8 Best Fivetran Alternatives in 2026: Pricing, CDC and Latency Compared

The best Fivetran alternatives in 2026 are Artie for real-time, fully managed CDC; AWS DMS and Google Datastream for teams committed to one cloud; Debezium for open-source change data capture; and Matillion, Qlik Replicate, Stitch and Airbyte for broad connector coverage. The right pick depends on your latency needs, engineering capacity and how you want to be billed.

Fivetran was founded in 2012 and is one of the most popular data integration solutions. It has broad coverage of sources and is a great one-stop shop to get data into data warehouses or data lakes. A lot has changed since we first published this list, though. Fivetran moved from account-level to per-connection MAR (monthly active rows) tiering in March 2025, added a minimum charge per connection and started counting deletes toward paid MAR in January 2026, and completed its merger with dbt Labs on June 1, 2026. The complaints we hear from teams evaluating Fivetran competitors have not changed: bills that are hard to predict, slow support, and the gap between a 1-minute sync schedule and true 1-minute end-to-end latency.

In any case, there are data engineering teams out there that are hungry for an alternative to Fivetran. We've compiled a list of data integration tools to provide the information needed to switch to a better database replication solution. If you want a head-to-head on database replication specifically, see our Artie vs. Fivetran comparison.

Our list goes from tools that are more database and streaming focused, down to tools that have broader coverage and batch-based architectures. Note that this is not an exhaustive list but a great starting point.

Fivetran Alternatives at a Glance

Why Teams Look for a Fivetran Alternative

Three reasons come up in almost every conversation we have with teams comparing Fivetran alternatives.

Usage-based MAR pricing. Fivetran bills on monthly active rows, and since the 2025 and 2026 pricing updates each connection follows its own cost curve, standard connections under 1 million MAR carry a minimum charge, and deletes count the same as inserts and updates. Costs scale with how often rows change, which is exactly what you cannot control in a production database.

Sync latency. Fivetran's Standard plan runs 15-minute syncs and Enterprise runs 1-minute syncs. A 1-minute schedule is not 1-minute latency: each sync still has to extract, dedupe and load, so freshness in the warehouse is usually several minutes behind the source.

Depth of CDC support. Fivetran reads database logs, but it delivers changes in scheduled batches and handles high-volume tables, deletes and schema changes less gracefully than tools built for CDC first.

1. Artie

Artie is a fully managed database replication solution that leverages change data capture (CDC) to move data in real time and in a reliable way. Artie is primarily focused on moving data from OLTP sources such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB and DynamoDB into OLAP destinations including Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks and Apache Iceberg, but covers some OLTP destinations as well.

Artie has a free plan that covers up to 1 million billable rows per month across 2 active pipelines. The Growth plan is usage-based, starting at $500 per month billed annually ($600 month-to-month), and is metered on billable rows processed after your initial backfill. Backfills are always included and never count toward your bill, including backfills you run later. Enterprise is custom priced. New signups get 14 days of Growth features with no credit card required, and the trial clock starts when you deploy your first pipeline rather than when you sign up.

Artie uses Apache Kafka as the pipeline's external buffer, which means it is less likely to have data pipeline disruptions or require full resyncs due to data processing errors or connection issues. Having an external buffer also means there is minimal impact to source database performance, and because Artie reads the database's change log rather than querying tables, it takes no table locks on the source. Artie handles schema evolution out of the box: destination tables are created automatically, new columns are added as they appear, row deletes are replicated, and column drops are opt-in behind a 4-hour safety check so a bad migration cannot silently remove data. The Analytics Portal shows rows synced, ingestion lag and operation types per pipeline and table, custom monitors can alert on any of them, and the same metrics can be sent to Datadog or Grafana Cloud. Support runs through a dedicated Slack or Microsoft Teams channel on the Growth and Enterprise plans (Enterprise adds 24/7 support), with a Slack community for Free plan users.

Artie is recommended for companies that value reliability and accuracy of their production data and/or have use cases that require low latency. For a detailed side-by-side with Fivetran on database replication, read Artie vs. Fivetran.

Main benefits of Artie

• Specializes in high-volume database replication
• Low latency
• Minimal impact to source database performance and no database locks
• Ease of use
• Highly responsive support team

2. AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS)

AWS DMS is a database migration solution to help companies move database and analytics workloads to AWS. It supports migration from database sources that are on-premise, in Amazon EC2 and in Amazon RDS using CDC replication.

