Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Census
Census clearly comes out ahead of Weld on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Census has a free tier; Weld does not. Weld's paid plans start at $99/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | Weld | - |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | moderate |
| Integration | - | medium |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | Data & AnalyticsDevelopment | Data & Analytics |
| Categories | data-engineering | customer-datadata-engineering |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | weld | census |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Destination | ||
| 1-Minute Syncs | ||
| 1 User | ||
| 15-Minute Syncs | ||
| 2 Connectors | ||
| 200+ Fully Managed Activation Destinations | ||
| Access To Premium Connectors | ||
| 3,500 Monthly Active Rows (Mar) For Activations | ||
| Ai Transform & Sql Editor | ||
| 5,000 Monthly Model Runs (Mmr) For Transformations | ||
| Basic Support | ||
| 500,000 Monthly Active Rows (Mar) For Connections | ||
| Daily Sync Frequency | ||
| 700+ Fully Managed Connectors | ||
| Faster Data Loads | ||
| Access To Fivetran Rest Api | ||
| More Data Sources | ||
| Access To Ssh Tunnels For Encryption | ||
| Single Sign-On (Sso) & 2Fa Authentication | ||
| 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) |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Census comes out ahead overall, though Weld can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Census offers a free tier; Weld does not currently list one.
Census scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
