Fivetran vs Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) comparison

Fivetran and Oracle are both solutions in the Data Integration category. Fivetran is ranked #12 with an average rating of 7.8, while Oracle is ranked #7 with an average rating of 7.9. Fivetran holds a 2.2% mindshare in DI, compared to Oracle’s 4.6% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Fivetran users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Oracle Data Integrator and Fivetran are key players in the data integration and ETL domain. Oracle Data Integrator is seen as more robust with its advanced technical capabilities, whereas Fivetran shines with its simplicity and ease of use.

Features: Oracle Data Integrator supports complex data integration flows, implements reusable mappings, and offers design-time automation with scripting. It facilitates real-time data integration across various technologies. Fivetran simplifies setup with seamless connectors and integrates well with transformation tools such as dbt. It also efficiently handles data synchronization and complex data pipelines.

Room for Improvement: Oracle Data Integrator users note the steep learning curve, seek better integration with Oracle products, and desire enhanced error handling and GUI enhancements. Suggestions for integration with version control and interface performance optimizations are also common. Fivetran users report limited customization, lacking detailed pipeline observability, and seek more cost-effective pricing along with more connectors and faster processing speed from third-party APIs.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle Data Integrator is mainly on-premises with a capacity for complex setups and customization, but customer support varies, especially across multiple Oracle products. Fivetran, cloud-deployed, offers easier deployment but has costly pricing models. Customer support experiences are mixed, with responsiveness varying among users.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle Data Integrator is generally costly and priced variably depending on project complexity, but it offers significant ROI by automating ETL processes and reducing operational costs. Fivetran’s usage-based pricing can be prohibitive for small projects but is competitive for larger ones, offering fast ROI through efficient data integration.

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Categories and Ranking

Fivetran

Ranking in Data Integration

12th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Replication (3rd), Cloud Data Integration (8th)

Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)

Ranking in Data Integration

7th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Data Integration category, the mindshare of Fivetran is 2.2%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is 4.6%, up from 4.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Erik Jones

Head of BI and Analytics at HyperScience

Solution reduces time-to-value; high ROI

Fivetran has room for improvement in data pipeline observability. The Fivetran logs are fairly basic, compared to, for example, the insight Fivetran gives into helping users understanding the performance of data pipelines. So I think their observability into the pipeline itself could be improved. In addition, Fivetran is in the very early stages of allowing other companies to access its metadata API, but that's something that could use improvement, and I know that they're working on right now. We use a separate tool for "reverse ETL", which is the opposite of what Fivetran does; it pushes data from your data warehouse back out to business applications. If Fivetran pulls data from those same applications, they should also enable users to push it back. I would love to do both ETL and reverse ETL in the same tool. It would be nice if Fivetran offered both their regular offering plus the reverse ETL option as well.

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Jagadish Sau

Technical lead at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Straightforward to implement, scalable, and has good stability and documentation, but technical support could still be improved

My company has around ten users of Oracle Data Integrator (ODI). A team of two to five people handles the deployment and maintenance of the solution. The current client of my company has this plan of moving to the cloud, with the possibility of replacing the ETL tool altogether, which could mean that more data is coming up, so there may be a plan to increase the usage of Oracle Data Integrator (ODI). My advice to others looking into implementing Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is that if your database is on Oracle or SQL server, then Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is a good tool to use. My rating for Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is seven out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The simplicity of the solution is its valuable feature."

"The product has some seamless connectors, which are readily available."

"The ease of setting up the connectors and transformations is highly valuable."

"Making the decision to implement Fivetran was supported by the fact that they have better connectors than other competitors."

"Fivetran offers native connectivity with Sybase"

"The simplicity and scalability are the strongest features of Fivetran."

"Its arrays are powerful enough to handle migrations even when the replication is happening in the background, without causing any trouble with the ongoing traffic."

"The portal is very intuitive and easy to use."

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"The most valuable feature of ODI is the to use of the whole ETL to create a data lake."

"One of the standout features of ODI is its ability to prepare everything on a vertical level and create reusable components, which adds to its value."

"Integration with all systems is easy with Oracle Data Integrator, and it is easy to use. I have not used any other product, but with Oracle Data Integrator, we can easily connect to an ERP system, an SAP system, or a cloud application."

"The most valuable feature that we use is the Knowledge Modules."

"All ETL code is stored in repositories in underlying database schemas. The number of users can access and work on the same solution using a client tool. So distributed teams can work on this tool in an efficient manner."

