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We performed a comparison between Matillion ETL and Zapier based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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Pros
"The tool's middle-dimensional structure significantly simplifies obtaining the right data at the appropriate level. This feature makes deploying our applications easier since we utilize a single source without publishing data from various sources.""Matillion ETL is one hundred percent stable.""It takes less than five minutes to set up and delivers results. It is much quicker than traditional ETL technologies.""It's highly scalable. It takes upon itself the Redshift scalability, so it's very good.""It is an incredibly user-friendly and intuitive tool, making the learning curve quite smooth""Matillion ETL helps manage data movement, ingestion, and transformation through pipelines.""The simplicity of this tool is nice. It has a good graphical user interface. You can also do a lot of generic stuff in the tool. If there is good connectivity to a cloud database, such as Snowflake, and you can have a lot of Snowflake functionality in the tool.""The most valuable feature of Matillion ETL is its user-friendly graphical interface."

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"Zapier's interface, for me, is the solution's greatest value proposition. It is designed and developed for people who don't have a clue about what they're trying to do. It has a very user-friendly interface.""Zapier is a really good tool for connecting multiple different platforms and data sources. For example, with Quickbase, I can easily integrate data from other sources like AWS or task-tracking platforms such as ClickUp or Asana.""Zapier handles everything under the sun that you would think you need in automation. It is the most mature integration platform and service on the market.""The most valuable feature of Zapier is it saves me time doing repetitive tasks.""We find it effortless to set up. We really don't have to do anything other than finding the application in the Zapier catalog. And as long as the application has been re-integrated into Zapier, they're able to then just provide the connection details and hook it up.""Webhooks are the most valuable feature of Zapier.""The ability to connect web applications to trigger actions in another app after having enriched, formatted, delayed, grouped, and filtered is really valuable for many businesses.""The product's most valuable feature is automation."

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Cons
"Matillion’s on-premises capabilities don’t allow you to build something customized.""Going forward, I would like them to add custom jobs, since we still have to run these outside of Matillion.""Ideally, I would like it to integrate with Secrets Manager as well as the AWS.""It needs integration with more data sources.""I found some of the more complex aspects of ETL challenging, but I grasped the concepts fairly quickly.""To complete the pipeline, they might want to include some connectors which would put the data into different platforms. This would be helpful.""The tool's lineage is very weak.""The cost of the solution is high and could be reduced."

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"The solution does not work properly when we apply filters and we get errors.""The user interface for Zapier could be improved. It also takes some time to sync the data between different environments.""Some apps are not available yet. For instance, a connection with Joomla! would be great. In general, all the most-used apps are available, but I bumped into Joomla! with a client.""With Zapier, improvements are required in the areas of concerns like bugs, ease of use, and documentation.""I would like to see them improve the Quickbase integration. Currently, it only allows triggering actions when records are added, but it would be more useful if we could also trigger actions when records are modified or deleted.""I think that this solution should have more apps connected to it.""Zapier needs to improve in the same way most RPA solutions should, such as Robocorp, Make, or UiPath. They are not good at helping you find the connections that you need for the problem that you have. For example, if need something on Instagram. I'm going to have to do research for hours to be able to find the components or the app, which is going to do what I need it to do. It makes it difficult to use the system when you don't know what to use.""It is not worth the money if you have a little bit of a technical mind...Zapier is not able to set up different modules. When automation doesn't work, it's not that easy to find why it didn't work."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I have heard from my manager and other higher ups, "This product is cheaper than other things on the market," and they have done the research."
  • "It is cost-effective. Based on our use case, it's efficient and cheap. It saves a lot of money and our upfront costs are less."
  • "The prices needs to be lower."
  • "It was very easy to purchase through the AWS Marketplace, but it was also expensive."
  • "Purchasing it through the AWS Marketplace is pretty convenient. There is a little bit of back and forth in terms of the licensing based on the machine size, but it seems to have worked out well. it is convenient to have it all as part of our AWS billing."
  • "It is not necessarily a cheap solution. However, it's reasonable priced, especially with the smaller machines that we run it on."
  • "The AWS pricing and licensing are a cost-effective solution for data integration needs."
  • "It was procured through the AWS Marketplace because it keeps things simple. They offer retail-like checkout and bill through your existing Amazon Web Services account."
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  • "There is a free plan that is, of course, limited. However, it allows you to understand and check true scenarios for a while."
  • "Think your Zaps through to make sure you don't use more Zaps than you need."
  • "It's very straightforward licensing. There's only one cost you have to pay, and if you want a relevant pricing plan, I think you have two or three different models or packages which include the number of notifications or Zaps, as they call it, that you can program."
  • "The price of Zapier is approximately $75 monthly."
  • "Zapier is a paid service. Its license renews monthly, and Zapier will downgrade your subscription to the free version when your credit card doesn't have funds. That significantly impacts your service because everything halts completely. Zapier doesn't have any hidden costs."
  • "Per task, there is a monthly plan involving 15 euros...Also, in different forms, they just give you the ability to use different features. They charge 18.58 euros for the first standard plan, which includes 750 tasks. So, it is about 25 cents per task."
  • "It's very affordable."
  • "The least expensive plan is $24 a month, and you can go all the way to $800 a month if you're a huge company using many tasks."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:It is an incredibly user-friendly and intuitive tool, making the learning curve quite smooth
    Top Answer:We pay $5.40 per EC2 running hour, and we can reduce costs by stopping and starting the EC2 instances strategically. For instance, in our production environment, we run it for sixteen hours a day… more »
    Top Answer:There's room for improvement in how it handles data streaming capabilities. Our main challenge currently is that Matillion runs on an EC2 instance, limiting us to running only two processes… more »
    Top Answer:The product's most valuable feature is automation.
    Top Answer:Zapier's price is high, but it is worth it. You have to pay a premium in order for Zapier to work smoothly. To make your work automation smooth, you have to pay a premium for it because you don't have… more »
    Top Answer:One notable concern is the time-out resources assigned to automation when running. It could support various languages along with Python.
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    Also Known As
    Matillion ETL for Redshift, Matillion ETL for Snowflake, Matillion ETL for BigQuery
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    Overview

