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Hevo Data vs Meltano

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by Hevo Data

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Pricing: Free plan to 1M events a month. Starter $265 a month billed annually or $299 monthly at 5M events; Professional $750 or $849 at 20M; Business Critical by quote. 14-day trial, no card.

Hevo Data is a no-code ELT tool for data teams that replicates SaaS apps and databases into cloud warehouses, run as a fully managed service on AWS.

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Meltano

by Meltano

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Pricing: Meltano Open is free and self-hosted. Meltano Cloud Starter, Growth, Scale and Enterprise are quoted on request, sized by compute hours rather than rows.

Meltano is an open-source ELT and data integration platform for engineering-led data teams, run self-hosted or as a managed cloud priced by compute hours.

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Feature Comparison

ETL Tools features side-by-side

Feature	Hevo Data 13/16 features	Meltano 12/16 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.	Yes	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	No
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.	No	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	No
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	No
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.	No	No
Open source ETL engine The core engine is published under an open source licence and can be run without a subscription.	No	Yes
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Hevo Data 13/16 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: No
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: No
Open source ETL engine: No

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Meltano 12/16 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: No
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: No
Sync failure notifications: Yes
Single-table resync: No
Pipelines managed by API or Terraform: Yes
Self-hosted data plane option: No
Open source ETL engine: Yes

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Pricing

Hevo Data

Free plan to 1M events a month. Starter $265 a month billed annually or $299 monthly at 5M events; Professional $750 or $849 at 20M; Business Critical by quote. 14-day trial, no card.

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Meltano

Meltano Open is free and self-hosted. Meltano Cloud Starter, Growth, Scale and Enterprise are quoted on request, sized by compute hours rather than rows.

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