AWS DMS pricing comes in three flavors. On-demand replication instances are billed by the hour based on instance class (T3, C5, C6i, R5, R6i and others) and whether you run Single-AZ or Multi-AZ, plus any extra log storage. DMS Serverless is billed per hour on DMS capacity units (DCUs), where one DCU equals 2 GB of RAM, and you can cap the maximum DCU to cap spend. Homogeneous migrations are billed by the hour only for the duration of the migration. The free tier changed in 2025: accounts created before July 15, 2025 still get 750 hours per month of a Single-AZ dms.t3.micro instance for a year, while newer accounts get $100 in AWS credits (up to $200 with activations) that can be applied to DMS. DMS Schema Conversion is free; you pay only for the S3 storage it uses.

AWS DMS requires some engineering resources to set up, maintain and monitor the pipeline. Schema conversion and ongoing schema change handling are limited, which means regular resyncs are required if you want an accurate replica.

AWS DMS is recommended for companies that are heavily reliant on the AWS ecosystem, have limited data types and have the engineering resources to manage the overhead.

Main benefits of DMS

• Low cost
• Low latency
• Allows you to stay inside the AWS ecosystem for AWS shops

3. Google Datastream

Google Datastream offers a serverless CDC replication solution. It helps companies move data from transactional databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, AlloyDB, SQL Server and Oracle) into BigQuery and Cloud Storage.

Google Datastream's pricing is calculated based on gibibytes (GiB) processed per month. Google notes that the "processed byte" is an internal representation of the source data and can be 2 to 5 times larger than the raw data, so size your estimate accordingly. Backfills and CDC streams are priced at different rates. Backfills use a flat rate of $0.40 per GiB with the first 500 GiB free. CDC pricing is tiered so the price per GiB decreases as usage increases: $2.00 per GiB up to 2,500 GiB, $1.50 up to 5,000 GiB, $1.20 up to 10,000 GiB and $0.80 above that. Datastream also added a perpetual free tier of 100 GiB of CDC per month, but only for streams from AlloyDB and Spanner into BigQuery.

Google Datastream reads from the database's log, so it is light on the source, but it requires some engineering work to get set up and schema evolution support is partial. Dropped columns, data type changes and table truncations still need attention from your team.

Google Datastream is recommended for companies that are heavily reliant on the GCP ecosystem, have limited schema changes and have the engineering resources to manage the overhead.

Main benefits of Google Datastream

• Low cost
• Low latency
• Allows you to stay inside the GCP ecosystem for GCP shops

4. Debezium

Debezium is an open-source platform for change data capture, sponsored by Red Hat. It makes it simple to consume changes from a variety of transactional databases, including MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle and others.

Debezium is open source and free to use. It can run as Kafka Connect connectors, as Debezium Server (a standalone process that writes to targets like Kinesis, Pub/Sub or Redis Streams) or as an embedded engine inside your own application. However, Debezium simply grabs changes from the database's logs and is not a full data replication solution. You still need to set up a separate workflow (for example Kafka plus Flink or Spark) to manage the CDC messages from Debezium to the destination and handle schema changes and schema evolution. The "free" price tag covers the software, not the Kafka cluster, the consumers or the on-call rotation.

Debezium is recommended for engineering teams that have experience in distributed systems and can dedicate significant engineering resources to set up, orchestrate and maintain complex pipelines.

Main benefits of Debezium

• Free to use
• Highly configurable
• Covers most major transactional databases

5. Matillion

Matillion is a managed data pipeline company that was founded in 2011. Its Data Productivity Cloud offers pre-built connectors from a variety of sources, including databases, applications, files and events, and in 2026 Matillion has leaned into agentic workflows with Maia, its AI "data team". Its replication methods include ETL, ELT, reverse ETL, CDC and other database replication (full load, incremental).

Matillion prices on credits that are consumed as pipelines run. Credits are sold as fixed annual packages across three editions: Developer, Teams and Scale. Matillion no longer lists per-credit prices or minimum monthly spend on its pricing page, so expect to talk to sales for a quote. Note that streaming CDC is only available on the Scale edition, which is aimed at large organizations.

The solution is relatively easy to set up, and the low-code canvas is the main draw. Matillion does not offer full support for schema evolution and requires some manual configuration to deal with certain data types (for example Postgres TOAST). If you are evaluating Matillion specifically, we cover the trade-offs in more depth in our guide to Matillion alternatives.