    Matillion ETL is a powerful tool for extracting, transforming, and loading large amounts of data from various sources into cloud data warehouses like Snowflake. Its ability to load data dynamically and efficiently using metadata is a standout feature, as is its open-source ETL with good performance and high efficiency. 

    The solution has a graphical interface for jobs, is easily adjustable and extensible, and allows for scheduling and error reporting. Matillion ETL has helped organizations move to a cloud-based solution, bridge the gap between on-premises and on-cloud, and perform complex migration projects.

    Zapier is a tool for primarily non-technical users to connect together web apps.

    An integration between two apps is called a Zap. A Zap is made up of a Trigger and one or more Actions or Searches.

    Whenever the trigger happens in one app, Zapier will automatically perform the actions or searches in another app in order.

    Zaps are very lightweight and easy to set up. Zaps do not import or export old data (they only operate on new items created after the Zap is enabled). Zaps are also not kept in sync ("two way syncing") after the Zap is triggered.

    Zaps are deceivingly simple if you're used to dealing with complex and difficult integrations. Their simplicity is what enables anyone to create them.


    Sample Customers
    Thrive Market, MarketBot, PWC, Axtria, Field Nation, GE, Superdry, Quantcast, Lightbox, EDF Energy, Finn Air, IPRO, Twist, Penn National Gaming Inc
    BuzzFeed, Groupon, Spotify, Columbia University, FOX
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Manufacturing Company36%
    Financial Services Firm36%
    Healthcare Company9%
    Computer Software Company9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    REVIEWERS
    Marketing Services Firm15%
    Recruiting/Hr Firm15%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Leisure / Travel Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    University6%
    Media Company5%
    Company Size
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise36%
    Large Enterprise41%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise68%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business65%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise15%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business32%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise54%
    Buyer's Guide
    Matillion ETL vs. Zapier
    March 2024
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    Matillion ETL is ranked 4th in Cloud Data Integration with 22 reviews while Zapier is ranked 10th in Cloud Data Integration with 40 reviews. Matillion ETL is rated 8.6, while Zapier is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Matillion ETL writes "Efficient data integration and transformation with seamless cloud-native integration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zapier writes "A tool for automation purposes requiring an easy initial setup while offering a very helpful technical support team ". Matillion ETL is most compared with Azure Data Factory, Snowflake, AWS Glue, Informatica PowerCenter and SSIS, whereas Zapier is most compared with AWS Glue, Alteryx Designer, Tray.io, MuleSoft Composer and Workato. See our Matillion ETL vs. Zapier report.

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