"The most valuable features of ODI are the ease of development, you can have a template, and you can onboard transfer very quickly. There's a lot of knowledge modules available that we can use. If you want to connect, for example, a Sibyl, SQL, Oracle, or different products, we don't have to develop them from scratch. They are available, but if it's not, we can go into the marketplace and see if there's a connector there. Having the connector available reduces the amount of hard work needed. We only have to put the inputs and outputs. In some of the products, we use there is already integration available for ODI, which is helpful."

"The solution's initial setup is straightforward, especially compared to Mule, which our team has worked with before and found to be a bit more complex in terms of setup."

"I do not have to maintain a separate ETL instance. I can change the SQL when something is not performing correctly."

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Cons

"The customization could improve because Fivetran gives more thought to people who don't want to manage analytics workflows rather than engineers who want to be able to customize pipelines more thoroughly."

"I would like for them to incorporate additional transformations. A valuable aspect of the product is that it does inflight transformations and that could be expanded."

"The documentation is decent, but it's hard to find information online about Fivetran. For example, if you try to search for an error code, you won't find much information about it in forums."

"Fivetran should add more connectors because its competitors, like Airbyte, have more connectors."

"We use a separate tool for "reverse ETL", which is the opposite of what Fivetran does; it pushes data from your data warehouse back out to business applications. If Fivetran pulls data from those same applications, they should also enable users to push it back. I would love to do both ETL and reverse ETL in the same tool."

"Some of the pain points we're looking at are trying to integrate some of the items in the Microsoft stack, so SharePoint and Excel, and then some of the newer Azure services."

"The environment must be more development-friendly."

"Fivetran is very expensive for data sources with a lot of rows, such as email data. I would like to see cheaper pricing for data sources like that."

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"In our company, we haven't tried consuming services from IoT in our company yet, and I would like to know if the solution will support IoT services in the next release."

"We used a third party to do the implementation of ODI."

"The interface of ODI could be improved. For example, navigating and finding functions can be difficult. For example, you have to know which step you need to go to look at where your job status is. The logical step is a bit complex compared to other tools. It's much easier to get a graphical view, but with ODI, it's graphical, plus you have to know all the other pieces that fit around it. You have to think about the logical and physical aspects."

"The stability of the software could be improved. Sometimes, the software just crashes. "

"Overall the product is fine, but sometimes its reports unknown errors while we compile ETL scripts."

"Reverse engineering is complicated and challenging to manage."

"The tool should improve its pricing. It prevents the application of Oracle ODI on small and medium projects in countries like Croatia, Germany, or the US. While there are no technological obstacles to using it, the high price makes it unfeasible for projects with smaller budgets."

"There are certain things where it can be improved. Initial solution setup seems a bit complex at the start, it should be improved because it becomes bit tough for a novice to get started on this. Sometimes error description is not helpful to understand the problem it gives some generic type of errors which are at times not that helpful to understand the underlying root cause of the issue."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"When you have a lot of workflows and complex use cases, pricing goes down as you use it more."

"I don't have the exact information, but I know it is high, and it is on a yearly basis. There is no additional cost for what we're doing. We're always open to doing things cheaper, so we might potentially implement a different solution."

"In the first year, we were given a very good discount. It was approximately 20,000 Euros per year. In the third year, we purchased credit for two years and the price was 33,000 Euros per year."

"The licensing costs are extremely high for the usage of somebody who has one GB or two GB of usage per day for real-time traffic. There are many other players in the market which are similarly priced or competitively priced. On average per month, it used to come around 12,000-15,000 USD, which is very high."

"I've heard that the license for HVR is a bit costly compared to its competitors, but since it's reliable and efficient, I think the customer shouldn't be bothered about the cost."

"I would say they're a little bit on the expensive side, and their contract process is not particularly good, but there is a lot of potential flexibility."

"I rate the pricing a six out of ten."

"I can't give exact amounts because that's based on usage, but it's more expensive than some of its competitors."

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"ODI comes included when buying the cloud version of the Oracle database license."

"I have yet to determine the exact figure for Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) pricing, but it has lower pricing than Informatica."

"The Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) pricing isn't expensive, but it's not cheap, so it's in the middle. I'd rate the pricing as three out of five."

"The license can be costly, but in certain complex cases, ODI proves to be the optimal solution."

