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Fivetran
What is Fivetran?
Shaped by the real-world needs of data analysts, Fivetran technology is the smartest, fastest way to replicate your applications, databases, events and files into a high-performance cloud warehouse. Fivetran connectors deploy in minutes, require zero maintenance, and automatically adjust to source changes — so your data team can stop worrying about engineering and focus on driving insights.
Who Uses Fivetran?
Analysts, Data Engineers, Business Intelligence Teams
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Reviews of Fivetran
Helpful and Easy tool to use!
Pros:
Fantastic software easy to use and best of all not expensive. Helps you simplify what usually becomes complicated. Now I manage ETLs without having to write or keep the code.
Cons:
For the meantime, Five Trans only offers one direction data sync. It would be phenomenal if it would offer a two way directional sync. However for the price, it is a great acquisition.
Alternatives Considered:
ELT with Fivetran and built-in support for dbt
Comments: Overall, I consider Fivetran to be a leader in the space. I haven't been exposed to competing offerings that come close to the stability and feature richness of Fivetran.
Pros:
1. Hands-off, low code ELT data operations platform that meets expectations of ultra-small start-ups as well as large established enterprises. 2. Integrates extremely well with Snowflake and PostgreSQL data warehouse destinations 3. Provides (experimental at the time of writing ) support for Fishtown Analytics dbt through a completely seamless integration requiring absolutely minimal configuration 4. Integrates extremely well with PostgreSQL upstream data sources, specifically those hosted on Salesforce, AWS and GCP clouds, where write-ahead logs are not made available by the cloud providers.
Cons:
1. SDK for development of custom connectors and a choice of execution methodology (e.g. package, deploy and execute on customer-supplied IaaS)
The best tool on the market.
Comments: Just great. Easy to use, reasonable costs, works great, smooth communication.
Pros:
It is incredibly easy to set up and starting using Fivetran literally from the day one.
Cons:
I literally can't imagine any con about Fivetran. I just wish they offered some data transformation and modelling services.
Holy cow batman, your SaaS data at your finger tips
Pros:
I have known these guys since they where an iddy pitty start up...There product is killer. Get all your SaaS data synced to your warehouse with out writing code or API or ETLs....Brilliant!
Cons:
Like any start up, they have little quality issue .... but nothing material for the price you pay.
Alternatives Considered:
High-end Data Ingestion Tool
Comments: Used Fivetran for several projects across different clients. Especially liked the fact that connectors rarely break (unlike other tools in the market). Setting things up was also always effortless.
Pros:
It's so easy to use and quite seamless. Even for less technical profiles.
Cons:
Can become expensive when handling larger amounts of data.