Meltano vs Fivetran

See how much you'd save by leaving Fivetran.
Pay for compute, not rows.

Most teams cut their bill by more than 40%. Run your numbers in two minutes.

Side by side, across what matters

Meltano vs Fivetran

Meltano
Fivetran
Priced at compute per hour, pay for work done
Priced by monthly active rows, bill grows with data
Cost at scale stays low as volumes grow
Cost is very high at scale
No surprise invoices
Renewal shocks common
No exit fees
High switching friction
You own every pipeline
Pipelines belong to Fivetran, high lock-in
Changes are Git-native
Changes on UI, no audit trail
Open source, Singer protocol
Not open source
AI and ML built in by default
Add-ons required
Migrate with Mirror Mode, parallel run at no cost
No migration support
Minutes to first pipeline
Days to weeks
Support with hands-on engineers paired with direct Slack access
Tiered ticketing system
Build your own with the SDK, or we build them for you
Request and wait

From first call to pipelines in production

Most teams go live in 4–6 weeks. Here's exactly what the move looks like, step by step.

01

Calculate your savings

Plug in your Fivetran plan, data volumes, and connector count. The Meltano Pricing Calculator shows projected cost and savings in minutes. No call required.

02

Book a call

We review your current setup, confirm the numbers, and map out what a switch looks like for your specific stack to get a clear picture.

03

Get your Escape Plan

We mirror your entire Fivetran setup in Meltano at no cost. Same sources, same destinations, same data. All of it running in parallel so you can validate before committing.

04

Final switch and go-live

Once you're confident, we cut over. Most teams complete the full migration in four to six weeks. We stay with you through go-live and beyond.

Take the first step, calculate your savings with Meltano Cloud

If you're on Fivetran, use our savings estimator tool to see how much you can save with Meltano

  • See projected Meltano cost before committing to anything
  • Understand your savings across each connector type
  • Compare compute-hour vs row-based pricing head to head
  • Get an Escape Plan at no cost, parallel run included

Estd. savings for a 5 connector, 10M+ rows/mo based setup

Fivetran (MAR based)~ $3,200/mo
Meltano (Compute based)~ $899/mo

Monthly savings

$2,301

Annual savings

$27,612

Hear from teams that made the switch

What our customers say

"We achieved a 7X reduction in data infrastructure costs. The compute-based pricing model is a fundamental shift from what we were paying before."

"We went from slow, fragile pipelines to something we actually trust. The migration was faster than expected and the team support was excellent."

"We're saving around 30 hours a month in manual data work — time we're putting into actual analysis."

2,000+ organizations

integrate their data using Meltano

CitySprint
Little Bike
Resident Advisor
MVF
Consil
IFG
Lotus Labs
Session Climbing
Vertex
VIEVE
Woom
Netlify
HackerOne
GitLab
Zapier
Remote
CitySprint
Little Bike
Resident Advisor
MVF
Consil
IFG
Lotus Labs
Session Climbing
Vertex
VIEVE
Woom
Netlify
HackerOne
GitLab
Zapier
Remote

Considering to make a switch?

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Fivetran is costing you

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