AWS Data Pipeline [EOL] vs Fivetran comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Fivetran are both solutions in the Cloud Data Integration category. Additionally, 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Fivetran users who would recommend it.

AWS Data Pipeline [EOL]

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AWS Data Pipeline [EOL]

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Data Pipeline [EOL]

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Fivetran

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (13th), Data Replication (3rd), Cloud Data Integration (9th)

Featured Reviews

BarathwajRamamoorthy

Senior Director Data Architecture at Managed Markets Insight & Technology, LLC

A tool with great orchestration and development capabilities but needs to improve its user-defined functions

In the tool, parallel processing is an area that is contingent, in the sense that you have to be watchful for the cap that you have in terms of computing behind AWS Data Pipeline. You need to always watch for some reason. I am capped with 200 nodes, and if I get to use more than 200 nodes, the AWS Data Pipeline will fail. AWS doesn't state that I have almost gone beyond my limits, and it is allowing me now to go beyond the set limits if I talk to a representative and figure it out. Such aforementioned warnings are not let out by AWS, and they end up failing the nodes if I go beyond the set cap limits.

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Hafiz Usman

Team Lead Data Engineer at Data Pilot

Has accelerated data integration workflows and supports seamless development of custom connectors

I've worked extensively with Fivetran, mainly used for extraction purposes, and I've worked with the transformation element in it as well. Fivetran not only has built-in connectors but also provides SDK connectors, allowing us to develop our own connectors in an easy manner. I don't have to write raw Python scripts or dumping scripts; it offers straightforward examples and guidelines, making it much simpler to develop custom connectors inside Fivetran. We've been able to develop many custom connectors as well, which is unique and beneficial for having everything centralized instead of having those connectors located elsewhere. One of the best features by Fivetran is its clean, simple, and intuitive UI. It includes a transformation section where I can deploy my DBT queries and scripts. It also supplies good tracking capabilities for billing estimates and user permissions, allowing for customization to the desired level. The number of connectors it has remains a standout feature, and within connectors, the options available are very helpful. Although it sometimes appears static due to its built-in nature, it offers good flexibility for data transformation and caching, which I appreciate because it saves us extensive script-writing time.

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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 of the solution is that orchestration and development capabilities are easier with the tool."

"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."

"The most important feature of the solution is its ability to build data pipelines in less time."

"Fivetran is an easy-to-deploy solution for organizations looking at integrating a wide variety of data sources."

"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 user interface is mostly UI-based, eliminating the need for a lot of coding."

"The portal is very intuitive and easy to use."

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

"The most valuable feature of Fivetran is that it only synchronizes what needs to be synchronized."

"Overall, I would rate Fivetran nine out of ten."

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Cons

"It's almost semi-automatic because you must review and approve code push, which works well. Still, we had many problems getting there during the deployment process, but we got there."

"The user-defined functions have shortcomings in AWS Data Pipeline."

"We use a separate tool for "reverse ETL", which is the opposite of what Fivetran does; it pushes data from your data warehouse back out to business applications. If Fivetran pulls data from those same applications, they should also enable users to push it back. I would love to do both ETL and reverse ETL in the same tool."

"The experience of using SDK connectors can be improved, as it lacks computational power, which is an area that needs enhancement."

"Fivetran is very expensive for data sources with a lot of rows, such as email data. I would like to see cheaper pricing for data sources like that."

"Fivetran should add more connectors because its competitors, like Airbyte, have more connectors."

"Fivetran could improve in the area of customization, especially in how they socialize their tools."

"The connections with SAP must be improved."

"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."

"Their pricing has increased over the years, so it's not seen as an advantage anymore."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the pricing between six to eight on a scale from one to ten, where one is low price, and ten is high price."

"The way we use it, I think it is fair as we're getting a good value for money compared to having a server or some other data pipeline."

"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 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 solution is affordable."

"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."

"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 would say they're a little bit on the expensive side, and their contract process is not particularly good, but there is a lot of potential flexibility."

"Fivetran is very expensive, and its database-driven pricing model is outdated."

"The product is reasonably expensive"

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10%

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Overview

AWS Data Pipeline is a web service that helps you reliably process and move data between different AWS compute and storage services, as well as on-premises data sources, at specified intervals. ... AWS Data Pipeline also allows you to move and process data that was previously locked up in on-premises data silos.

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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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