Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Fivetran
Fivetran clearly comes out ahead of Census on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | - | - |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | moderate | easy |
| Integration | medium | low |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | Data & Analytics | Data & Analytics |
| Categories | customer-datadata-engineering | databasedata-engineering |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | census | fivetran |
|---|---|---|
| 1-Minute Syncs | ||
| 15-Minute Syncs | ||
| 200+ Fully Managed Activation Destinations | ||
| 3,500 Monthly Active Rows (Mar) For Activations | ||
| 5,000 Monthly Model Runs (Mmr) For Transformations | ||
| 500,000 Monthly Active Rows (Mar) For Connections | ||
| 700+ Fully Managed Connectors | ||
| Access To Fivetran Rest Api | ||
| Access To Ssh Tunnels For Encryption | ||
| All Enterprise Features | ||
| All Standard Features | ||
| Core Platform Functionality | ||
| Custom Roles | ||
| Customer-Managed Keys For Encryption | ||
| Enterprise Database Connectors | ||
| Fivetran Activations' Audience Hub | ||
| Hybrid Deployment Option | ||
| Integration For Dbt Core | ||
| Pci Dss Level 1 Certification | ||
| Pick Any Cloud Provider (Gcp, Aws, Azure) | ||
| Private Networking Options | ||
| Role-Based Access Control | ||
| Scim/User Provisioning | ||
| Unlimited Users | ||
| Vpn Tunnels (Annual Contract Only) |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Fivetran comes out ahead overall, though Census can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Census and Fivetran offer a free tier.
