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Estuary vs Fivetran

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by Estuary

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Pricing: Developer free up to 10 GB a month and 2 connector instances; Cloud $0.50 per GB plus $100 a month per connector instance, billed monthly; Enterprise by quote.

Estuary is a managed ETL and data integration platform for data teams running CDC, batch and streaming pipelines into warehouses, lakes and Kafka.

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Fivetran

by Fivetran

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Pricing: Free plan up to 500,000 monthly active rows; Standard, Enterprise and Business Critical are usage-priced with no list price; up to 22% off on an annual contract

Fivetran is a managed data integration platform that loads SaaS and database sources into cloud warehouses and data lakes, priced by monthly active rows.

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Feature Comparison

ETL Tools features side-by-side

Feature	Estuary 14/16 features	Fivetran 15/16 features
Managed source connector library A vendor-maintained catalog of prebuilt connectors to SaaS apps, databases and files, added without writing code.	Yes	Yes
Custom connector builder A low-code builder or SDK to create a connector for a source the library does not cover.	No	Yes
Incremental loads after the first sync Later runs pull only new or changed rows instead of refreshing the whole table.	Yes	Yes
CDC mode for database sources Database sources can be read from their transaction log so changes arrive without repeated full queries.	Yes	Yes
Automatic schema drift handling New columns and type changes at the source are propagated to the destination without breaking the pipeline.	Yes	Yes
Sync frequency down to minutes Pipelines can run on a schedule of fifteen minutes or faster, not only hourly or daily.	Yes	Yes
Column selection and exclusion Choose which columns to load or block so unneeded or sensitive fields never reach the destination.	Yes	Yes
In-flight column hashing Hash or mask a column during the load so personal data lands in the warehouse unreadable.	Yes	Yes
Post-load transformations in the warehouse Run SQL or model jobs in the destination automatically after each load completes.	Yes	Yes
Data lake destinations in open formats Load into object storage as Iceberg, Delta or Parquet tables, not only into a warehouse.	Yes	Yes
Per-sync run logs and row counts Every run records rows read and written, duration and errors in a log the team can inspect.	Yes	Yes
Sync failure notifications A failed or delayed sync raises a notification through email, Slack or a webhook.	Yes	Yes
Single-table resync Reload one table from scratch without rebuilding or re-syncing the whole connection.	Yes	Yes
Pipelines managed by API or Terraform Connections and schedules can be created and versioned through a public API or a Terraform provider.	Yes	Yes
Self-hosted data plane option Run the pipeline workers inside your own cloud or network while the vendor hosts the control plane.	Yes	Yes
Open source ETL engine The core engine is published under an open source licence and can be run without a subscription.	No	No
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Estuary 14/16 features

Managed source connector library: Yes
Custom connector builder: No
Incremental loads after the first sync: Yes
CDC mode for database sources: Yes
Automatic schema drift handling: Yes
Sync frequency down to minutes: Yes
Column selection and exclusion: Yes
In-flight column hashing: Yes
Post-load transformations in the warehouse: Yes
Data lake destinations in open formats: Yes
Per-sync run logs and row counts: Yes
Sync failure notifications: Yes
Single-table resync: Yes
Pipelines managed by API or Terraform: Yes
Self-hosted data plane option: Yes
Open source ETL engine: No

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Fivetran 15/16 features

Managed source connector library: Yes
Custom connector builder: Yes
Incremental loads after the first sync: Yes
CDC mode for database sources: Yes
Automatic schema drift handling: Yes
Sync frequency down to minutes: Yes
Column selection and exclusion: Yes
In-flight column hashing: Yes
Post-load transformations in the warehouse: Yes
Data lake destinations in open formats: Yes
Per-sync run logs and row counts: Yes
Sync failure notifications: Yes
Single-table resync: Yes
Pipelines managed by API or Terraform: Yes
Self-hosted data plane option: Yes
Open source ETL engine: No

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Pricing

Estuary

Developer free up to 10 GB a month and 2 connector instances; Cloud $0.50 per GB plus $100 a month per connector instance, billed monthly; Enterprise by quote.

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Fivetran

Free plan up to 500,000 monthly active rows; Standard, Enterprise and Business Critical are usage-priced with no list price; up to 22% off on an annual contract

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