. Compare: Airbyte vs Weld.

3. Stitch

Stitch is a lightweight ELT service built on the Singer framework, now sold as a Qlik product. It is the simplest tool on this list to set up, and its pricing is easy to read.

What stands out:

• Quick setup for common SaaS and database sources
• Clear row based tiers
• 130+ sources

Limitations:

• The Standard plan covers a limited set of sources; the rest need Advanced or Premium
• Big price step from Standard to Advanced
• No transformations or reverse ETL
• Qlik's main data integration product is now Qlik Talend Cloud, with Stitch as the entry option

Pricing: Standard from $100/mo for 5M rows. Advanced $1,500/mo and Premium $3,000/mo, both billed annually. See pricing. Compare: Stitch vs Weld.

4. Matillion

Matillion is an enterprise ELT and transformation platform. Its cloud platform, previously called Data Productivity Cloud, is now branded Maia Foundation, with an AI agent layer (Maia) on top. It is the pick when the heavy lifting is transformation inside the warehouse rather than ingestion.

What stands out:

• Visual pipeline builder with code where you need it
• Strong pushdown transformations for Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery and Redshift
• 150+ connectors
• The older Matillion ETL product is still available for existing installs

Limitations:

• No public prices, and plans are annual packages of credits
• Steeper learning curve than ingestion-only tools
• Aimed at teams with dedicated data engineers

Pricing: Developer, Teams and Scale plans, consumption based with credits included in fixed annual packages. No prices are published. See pricing. Compare: Matillion vs Weld.

5. Hevo Data

Hevo Data is a no code ELT platform aimed at teams without much engineering time. It meters events rather than rows: every insert, update or delete written to the destination counts.

What stands out:

• Easy setup with automatic schema handling
• 150+ connectors
• Free plan for up to 1M events a month

Limitations:

• Event metering means updates and deletes add to the bill, much like Fivetran's MAR
• Limited control for complex pipelines
• Overage above your event quota is billed on demand

Pricing: Free for 1M events a month with limited connectors. Starter $299/mo, or $265/mo billed annually. Professional $849/mo, or $750/mo billed annually. See pricing. Compare: Hevo vs Weld.

6. Qlik Talend Cloud

Qlik Talend Cloud combines Talend's data integration and quality tools with Qlik's replication technology. It suits enterprises that need data quality, governance and replication in one contract.

What stands out:

• Broad coverage, including on-premise databases and applications
• Data quality and governance built in
• Real time replication from Qlik's CDC technology

Limitations:

• No public pricing, and every plan goes through sales
• Heavier to implement than managed ELT tools
• Pricing combines data volume moved, job executions and execution time, which takes work to forecast

Pricing: Starter, Standard, Premium and Enterprise editions, all quoted. See pricing. Compare: Talend vs Weld.

7. Informatica

Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud is the enterprise heavyweight, covering integration, data quality, master data management and governance. Salesforce completed its acquisition of Informatica on 18 November 2025.

What stands out:

• The widest enterprise feature set on this list
• Strong governance, lineage and MDM
• Deep coverage of legacy and on-premise systems

Limitations:

• Consumption pricing in Informatica Processing Units (IPUs), quoted only
• Long implementations, usually with partners
• Far more than most teams moving SaaS data into a warehouse need

Pricing: IPU based, by quote. See pricing. Compare: Informatica Cloud vs Weld.

8. AWS Glue

AWS Glue is AWS's serverless data integration service. It is a good fit when your data already lives in AWS and your team is happy writing Spark or Python jobs.

What stands out:

• Pay only for job runtime
• Native integration with S3, Redshift and the rest of AWS
• Zero-ETL integrations into Redshift and other AWS targets carry no extra Glue fee (you still pay for the resources on both ends)

Limitations:

• Code first: most pipelines are Spark jobs you write and maintain
• Few managed SaaS connectors compared with dedicated ELT tools
• Tied to AWS

Pricing: $0.44 per DPU-hour for Spark jobs, varying by region. See pricing. Compare: AWS Glue vs Weld.

9. Estuary

Estuary is built for real time: change data capture and streaming into warehouses, lakes and operational systems, alongside batch.

What stands out:

• Low latency CDC for databases
• One pipeline can feed several destinations
• 200+ connectors
• Simple per GB pricing

Limitations:

• Smaller connector catalogue for SaaS sources than Fivetran
• Per connector fees add up with many sources
• Streaming concepts take some adjustment for batch-minded teams

Pricing: $0.50 per GB moved plus $100 per connector a month for the first six, then $50 each. Free plan for 10 GB a month and 2 connectors. See pricing. Compare: Estuary vs Weld.

10. Boomi Data Integration (formerly Rivery)

Boomi acquired Rivery in December 2024, and it is now sold as Boomi Data Integration. It covers ELT, transformations with SQL or Python, orchestration and reverse ETL.