Matillion is recommended for companies that have a variety of sources, want transformation and ingestion in one tool, and want a solution that requires minimal management.

Main benefits of Matillion

• No-code / low-code solution
• Transformation and ingestion in one platform
• Supports a large variety of connectors

6. Qlik Replicate

Qlik Replicate, formerly Attunity Replicate, pulls data from databases, mainframes, SAP, files and streaming sources into data warehouses and data lakes. Qlik acquired Attunity in 2019 and Talend in 2023, and Replicate now sits alongside the former Talend products inside Qlik Talend Cloud. It supports ETL, ELT and log-based CDC replication methods, and is available as a client-managed deployment as well as cloud.

Qlik does not publish prices. Qlik Talend Cloud is sold in four editions (Starter, Standard, Premium and Enterprise), and customers subscribe to an amount of capacity measured by data volume moved, number of job executions and execution duration. Log-based CDC starts at the Standard edition, and mainframe and SAP connectivity requires Enterprise. To get an estimate, you will need to contact sales.

The solution is relatively easy to set up but sometimes requires custom integration work. The lack of detailed documentation and timely support means that debugging issues is cumbersome. Qlik Replicate also does not have full support for schema evolution, which may require occasional full table resyncs.

Qlik Replicate is recommended for companies that are heavily invested in multiple Qlik solutions, have a variety of sources including mainframes and SAP, and want to avoid vendor lock-in.

Main benefits of Qlik Replicate

• No-code / low-code solution
• Broad source coverage, including mainframe and SAP
• Works great if you use other Qlik products

7. Stitch

Stitch was founded in 2016 and acquired by Talend in 2018. When Qlik acquired Talend in 2023, Stitch came with it, and it is now sold as "Stitch, a Qlik product". It is a cloud ETL platform that covers database and SaaS application sources, however it has limited database coverage for CDC replication.

Stitch pricing is based on rows processed per month. The Standard plan starts at $100 per month and lets you choose a volume between 5 million and 300 million rows per month, with 1 destination and up to 10 standard sources. The Advanced plan is $1,500 per month billed annually for 100 million rows and 3 destinations, and Premium is $3,000 per month billed annually for 1 billion rows and 5 destinations. Both higher tiers include unlimited enterprise sources and users. There is a 14-day free trial with no credit card required.

Stitch is a fully managed SaaS solution and is relatively easy to get set up. For database replication, Stitch leverages your database's log as the buffer in between batches, which may result in log build-up on the source. Due to limited support for schema evolution and other reliability issues leading to missing data, full table resyncs are often required on a regular basis.

Stitch is recommended for companies that are on a budget and value breadth of coverage.

Benefits of Stitch

• Low cost
• Breadth of source coverage

8. Airbyte

Airbyte was founded in 2020 and is a popular open-source ELT solution. It also offers a fully managed cloud product, launched in 2022, and is the name that comes up most often in "Fivetran vs Airbyte" evaluations. It covers a wide range of sources, including databases, SaaS applications and files.

Airbyte Core is free to self-host. Airbyte Cloud has two volume-based plans: Standard starts at $20 per month with 5 credits (roughly 1 GB of syncs), and Plus starts at $189 per month with 40 credits, adding SSO and 15-minute syncs. Credit metering differs by source type, with API sources metered on rows and database sources on volume. For larger deployments, Pro and Enterprise Flex use capacity-based pricing built on Data Workers, dedicated compute units that each run roughly three syncs at once, with custom pricing.

Airbyte's open-source solution requires engineering work to set up and maintain. For certain less popular sources that are less well maintained, significant engineering work could be required. Airbyte's cloud solution is relatively easier to get set up, although reliability and scalability are frequent concerns, especially for high-volume database replication. Airbyte's database CDC connectors still deliver changes on a sync schedule rather than streaming them, and schema evolution is not fully automatic, which means regular resyncs to maintain data accuracy.

Airbyte is recommended for companies that are on a budget, value breadth of coverage and have engineering resources to set up and maintain the pipeline.

Main benefits of Airbyte

• Free open-source solution
• Large and active community
• Breadth of source coverage

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Related reading

• Artie vs. Fivetran - a head-to-head on database replication, pricing and migration steps
• Best 10 Data Replication Tools for 2027 - a broader comparison that includes batch and CDC replication tools
• Matillion alternatives - if Matillion is also on your shortlist