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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (56.6% of reviews)
Enterprise (44.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
$2 Compute/Hour
Fivetran
Star Rating
(445)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (56.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansSnowflake
Star Rating
(665)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (44.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$2 Compute/Hour
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansFivetran vs Snowflake
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found them equally easy to use. However, Fivetran is easier to set up While Snowflake is easier to do business with overall. and administer.
- Reviewers felt that Snowflake meets the needs of their business better than Fivetran.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Snowflake is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Snowflake over Fivetran.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Fivetran
Free Plan
Free
For individuals automating ELT for small volumes of data.
- Access Standard Plan features, free up to 500,000 monthly active rows (MAR)
- Commitment free: No credit card required
Snowflake
Standard
$2
Compute/Hour
Compute usage is billed on a per-second basis, with a minimum of 60 seconds. You can secure price discounts with pre-purchased Snowflake capacity options.
- Complete SQL Data Warehouse
- Secure Data Sharing across regions / clouds
- Premier Support 24 x 365
Free Trial
Fivetran
Free Trial is available
Snowflake
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.4
320
9.1
503
Ease of Use
9.0
326
9.0
539
Ease of Setup
9.1
246
8.9
324
Ease of Admin
8.8
211
8.6
203
Quality of Support
8.0
299
8.7
460
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.3
207
9.0
204
Product Direction (% positive)
7.7
283
9.2
473
Features by Category
Functionality
8.4
151
Not enough data
8.5
145
Not enough data
8.4
129
Not enough data
7.1
116
Not enough data
8.7
138
Not enough data
6.4
111
Not enough data
Diverse Extraction Points
8.4
151
Not enough data
Management
7.5
98
Not enough data
7.1
92
Not enough data
Functionality
8.9
120
Not enough data
7.8
109
Not enough data
8.9
118
Not enough data
8.9
116
Not enough data
8.5
115
Not enough data
Deployment
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
8.9
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
9.3
12
Not enough data
9.3
12
Deployment
Not enough data
9.3
10
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
9.3
10
Management
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Operations
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
9.5
10
Management
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.3
9
Not enough data
9.0
10
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.3
10
System
Not enough data
9.2
28
Model Development
Not enough data
9.1
27
Not enough data
8.5
27
Not enough data
8.3
27
Not enough data
8.7
27
Model Development
Not enough data
8.7
27
Machine/Deep Learning Services
Not enough data
8.6
27
Not enough data
8.6
27
Not enough data
8.4
27
Not enough data
8.4
26
Machine/Deep Learning Services
Not enough data
8.5
27
Not enough data
8.5
24
Deployment
Not enough data
9.1
29
Not enough data
9.0
27
Not enough data
9.3
27
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.4
25
Not enough data
8.3
25
Not enough data
8.5
25
Agentic AI - Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
Not enough data
8.2
13
Not enough data
8.2
13
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
8.5
13
Not enough data
8.2
13
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
8.2
12
Management
7.2
66
Not enough data
8.2
59
Not enough data
8.5
77
Not enough data
8.0
82
Not enough data
Solution Provision
7.3
55
Not enough data
8.3
71
Not enough data
7.6
54
Not enough data
Data Management
Not enough data
9.0
182
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
167
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
174
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
169
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
150
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
153
|
Verified
Integration
Not enough data
8.2
140
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
168
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
159
|
Verified
Deployment
Not enough data
7.8
140
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
174
|
Verified
Performance
Not enough data
9.2
178
|
Verified
Security
Not enough data
8.9
165
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
176
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.0
79
Not enough data
8.1
80
Management
Not enough data
8.9
83
Not enough data
9.2
83
Not enough data
9.5
88
Not enough data
9.0
86
Not enough data
9.1
87
Maintenance
Not enough data
9.3
85
Not enough data
9.0
84
Not enough data
9.3
85
Security
Not enough data
9.2
85
Not enough data
9.2
88
Storage
Not enough data
9.2
44
Not enough data
9.2
44
Availability
Not enough data
9.1
39
Not enough data
9.2
37
Not enough data
9.2
41
Performance
Not enough data
9.2
44
Security
Not enough data
9.1
44
Not enough data
9.2
45
Not enough data
8.9
38
Not enough data
9.2
38
Support
Not enough data
9.2
36
Not enough data
9.1
35
Centralized computation
Not enough data
9.3
25
Localized computation
Not enough data
9.0
24
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reporting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Database
Not enough data
8.9
98
Not enough data
9.3
101
Not enough data
9.3
95
Integrations
Not enough data
8.6
76
Not enough data
8.7
81
Platform
Not enough data
9.1
91
Not enough data
9.0
97
Not enough data
8.7
81
Processing
Not enough data
9.3
96
Not enough data
9.1
94
Data Transformation
Not enough data
9.2
86
Not enough data
9.4
86
Connectivity
Not enough data
8.5
78
Not enough data
8.7
79
Not enough data
9.1
80
Not enough data
9.1
81
Operations
Not enough data
8.6
83
Not enough data
9.2
79
Not enough data
8.9
75
Not enough data
8.8
80
Not enough data
8.7
77
Building Reports
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Fivetran and Snowflake share no categories
Unique Categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Fivetran
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Snowflake
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
14.9%
Information Technology and Services
13.5%
Financial Services
9.3%
Retail
5.4%
Marketing and Advertising
5.4%
Other
51.5%
Information Technology and Services
14.3%
Computer Software
12.9%
Financial Services
10.4%
Marketing and Advertising
4.7%
Hospital & Health Care
3.7%
Other
53.9%
Alternatives
Discussions
Is Fivetran an ETL tool?
2 Comments
NV
Fivetran is an ELT Tool, specifically for Extracting the data from source and Loading the data into the Destination. This tool works in conjunction with...Read more
Can Fivetran implement a feature to auto download / refresh data into a spreadsheet ? That would be great.
1 Comment
JL
Hi George,
Thanks for reaching out. All feature requests are logged via our Support Portal. Please submit your feature request here:...Read more
Do plan to partner with smaller software companies to add to your selection of available connectors?
1 Comment
MP
Did you already asked their support? They offer a also cloud functions and other solutions to connect also other sources.Read more
What's the best way to manage change data capture in Snowflake?
4 Comments
VT
Please go through this link: https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/streams
You might get a pertinent response from it.
Please click on this link...Read more
which is best snowflake or My sql
2 Comments
LH
Depends on your needs. MySQL is open source/free. It or Postgres (another open source db) is good for pretty much any normal need. You can install on...Read more
What is the difference between Snowflake vs Redshift? Which one is Good to Learn.
2 Comments
DW
I've used both; Snowflake is superior in my view. Redshift certainly offers a lot of power being an AWS product, however Snowflake is more fully-featured....Read more
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