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Pros
"The compare feature is the most valuable piece of it.""The simplicity of the solution is its valuable feature.""It is not like a traditional ETL, but it gives quite a lot of flexibility.""Fivetran's most valuable feature is replication.""The most important feature of the solution is its ability to build data pipelines in less time.""The product is very easy to use and very easy to configure.""The most valuable feature of Fivetran is that it only synchronizes what needs to be synchronized.""Fivetran can perform data migration incredibly fast, depending on the source and target."

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"The most valuable feature of the solution is its amazing capabilities in regard to data handling.""The solution is very stable.""The solution offers very good data manipulation and loading."

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Cons
"It should have a few more monitoring functionalities.""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.""Fivetran would be improved by adding the ability to integrate the data from third-party APIs.""The documentation can be laid out better to make it easier to find things, and I really wish there was built-in support for changing passwords. Some features don't work as advertised for the platform/repository database, and HVR is not always the fastest at getting results.""The connections with SAP must be improved.""The solution is very expensive. I would like to have a better integration of the solution with Azure.""The interface needs to be more user-friendly.""Some of the pain points we're looking at are trying to integrate some of the items in the Microsoft stack, so SharePoint and Excel, and then some of the newer Azure services."

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"The initial setup of SAS Data Integration Server was complex.""The transform tool has limited access. They should make it more flexible.""So I would like to see improved integration with other software."

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  • "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."
  • "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."
  • "Fivetran is very expensive, and its database-driven pricing model is outdated."
  • "I can't give exact amounts because that's based on usage, but it's more expensive than some of its competitors."
  • "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."
  • "The pricing model is okay and mid to large companies will not have an issue with it."
  • "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."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: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 some… more »
    Top Answer: 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… more »
    Top Answer: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 Software… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of the solution is its amazing capabilities in regard to data handling.
    Top Answer:I don't handle the cost and budget part. From the tool's perspective, I can say that it is an amazing product.
    Top Answer:Visualization is an area with a few shortcomings in the product. Some new and amazing visualization capabilities have been added to the product, but I haven't used them enough to be able to comment on… more »
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    Also Known As
    SAS Enterprise Data Integration Server, Enterprise Data Integration Server
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    Overview

    Fivetran is a data integration and migration solution that centralizes data from various sources into a data warehouse (such as Snowflake or BigQuery) for analytics. Its most valuable features include replication and managed pipelines, integration with DBT for data transformation, and many source connections. 

    Fivetran is easy to use, with fast data migration and an intuitive portal for easy setup and troubleshooting. It has helped organizations integrate and manage data, saving time and resources.

    SAS Data Integration Server is a powerful, configurable and comprehensive solution that can meet a wide variety of data integration requirements, from small tactical projects to strategic business initiatives. It can access virtually all data sources, support data warehousing, migration, synchronization, federation and provisioning initiatives. It can support both batch-oriented and real-time master data management solutions. It can create reusable data integration services in support of service-oriented architectures and data governance and extract, cleanse, transform, conform, aggregate, load and manage data.
    Sample Customers
    DocuSign, Oldcastle Infrastructure, Crossmedia, Talkdesk, Chubbies, Brandwatch
    Credit Guarantee Corporation, Cr_dito y Cauci‹n, Delaware State Police, Deutsche Lufthansa, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, DSM, Livzon Pharmaceutical Group, Los Angeles County, Miami Herald Media Company, Netherlands Enterprise Agency, New Zealand Ministry of Health, Nippon Paper, West Midlands Police, XS Inc., Zenith Insurance
    Top Industries
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    Manufacturing Company45%
    Outsourcing Company18%
    Transportation Company9%
    Financial Services Firm9%
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    Educational Organization24%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Manufacturing Company9%
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    Financial Services Firm24%
    Government11%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Insurance Company7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business9%
    Midsize Enterprise26%
    Large Enterprise65%
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    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise30%
    Large Enterprise57%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise73%
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    Fivetran is ranked 13th in Data Integration with 19 reviews while SAS Data Integration Server is ranked 32nd in Data Integration with 3 reviews. Fivetran is rated 8.0, while SAS Data Integration Server is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Fivetran writes "Solution reduces time-to-value; high ROI". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAS Data Integration Server writes "A stable and scalable tool with data handling capabilities and an amazing technical support". Fivetran is most compared with AWS Database Migration Service, Qlik Replicate, Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Azure Data Factory and Oracle GoldenGate, whereas SAS Data Integration Server is most compared with Palantir Foundry, SSIS, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), Azure Data Factory and AWS Glue.

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