Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Fivetran
Fivetran clearly comes out ahead of dbt on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. dbt's paid plans start at $100/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | - | - |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | moderate | easy |
| Integration | medium | low |
| Trending | Active | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | Data & Analytics | Data & Analytics |
| Categories | data-engineering | databasedata-engineering |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Fivetran
per user
custom
custom
freemium
usage based
usage based
usage based
| Feature | dbt | fivetran |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Project | ||
| 1-Minute Syncs | ||
| 100,000 Successful Models Built Per Month | ||
| 15-Minute Syncs | ||
| 15,000 Successful Models Built Per Month | ||
| 200+ Fully Managed Activation Destinations | ||
| 20,000 Queried Metrics Per Month | ||
| 3,500 Monthly Active Rows (Mar) For Activations | ||
| 3,000 Successful Models Built Per Month | ||
| 5,000 Monthly Model Runs (Mmr) For Transformations | ||
| 30 Projects | ||
| 500,000 Monthly Active Rows (Mar) For Connections | ||
| 5,000 Queried Metrics Per Month | ||
| 700+ Fully Managed Connectors | ||
| Custom Developer Seat Count | ||
| Access To Fivetran Rest Api | ||
| Five (5) Developer Seats | ||
| Access To Ssh Tunnels For Encryption | ||
| One Developer Seat | ||
| All Enterprise Features | ||
| Unlimited Projects | ||
| 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 |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Fivetran comes out ahead overall, though dbt can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both dbt and Fivetran offer a free tier.
Fivetran scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
dbt is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
