Fivetran vs Zapier comparison

Fivetran and Zapier are both solutions in the Cloud Data Integration category. Fivetran is ranked #6 with an average rating of 7.8, while Zapier is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.5. Fivetran holds a 5.6% mindshare in CDI, compared to Zapier’s 2.1% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Fivetran users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Zapier users who would recommend it.

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88% willing to recommend

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Fivetran and Zapier based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Fivetran vs. Zapier Report (Updated: October 2024).

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Categories and Ranking

Fivetran

Ranking in Cloud Data Integration

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (13th), Data Replication (3rd)

Zapier

Ranking in Cloud Data Integration

9th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Cloud Data Integration category, the mindshare of Fivetran is 5.6%, up from 4.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zapier is 2.1%, down from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Data Integration

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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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FrankHo

Analyst at MSXI

Though the tool offers a visually appealing UI, it needs to improve its documentation

With Zapier, improvements are required in the areas of concerns like bugs, ease of use, and documentation. The product has many bugs, so users have to wait for a period ranging from five minutes to an hour to see where the Zap went. In Zapier, Zaps aren't very understandable owing to the way they work. As a user, you would think that in Zapier, a Zap works in a particular way once you set it up, but it won't happen. At times, some Zaps can interfere with each other, because of which there might be infinite loops that may occur, owing to which multiple Zaps continue to run or break down in general, after which nothing would run in your environment. You would not be notified about the breakdown of Zaps. The bugs in the product may be considered to understand or get an explanation of how Zaps works between software systems, so for something between Gmail and HubSpot, Zapier would explain through better documentation what would work and what wouldn't work. Maybe if Zapier had better functionality with Python or any other coding language in general, it would make the product a lot better.

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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 user interface is mostly UI-based, eliminating the need for a lot of coding."

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

"The compare feature is the most valuable piece of it."

"There's the general feature of the platform where it just makes it very easy to integrate different things, but I would say a specific difference is their integration of DBT,."

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

"Fivetran offers native connectivity with Sybase"

"The most valuable feature of Fivetran is that it only synchronizes what needs to be synchronized."

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

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"We can connect Zapier with Zoho CRM for lead generation. I like the tool's drag and drop feature."

"Zapier luckily has a wide range of integrations, I would say."

"Zapier is user friendly and makes it easy to integrate different tools. It has a drag and drop functionality which makes it easy to connect environments."

"The initial setup is pretty easy to do."

"Zapier handles everything under the sun that you would think you need in automation. It is the most mature integration platform and service on the market."

"The ability to connect web applications to trigger actions in another app after having enriched, formatted, delayed, grouped, and filtered is really valuable for many businesses."

"The most valuable aspect of this solution is that it is very intuitive and has a very flat learning curve."

"What's most valuable in Zapier is its simplicity, seamlessness, and smooth plug-in, so you won't need to build code for every action. I'm not a developer, but I can use Zapier."

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Cons

"We experience cost issues because Fivetran is charged on a usage basis. When you reach a certain level, the tool should focus on reducing the costs. The solution is expensive when you are moving gigabytes and petabytes of data. It should also focus more on REST APIs and webhooks."

"More connectors are needed for exotic, popular, and rising star portals."

"I would like Fivetran to implement additional resource monitoring and restriction policies."

"The connections with SAP must be improved."

"It should have a few more monitoring functionalities."

"This solution needs to improve its real-time data and transformation availability."

"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."

"An in-line data quality checking capability is missing"

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"Some recent changes to the solution have made it bulky and not as intuitive to use as it previously was."

"Some apps are not available yet. For instance, a connection with Joomla! would be great. In general, all the most-used apps are available, but I bumped into Joomla! with a client."

"Zapier could be a little faster, but that might not be possible. I would encourage Zapier to make more API endpoints for each application"

"The user interface for Zapier could be improved. It also takes some time to sync the data between different environments."

"I think that this solution should have more apps connected to it."

"My biggest concern with Zapier would be their pricing strategy."

"With Zapier, improvements are required in the areas of concerns like bugs, ease of use, and documentation."

"It could support various languages along with Python."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

"Fivetran is very expensive, and its database-driven pricing model is outdated."

"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."

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

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

"The pricing model is okay and mid to large companies will not have an issue with it."

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"Zapier's price is good."

"There is a free plan that is, of course, limited. However, it allows you to understand and check true scenarios for a while."

"Think your Zaps through to make sure you don't use more Zaps than you need."

"It's very straightforward licensing. There's only one cost you have to pay, and if you want a relevant pricing plan, I think you have two or three different models or packages which include the number of notifications or Zaps, as they call it, that you can program."

"The least expensive plan is $24 a month, and you can go all the way to $800 a month if you're a huge company using many tasks."

"Zapier is a paid service. Its license renews monthly, and Zapier will downgrade your subscription to the free version when your credit card doesn't have funds. That significantly impacts your service because everything halts completely. Zapier doesn't have any hidden costs."

"Per task, there is a monthly plan involving 15 euros...Also, in different forms, they just give you the ability to use different features. They charge 18.58 euros for the first standard plan, which includes 750 tasks. So, it is about 25 cents per task."

"The price of Zapier is approximately $75 monthly."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

28%

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

20%

University

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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 do you like most about Zapier?

The product's most valuable feature is automation.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zapier?

The pricing is suitable. It's not cheap, but not expensive.

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What needs improvement with Zapier?

The pricing could be a little cheaper.

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Fivetran

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Overview

Fivetran is a data integration and migration solution that centralizes data from various sources into a data warehouse (such as Snowflake or BigQuery) for analytics. Its most valuable features include replication and managed pipelines, integration with DBT for data transformation, and many source connections.

Fivetran is easy to use, with fast data migration and an intuitive portal for easy setup and troubleshooting. It has helped organizations integrate and manage data, saving time and resources.

Zapier is a tool for primarily non-technical users to connect together web apps.

An integration between two apps is called a Zap. A Zap is made up of a Trigger and one or more Actions or Searches.

Whenever the trigger happens in one app, Zapier will automatically perform the actions or searches in another app in order.

Zaps are very lightweight and easy to set up. Zaps do not import or export old data (they only operate on new items created after the Zap is enabled). Zaps are also not kept in sync ("two way syncing") after the Zap is triggered.

Zaps are deceivingly simple if you're used to dealing with complex and difficult integrations. Their simplicity is what enables anyone to create them.

Sample Customers

DocuSign, Oldcastle Infrastructure, Crossmedia, Talkdesk, Chubbies, Brandwatch

BuzzFeed, Groupon, Spotify, Columbia University, FOX

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