When evaluating alternatives to Fivetran, many teams hesitate due to the perceived risk of migrating everything at once. But the reality is far more flexible — CData Sync smoothly works side-by-side with Fivetran, giving you the ability to run both platforms in parallel, as long as you need.
Whether you’re looking to reduce your data pipeline costs, take control of your infrastructure, or support use cases that Fivetran doesn’t handle well (like reverse ETL or hybrid deployment), CData Sync lets you take the next step without the rip-and-replace anxiety.
Use Sync and Fivetran in parallel — even permanently
Sync can replicate the same pipelines you already run through Fivetran, with broader connector support and full control over schedule, structure, and schema. Many teams start by replicating just one or two pipelines into the same destination warehouse — validating results and performance before scaling up.
There’s no need to shut off Fivetran or duplicate effort. In fact, some customers continue running a limited set of pipelines through Fivetran for edge cases or backup redundancy, while shifting core workloads to Sync for cost and control benefits.
Handle hybrid, on-premises, and CDC workflows confidently
Many data teams still rely on custom scripts or legacy SSIS jobs to handle pipelines that Fivetran can’t support outside its most expensive Enterprise and Business Critical plans. This is especially common when data needs to flow across on-premises and cloud environments, or when complex data prep steps are required.
Fivetran’s primarily SaaS-based model and limited support for self-hosted infrastructure make it a poor fit for these scenarios. Sync was built with hybrid needs in mind. You can install and run it wherever your data lives (including behind a firewall) and use it to replace fragmented, high-maintenance manual jobs with a single, unified platform.
Sync supports near real-time CDC for major platforms without permission hassles. Fivetran’s CDC requires full owner privileges to your database. Sync's approach reduces security risk and avoids the operational friction of granting high-level access just to enable replication.
Understand the cost difference
Fivetran’s usage-based pricing can add up fast—especially if you’re moving tens of millions of rows across multiple sources. By contrast, CData Sync offers fixed pricing based on the number of connections, not rows or frequency, for one predictable annual bill.
Here’s a representative comparison:
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Scenario
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Monthly Active Rows
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Estimated Fivetran Cost
(Standard Plan)
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CData Sync Cost (Standard Plan)
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Small use case
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5 million
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$12,175.20/year
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$8,000/year flat
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Medium use case
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50 million
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$27,084.12/year
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$8,000/year flat
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Large use case
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100 million
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$32,986.13/year
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$8,000/year flat
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All Fivetran pricing is based on its Standard Plan.
Example: Syncing Salesforce to Snowflake
A Fivetran customer syncing 50 million monthly active rows from Salesforce to Snowflake would pay an estimated $27,084.12/year. With Sync, that same workload would fall under a flat annual Standard license of $8,000 — a savings of over $19,000 per year.
Get started on your terms
You don’t have to gamble your pipeline health on a full migration all at once. With Sync, you can evaluate, adopt, and expand at your own pace, with no risk to your existing setup.
If you’re considering alternatives to Fivetran, think beyond an all-or-nothing proposition. Bring up Sync for one workload and see the difference in control, performance, and cost.
To learn more about migrating existing Fivetran pipelines, read our Fivetran-to-CData-Sync migration guide. To get started with Sync, start your 30-day free trial.
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