Airbyte and AWS Glue side by side: price, connectors and features, and where each one is the better choice.
Airbyte
AWS GlueAirbyte is an open-source data integration platform known for its large connector library and flexibility.
AWS Glue is a fully managed, serverless ETL platform from AWS that automates data discovery, cataloging, and transformation using the Glue Data Catalog and Apache Spark (PySpark/Scala).
| Capability | Airbyte | AWS Glue |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $20/mo (credits), capacity-based on Pro | $0.44 per DPU-hour (plus job runtime costs) |
| Free tier | Free self-hosted Core; 14-day cloud trial | Included |
| Connectors | 700+ | 50+ |
| Deployment | SaaS, Self-hosted, Hybrid | SaaS |
| Reverse ETL | Included | Not offered |
| Fastest sync frequency | 5 min | Event-driven |
| Transformations | Not offered | Included |
| dbt Core | Not offered | Included |
| dbt Cloud | Included | Not offered |
| AI and agents | API and MCP access | Not offered |
| MCP server | Private beta | Not offered |
| REST / OpenAPI | Included | Not offered |
| Orchestration | Not offered | Included |
| Data lineage | Not offered | Included |
| G2 rating | 4.2 | 4.1 |
Both include: data ingestion (ELT), full refresh, incremental, log-based CDC, CLI.
Weld does ingestion with 300+ connectors, and adds transformations, orchestration, lineage and reverse ETL in the same product, on a flat monthly tier from $99.