"I rate the platform pricing as five out of ten."

"The solution is expensive because of the model they use. The cost is for the license and for support."

"Being an ODI developer, I never had to pay for this product. I know that the pricing/licensing is not really low, but the product is really good."

"The solution is very expensive."

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Questions from the Community

What's the deal with the HVR software acquisition?

As a user of HVR Software I followed this deal closely. Fivetran is apparently trying to establish more in its sector and by buying an already established data replication software, they become som...

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Does HVR Software provide reliable insights?

I honestly can't think of another data replication software that can give you better statistics and insight than HVR Software. There's the feature for topology and statistics and both of them can ...

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How much traffic can HVR Software handle?

As someone who works at a company where a high volume of information is replicated and has tried several data replication softwares, I can tell you that you're looking at the right one. HVR Softwar...

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What's the difference between Oracle Integration Cloud Service and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)?

Oracle Integration Cloud Service has a fairly easy initial setup, and Oracle offers initial support and guidance for those who might find the setup to be challenging. There are complications that c...

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What do you like most about Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)?

In comparison with other products of the same range, licensing mode is really attractive, no need to license according technology/topology to be used and an incredible Versatility to build any Data...

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The pricing of Oracle Cloud Services is not favorable as it charges daily regardless of usage, unlike competitors who charge only for days used.

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Overview

Fivetran, the global leader in data movement, is trusted by companies like OpenAI, LVMH, Pfizer, Verizon and Spotify to centralize data from SaaS applications, databases, files, and other sources into cloud destinations, including data lakes. With high-performance pipelines, seamless interoperability, and enterprise-grade security, Fivetran empowers organizations to modernize their data infrastructure, power analytics and AI, ensure compliance, and achieve transformative business outcomes. Learn more at Fivetran.com

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Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) is a data integration software solution that provides a unified infrastructure to streamline data and application integration projects. It uses a powerful design approach to data integration, which separates the declarative rules from the implementation details. The solution is based on a unique ELT (Extract Load Transform) architecture, eliminating the need for a standalone ETL server and proprietary engine.

Oracle Data Integrator Features

ODI has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

Automatic documentation generation
Visualization of data flows in the interfaces
Customization of generated code
Automatic reverse-engineering of existing applications or databases
Graphical development and maintenance of transformation and integration interfaces
Robust data integrity control features, assuring the consistency and correctness of data
Powerful core differentiators
Heterogeneous ELT, declarative design and knowledge modules
Flexibility and modularity
Oracle Data Integrator repository
Topology navigator
Operator Navigator
Security Navigator
Integrator Console
ODI domains

Oracle Data Integrator Benefits

There are many benefits to implementing ODI. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

Efficient architecture: Oracle Data Integrator has a simple architecture that utilizes the source and target servers to perform complex transformations, making it an efficient solution.

Supports all platforms: ODI gives you platform independence by supporting all platforms, hardware, and OSes with the same software.

Cost-effective: Oracle Data Integrator reduces costs associated with initial hardware and software acquisition, and also decreases maintenance costs because it eliminates the need for an ETL Server and an ETL engine.

Automatic detection of faulty data: By using ODI, faulty data is recycled before insertion in the target application, providing you with a data quality firewall.

Easy development and maintenance: With a low learning curve, Oracle Data Integrator increases developer productivity while facilitating ongoing maintenance.

Active integration: ODI includes all styles of data integration: data-based, event-based and service-based.

Reviews from Real Users

Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by PeerSpot users currently using the Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) solution.

Brian D., Business Process and Strategy Specialist Advisor at NTTData, says, “The Knowledge Module (KM) is my favorite feature of ODI. This is where I learned how to use variables to make jobs dynamic. I took that knowledge and created a KM that would go into iTunes and pull the sales of eBooks. Making something that is reusable, like a KM, is important to not only reduce build time but also maintenance in the future.”

Ashok S., Applications Support Manager at a marketing services firm, mentions, "The most valuable features of ODI are the ease of development, you can have a template, and you can onboard transfer very quickly. There's a lot of knowledge modules available that we can use. If you want to connect, for example, a Sibyl, SQL, Oracle, or different products, we don't have to develop them from scratch. They are available, but if it's not, we can go into the marketplace and see if there's a connector there. Having the connector available reduces the amount of hard work needed. We only have to put the inputs and outputs. In some of the products, we use there is already integration available for ODI, which is helpful."

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