Fivetran Data Movement Platform

What do you like best about the product?

I like Fivetran for its simplicity and super easy, plug and play experience for setting things up. I also appreciate how it is fast and comprehensive in the dataset it syncs. I tried some free solutions and those couldn't sync all tables, but Fivetran can, which makes it valuable for my needs.

What do you dislike about the product?

Price is high. Pricing more realistically would be great.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use Fivetran for simple plug and play database ingestion. It's fast and comprehensive, syncing all tables unlike free solutions I tried.

What do you like best about the product?

I like Fivetran for its effectiveness at change data capture and the HVR agent has been very valuable in quietly harvesting the data. It gathers data while putting zero load on the source database, which is really beneficial for loading near real-time data into our enterprise data platform on Snowflake.

What do you dislike about the product?

The user interface and error messaging could be more modern and user-friendly. Error messages can be less than helpful sometimes, and the UI is a bit archaic.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use Fivetran for loading near real-time data into Snowflake, gathering data with zero load on the source database. Its change data capture is effective, and the HVR agent quietly harvests data, which is valuable.

What do you like best about the product?

Ease of use. It's a very trouble-free way to move data in a way that minimizes both setup and pipeline maintenance. It also connects very easily to just about every service we have available to us. I have never run into an issue connecting to external services so long as they're fairly ubiquitous in the space.

What do you dislike about the product?

I think some of the setup options could be more robust or offer some way to use one pipeline to push to multiple sources, such as a prod, dev, and test environment.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

We don't have a ton of manpower to throw at pipeline maintenance and building, and Fivetran helps to minimize both setup and maintenance. It is also very consistent and reliable for the price. It is an excellent solution for small teams.

What do you like best about the product?

I like that Fivetran is reliable, and I found the initial setup to be pretty easy.

What do you dislike about the product?

Sometimes it doesn't work and the connector lags.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use Fivetran to solve data lake issues.

What do you like best about the product?

Fivetran is extremely simplistic, with manageable configurations that takes no time
The program has a comprehensive ETL pipeline that largely reduces the operational overheads
Fivetran has brilliant pre-built connectors which supports SaaS tools, databases and other cloud platforms
The program has dependable and stable data syncing capabilities and it requires minimal maintenance
Fivetran has managed to handle scalable data volumes and this involves even complex data needs
The app has cloud data warehouse, and efficient integration measures, working with apps such as BigQuery, Snowflake, among others
Fivetran has robust monitoring and alert measures and this gives reliable sync status and pipeline health

What do you dislike about the product?

Fivetran is an expensive product, more so when data volume keeps increasing
The program faces inefficiency in matters flexibility, where complex data pipelines faces some challenges
The app lacks proper debugging capabilities for some connectors and it calls for advanced support

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Fivetran has fully automated the ETL pipeline development, with reliable maintenance systems
The process of data extraction from diverse databases and multiple SaaS
The program has eliminated all the technical and engineering hurdles when dealing with data integration and this makes all pipelines updated
Fivetran gives us a reliable data warehouse, which is accessible and it ensures efficient BI support
The software has centralized all our databases, offering us a unified analytical approach
The program has speeded the time of obtaining data insights and this is fostered by the availability of BI technology
The growing data collection in our organization is well addressed by this software

What do you like best about the product?

It’s almost perfect to connect all sources in a company. It’s easy to use, has a great interface, works flawlessly, it’s secure and fast. It can connect to almost everything.

What do you dislike about the product?

It’s pricing model is too complicated and impossible to predict. It’s almost deceptive. Support has not been very useful when needed.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Integrating data from dozens of different sources.

What do you like best about the product?

Actually surprisingly easy to setup and follow a self serve path, the data is move to the warehouse is a ordered fashion and schema changes are handled well. Surprisingly easy to our data out of vendors and in to a warehouse where we can query it. Free plan is generous enough to know it will work and performance has been great.

What do you dislike about the product?

Could have more connectors to cover more apps on the market, I think this should be expanded without compromising the detail of the schema. Then we could justify a better ROI, otherwise we need to use other services. I'd also like to see a direct integration with data analytics platforms like Metabase and Graphana to analyse the warehoused data.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Getting our data out of vendors via their APIs so we can run our own reports and generate accurate business stats without rebuilding the infrastructure in house.

What do you like best about the product?

I use Fivetran for end-to-end data integration and love how easy it is to get data into our warehouse for analytics, especially as a small data team. It takes little effort, which is crucial for us. I appreciate the wide list of connectors they offer, which really expands our integration capabilities. HIPAA compliance is imperative for us as a healthcare company, and Fivetran meets this need. I also found the initial setup to be very easy.

What do you dislike about the product?

The pricing model is unpredictable. We had an Excel connector where someone double-clicked a column till the end of the file, adding a million extra monthly active rows to our Fivetran costs. Also, their support team is not easily reachable, and they default to just the same responses from the support documentation.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Fivetran simplifies data integration for our small team, easily aggregating and transforming data from multiple sources. Its ease of use and HIPAA compliance are crucial for our healthcare needs.

What do you like best about the product?

We switched to Fivetran in order to stop maintaining our own ad-hoc connectors, which was brittle and time consuming. Fivetran definitely helps with hiding the complexities of connectors, retries, mapping of fields, etc. It makes it painless to add new connectors, too.

What do you dislike about the product?

For a product aimed at reducing complexity, we still experience regular problems (once or twice a month) with connectors requiring manual intervention. Also, observability is not straightforward: there used to be a log which could be accessed from the UI, which was then moved to a destination that can be queried with SQL; while the latter is more flexible, for quick checking of problems the UI-accessible log was better. Furthermore, the destination-as-log can be impacted by outages, resulting in situations where you are blind to what the actual problem was.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Fivetran solves one specific problem for us: fast integration of third party data sources into our data platform.

What do you like best about the product?

Easy connectors; really satisfied with the setup.

What do you dislike about the product?

I get far too many email updates about services I don’t use, and it’s becoming annoying.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Getting the business information I need without having the technical skills to build the connectors myself.