# What’s the best ETL software for cloud services?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">In cloud environments, ETL decisions usually aren’t about capability; most tools can move data. The real difference shows up in how much effort it takes to keep pipelines running as your stack evolves.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">For teams working heavily in the cloud, <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/etl-tools">ETL tools</a> like Fivetran, Google Cloud BigQuery, and Databricks tend to surface quickly, not because they do more, but because they fit naturally into cloud-native workflows.</p><ul>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/fivetran/reviews">Fivetran</a> (G2: 4.3/5 | 790+ reviews): Often chosen for its set-it-and-forget-it connectors, especially when pulling data from SaaS tools into warehouses.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-bigquery/reviews">Google Cloud BigQuery </a>(G2: 4.5/5 | 1230+ reviews): Acts as both a storage and a transformation layer, making it appealing for teams already deep in GCP.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/databricks/reviews">Databricks</a> (G2: 4.6/5 | 740+ reviews): More flexible for teams that need control over transformations and large-scale processing, not just ingestion.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/snaplogic-intelligent-integration-platform-iip/reviews">SnapLogic</a> (G2: 4.4/5 | 390+ reviews): Useful when cloud environments span multiple systems and require more customizable pipelines.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">What becomes clear pretty quickly is that “best” depends less on features and more on how invisible the tool becomes once it’s running.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">What motivates teams to rethink their ETL setup — performance, flexibility, or complexity?</p>

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&lt;p&gt;Did challenges come more from the tools themselves or from how pipelines were managed?&lt;/p&gt;

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