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.

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Categories and Ranking

Fivetran

Ranking in Cloud Data Integration

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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

Zapier

Ranking in Cloud Data Integration

9th

Average Rating

8.6

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

Featured Reviews

Erik Jones

Head of BI and Analytics at HyperScience

Nov 14, 2022

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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Dimitris Goudis

Airtable developer - Tableau analyst at Freelance

May 16, 2023

A tool for automation purposes requiring an easy initial setup while offering a very helpful technical support team

Zapier is not able to set up different modules. When automation doesn't work, it's not that easy to find why it didn't work. So, it's not about the automation process but the triggers that trigger an automation to start running. Sometimes if you set up an automation trigger on a specific application, we wouldn't know if Zapier received data to start running. So we cannot understand whether the problem is in Zapier or the steps before. Branching scenarios is something I want to add to the solution to make my life easier. We want to apply a logical workflow with a yes or no condition. On Zapier, you can have a condition, but you can build the actions after one value on this condition. So, the question can be responded to with a yes-no option or not answered. In your scenario, you have only the actions after yes get chosen. A second scenario is needed for the answer, no, and a third one for not answered. While in Make, we create a diagram, according to which if the response is yes, then do follow this path, and if it's no, then follow another path.

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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

"It is easy for users to get accustomed to the tool due to its gentle learning curve and clear error transparency."

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

"Fivetran can perform data migration incredibly fast, depending on the source and target."

"The product is very easy to use and very easy to configure."

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

"It is not like a traditional ETL, but it gives quite a lot of flexibility."

"The solution is stable. We've never faced any stability issues."

"The most important feature of the solution is its ability to build data pipelines in less time."

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"Zapier is a really good tool for connecting multiple different platforms and data sources. For example, with Quickbase, I can easily integrate data from other sources like AWS or task-tracking platforms such as ClickUp or Asana."

"With the previous CRM we were using – the Google Ads landing pages we had – we were collecting leads manually. That process was not efficient and took a sales team a lot of time to insert these leads manually. Currently, the process is smooth and we use Zapier to collect the leads for us."

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

"The most valuable feature of Zapier is it saves me time doing repetitive tasks."

"There are a few valuable features, like the stability that it comes with and also the number of features that it offers. I've used other services like Pabbly, but they don't offer similar numbers of applications that Zapier has or allows to integrate with – it's maximum."

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

"The initial setup is pretty easy to do."

"The product's most valuable feature is automation."

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Cons

"Fivetran could improve in the area of customization, especially in how they socialize their tools."

"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."

"HVR Software's technical support could be improved. Whenever we log a case, the response that we get from the support is a bit delayed."

"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 documentation can be laid out better to make it easier to find things, and I really wish there was built-in support for changing passwords. Some features don't work as advertised for the platform/repository database, and HVR is not always the fastest at getting results."

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

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

"The connections with SAP must be improved."

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

"It is not worth the money if you have a little bit of a technical mind...Zapier is not able to set up different modules. When automation doesn't work, it's not that easy to find why it didn't work."

"It could support various languages along with Python."

"The pricing of the solution is quite expensive."

"Zapier needs more YouTube or video tutorials or more training for people. That would help a lot. In particular, Zapier should have documentation for every connector. Its documentation needs to be more detailed and visual."

"At the moment, they allow a limited number of apps. I look forward to getting more apps for each package."

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

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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 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."

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

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

"The solution is affordable."

"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."

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

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"It's very affordable."

"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."

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

"Zapier's price is good."

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

"The product is reasonably priced."

"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."

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

27%

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

22%

University

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

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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