Airbyte Reviews & Product Details

Open-Source & Flexibility: Airbyte OSS stands out for its open-source approach. It's both free and self-hostable, providing full control over data and infrastructure while eliminatiing vendor lock-in.

Ease of Use: For standard data pipeline (such as PostgreSQL to snowflake), the UI is very intuitive. We can deploy new pipelines in minutes, with no coding required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We would appreciate clearer, transparent pricing for all plan tiers and an integrated cost calculator, which are currently missing from the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love that Airbyte makes it incredibly simple to pull data from multiple sources into our warehouse, allowing the unified analytics to run smoothly. Its capacity to handle most of the syncing tasks without requiring me to build custom pipelines is a massive relief. The product effectively removes the headache of manually building and maintaining connectors by ensuring that most sources work right out of the box. The scheduled syncs are particularly helpful as they keep our warehouse data updated without the need for manual intervention, thus enhancing the reliability and speed of our data pipeline. Setting up new connectors and monitoring syncs is also straightforward thanks to its clean, intuitive UI. Clear logs play a vital role in allowing me to quickly debug any sync issues, significantly cutting down on troubleshooting time so that I can focus more on utilizing the data. The initial setup of Airbyte was remarkably smooth, taking just a few minutes to spin up and adding the first connectors required minimal effort. When we transitioned from custom Python pipelines and some usage of Fivetran to Airbyte, we gained more control and reduced costs, which was a significant advantage. Overall, it's a solid, flexible, and cost-friendly solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some connectors can be a bit buggy, especially the less-used ones. Additionally, handling large syncs sometimes requires tuning to avoid timeouts. I would also appreciate faster support responses when something breaks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Airbyte Flex enables rapid deployment in any environment—on-premises, cloud, hybrid, or multi-cloud—within days instead of months.

It provides our data teams with full sovereignty over data, ensuring regulatory compliance and enhanced security, which is crucial for sensitive or regulated workloads.

Recent platform upgrades have accelerated data sync speeds by 5–10x, particularly for connectors targeting Snowflake and BigQuery, significantly improving performance and freshness of analytics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We would appreciate more transparent and detailed pricing options, along with a dedicated cost calculator to help teams plan budgets more confidently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The capacity-based pricing model is a huge win for us. We don’t have to nickel-and-dime every new connector or worry that adding a few more syncs will blow up our budget. As long as we stay within our volume, we’re free to experiment with new sources and pipelines, which makes it much easier to support new use cases without going through a long cost-approval cycle each time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So far, we really haven’t had any real issues to call out. Once the pipelines are set up, Airbyte just runs in the background and doesn’t need much attention. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Airbyte Flex finally gives our marketing team room to experiment. Instead of worrying about per-connector or per-row pricing, we can freely plug in new ad platforms, marketing tools, and experiments Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, CRM, attribution tools, you name it. We can increase sync frequency during key campaigns, spin up new sources to test channels, and enrich our customer journeys, all without turning every idea into a budget approval process. It lets us focus on ROAS and funnel performance not on data pipeline costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing meaningful so far. From a marketing perspective, the best part is that it just works. Once our sources and destinations are configured, campaign and channel data keeps flowing into our warehouse without much hassle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The hybrid architecture is brilliant - we get all the convenience of a cloud platform while our data never leaves our infrastructure. The capacity-based pricing is refreshingly transparent compared to the unpredictable per-gigabyte models we dealt with before. Having everything unified in one platform - data movement, orchestration, and transformation - has eliminated so much tool sprawl and complexity for our team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While the platform is robust, the initial setup and configuration of the hybrid architecture requires more technical expertise than a pure SaaS solution. The learning curve for teams transitioning from traditional ETL tools can be steep initially. Documentation could be more comprehensive for certain edge cases in multi-region deployments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Airbyte gives us complete ownership of our data infrastructure without the operational headaches. We are currently using Airbyte Flex. What stands out is the data sovereignty: the features work identically across all deployment modes, making it straightforward to scale while staying compliant with GDPR, HIPAA, and other regulatory standards.

The platform is refreshingly hands-off once pipelines are configured. Also, we spend minimal time on maintenance and the support is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Honestly nothing major to call out. The platform has been stable and reliable for our use cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Airbyte gives us complete control over our data infrastructure. Its flexible deployment options, whether cloud, on-premise, or hybrid allow us to meet strict security and compliance requirements while maintaining full ownership of our pipelines. We especially appreciate that the same functionality applies across all environments, making it easy to scale and stay compliant with standards like GDPR and HIPAA. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Honestly, there hasn’t been anything significant that we dislike so far. Airbyte has been reliable and largely hands-off once pipelines are running. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to bring all our marketing data into one place is the biggest win. We can pull data from tools like google ads, meta & hubspot into the warehouse without needing lots of custom engineering. That gives the marketing team a complete view of campaigns and customer journeys. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

New or niche marketing tools sometimes require extra setup and fine-tuning of connector settings. It’s not a major issue, but it does mean we occasionally need help from the data team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We have considered using Airbyte after few unsuccessful attempts with other approaches while syncing data between legacy systems and new data warehouse. We found it very easy to setup, monitor and maintain. Currently we are running 20 different data sync connections and it still cost less then coding even a one application by ourself. Top benefits of using Airbyte:

1. easy to start using it,

2. many connectors,

3. monitoring in the place,

4. cost saving,

5. trusted service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes there are lack of documentation. Some connectors could be developed faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.