What stands out:

• 200+ sources with no per-connector fee
• Python and SQL transformations in the same workflows
• Fits teams already using Boomi for application integration

Limitations:

• Credit pricing is harder to forecast than flat tiers
• Product direction now depends on Boomi's wider platform
• Smaller community than Airbyte or Fivetran

Pricing: $0.90 per Boomi Data Unit credit on pay as you go; higher tiers are quoted. See pricing. Compare: Rivery vs Weld.

Open source frameworks: Meltano and dlt

If you would rather own the code than pay for a platform, two frameworks come up most:

• Meltano is a CLI-first ELT framework built on Singer taps, with 600+ connectors. It is maintained by Matatika, which also offers a managed Meltano Cloud. See Meltano vs Weld.
• dlt is an Apache 2.0 Python library for building pipelines in code, with schema inference and incremental loading. dltHub sells a paid platform on top. See dlt vs Weld.

Both are free to use. The cost is your team's time to deploy, schedule, monitor and fix pipelines, which is exactly the work Fivetran was bought to remove.

The warehouses' own connectors

Snowflake and Databricks now ship managed ingestion of their own:

• Snowflake Openflow is a managed integration service built on Apache NiFi, generally available since May 2025. It runs inside Snowflake or in your own AWS account and is billed through Snowflake compute.
• Databricks Lakeflow Connect offers managed connectors billed in serverless DBUs, with a free daily allowance. Salesforce, Workday and SQL Server are generally available; many others are in preview.

They are worth a look if you are committed to one warehouse and your sources are on their lists. They cover fewer SaaS sources than dedicated ELT tools and tie your pipelines to that warehouse.

When to stay with Fivetran

Switching is not always the right call. Fivetran is still the better choice when:

• You depend on connectors nobody else has. With 700+ connectors, Fivetran covers more long tail sources than any tool here.
• Your volume fits the free plan. Up to 500,000 MAR a month costs nothing.
• You have a negotiated enterprise agreement. Annual contracts are discounted, so list price comparisons overstate the gap.
• You want ingestion and dbt from one vendor. After the dbt Labs merger, that is Fivetran's whole pitch.

How to choose a Fivetran alternative

• Predictable pricing, with ELT, reverse ETL and orchestration in one tool: Weld.
• Open source and self hosting: Airbyte, or Meltano or dlt if you want a framework.
• Real time CDC and streaming: Estuary.
• Simple ingestion at low volume: Stitch or Hevo.
• Heavy in-warehouse transformation with dedicated engineers: Matillion.
• Enterprise governance, data quality and on-premise sources: Qlik Talend Cloud or Informatica.
• All in on AWS and happy writing Spark: AWS Glue.
• Committed to Snowflake or Databricks with mainstream sources: Openflow or Lakeflow Connect.

FAQ

What is the best alternative to Fivetran?

It depends on why you are leaving. For predictable cost with the same managed experience, Weld is the closest like for like replacement, with free migration that keeps Fivetran's schemas. For open source and self hosting, Airbyte is the most widely used. For real time CDC, Estuary. For enterprise governance, Qlik Talend Cloud or Informatica.

What is the cheapest alternative to Fivetran?

Self-hosted Airbyte, Meltano and dlt cost nothing in licences, but you pay in engineering time. Among managed tools, Stitch starts at $100 a month and Weld at $99 a month billed annually. At 10 million rows a month across 10 sources, the gap with Fivetran is several thousand dollars a month, as the worked examples above show.

Is there an open source alternative to Fivetran?

Yes. Airbyte is the best known, though its Core platform uses the ELv2 licence. Meltano and dlt are open source frameworks for teams that want to build pipelines in code.

Which Fivetran alternative is best for database CDC?

Estuary is built around real time CDC. Weld runs log based CDC for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server and MongoDB, capturing deletes, as an add-on to its Business plan and included in Enterprise. Qlik Talend Cloud covers enterprise replication from on-premise databases.

Did Fivetran merge with dbt Labs?

Yes. Fivetran and dbt Labs announced an all-stock merger on 13 October 2025 and completed it on 1 June 2026. Fivetran also acquired Census, now Fivetran Activations, and Tobiko Data, the company behind SQLMesh, in 2025.

How hard is it to migrate off Fivetran?

The hard part is not the connectors but everything built on top: dbt models, dashboards and reports that expect Fivetran's schemas and table names. Weld keeps those schemas, so downstream models keep running, and its team runs the migration for free in parallel with Fivetran until the numbers match.

Additional resources

• Weld as a Fivetran alternative, with a savings calculator for your own volumes
• Fivetran pricing explained
• Fivetran vs Weld
• Best ETL tools in 2026
• Top CDC tools