Amazon Data Firehose vs Fivetran comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon Data Firehose

Ranking in Cloud Data Integration

20th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Fivetran

Ranking in Cloud Data Integration

8th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (12th), Data Replication (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Cloud Data Integration category, the mindshare of Amazon Data Firehose is 0.9%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fivetran is 5.8%, up from 4.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Johnny Suleiman

MS AWS expert at Bespin Global MEA, an e& enterprise Company

Enhances our AI-driven analytics projects by providing a means to manage data streaming and delivery at any scale

The primary use case of Amazon Data Firehose is for real-time streaming data, specifically for data analysis and collection purposes. It is used to extract useful data and export it for machine learning algorithms to analyze, providing real-time data streaming Amazon Data Firehose enhances our…

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Mediha Šiljić

Lead Data Engineer at Sensilab

Built-in connectors offer extensive data source integration and time savings

Fivetran could improve by adapting more for technical users and by providing more options for such users. There should be more adaptability in terms of new features. If a specific feature is required, it should be integrated promptly. Improvement in existing connectors with new features is desirable. Enhancements around customer-focused product adaptation are also suggested.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable feature is its capability for real-time data streaming."

"It is not like a traditional ETL, but it gives quite a lot of flexibility."

"Fivetran can perform data migration incredibly fast, depending on the source and target."

"The solution is stable. We've never faced any stability issues."

"The general data ingestion is valuable. It's used for a lot of data. It provides about 90% of the data we use in our data warehouse without needing data engineering."

"Its arrays are powerful enough to handle migrations even when the replication is happening in the background, without causing any trouble with the ongoing traffic."

"Fivetran offers native connectivity with Sybase"

"For us, Fivetran has been able to scale both in terms of the data we bring into our warehouse and the amount of data that we use as well."

"The ease of setting up the connectors and transformations is highly valuable."

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Cons

"Amazon Data Firehose enhances our AI-driven analytics projects by providing a means to manage data streaming and delivery at any scale."

"I would like Fivetran to implement additional resource monitoring and restriction policies."

"I would like for them to incorporate additional transformations. A valuable aspect of the product is that it does inflight transformations and that could be expanded."

"It should have a few more monitoring functionalities."

"HVR Software's technical support could be improved. Whenever we log a case, the response that we get from the support is a bit delayed."

"The customization could improve because Fivetran gives more thought to people who don't want to manage analytics workflows rather than engineers who want to be able to customize pipelines more thoroughly."

"More connectors are needed for exotic, popular, and rising star portals."

"The environment must be more development-friendly."

"In our case, we ultimately did not end up using Fivetran because we were able to do custom connects at a lower cost compared to Fivetran. From a cost perspective, if the number of connectors is lesser, then Fivetran is not the most cost-efficient option."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing model is okay and mid to large companies will not have an issue with it."

"In the first year, we were given a very good discount. It was approximately 20,000 Euros per year. In the third year, we purchased credit for two years and the price was 33,000 Euros per year."

"I don't have the exact information, but I know it is high, and it is on a yearly basis. There is no additional cost for what we're doing. We're always open to doing things cheaper, so we might potentially implement a different solution."

"The licensing costs are extremely high for the usage of somebody who has one GB or two GB of usage per day for real-time traffic. There are many other players in the market which are similarly priced or competitively priced. On average per month, it used to come around 12,000-15,000 USD, which is very high."

"I've heard that the license for HVR is a bit costly compared to its competitors, but since it's reliable and efficient, I think the customer shouldn't be bothered about the cost."

"I can't give exact amounts because that's based on usage, but it's more expensive than some of its competitors."

"The product is reasonably expensive"

"When you have a lot of workflows and complex use cases, pricing goes down as you use it more."

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Educational Organization

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Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

12%

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Data Firehose?

The pricing is fair and balanced for the capabilities provided by Amazon Data Firehose.

What needs improvement with Amazon Data Firehose?

There is no specific improvement mentioned for Amazon Data Firehose itself. However, it was noted that there could be room for a better understanding of real-time data streaming concepts for junior...

What is your primary use case for Amazon Data Firehose?

What's the deal with the HVR software acquisition?

As a user of HVR Software I followed this deal closely. Fivetran is apparently trying to establish more in its sector and by buying an already established data replication software, they become som...

Does HVR Software provide reliable insights?

I honestly can't think of another data replication software that can give you better statistics and insight than HVR Software. There's the feature for topology and statistics and both of them can ...

How much traffic can HVR Software handle?

As someone who works at a company where a high volume of information is replicated and has tried several data replication softwares, I can tell you that you're looking at the right one. HVR Softwar...

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Overview

Amazon Data Firehose offers a robust data streaming service that simplifies integration and data capture, enabling real-time data processing and analysis efficiently.

Amazon Data Firehose is a cloud-based service providing real-time data streaming into analytics tools like Amazon S3 and Redshift. It offers seamless scalability, enabling consistent delivery, transformation, and enriching capabilities of data streams. Users value its reliability for handling streaming data with minimal administration. It excels in performance for those seeking efficient data management. Still, there is room for enhancement in its pricing model to better cater to businesses with rapid fluctuations in data volume.

What are the key features of Amazon Data Firehose?

Data Transformation: Convert incoming data before delivering to destinations.
Automatic Scaling: Dynamically adjust to handle up to gigabytes of streaming data per second.
Destination Flexibility: Directly integrate with Amazon S3, Redshift, and Elasticsearch.
Data Formatting: Supports compression and format conversions.

What benefits should users expect from Amazon Data Firehose?

Efficient Data Handling: Secure and efficient real-time data processing.
Cost-Effective: Reduces infrastructure and management costs.
Simplified Integration: Easily integrates with storage and analytics services.
Consistent Performance: Reliable delivery even under high data loads.

Amazon Data Firehose finds diverse applications across industries like finance, healthcare, and e-commerce. In finance, it supports fraud detection via real-time data ingestion. Healthcare facilities use it for efficient patient monitoring systems. E-commerce platforms leverage its capabilities for real-time analytics, enhancing customer experiences with tailored offerings.

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Fivetran, the global leader in data movement, is trusted by companies like OpenAI, LVMH, Pfizer, Verizon and Spotify to centralize data from SaaS applications, databases, files, and other sources into cloud destinations, including data lakes. With high-performance pipelines, seamless interoperability, and enterprise-grade security, Fivetran empowers organizations to modernize their data infrastructure, power analytics and AI, ensure compliance, and achieve transformative business outcomes. Learn more at Fivetran.com

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Autodesk, Condé Nast, JetBlue, Morgan Stanley, OpenAI, LVMH, Pfizer, Verizon, SpotifyNational Australia Bank, Saks, Cemex, Okta, Dropbox, Pitney Bowes, World Fuel Services,Lufthansa, AutoZone, ASICS, ASOS, Coupa, Databricks, Hermes, New Relic, Intercom,Canva, Honeywell, Square, DocuSign, Nandos, Oldcastle Infrastructure

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