14 Ratings
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25 Ratings
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Based on 25 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
- dbt (data build tool) ranks higher in 2 feature sets: Data Transformations, Data Modeling
Data Transformations
9.0
dbt
90%
8.0
Fivetran
80%
dbt (data build tool) ranks higher in 2/2 features
dbt (data build tool) ranks higher in 2/2 features
Simple transformations
9.0
90%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
6 Ratings
Complex transformations
9.0
90%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
4 Ratings
Data Modeling
8.2
dbt
82%
8.0
Fivetran
80%
dbt (data build tool) ranks higher in 4/6 features
dbt (data build tool) ranks higher in 4/6 features
Data model creation
9.0
90%
1 Rating
7.6
76%
6 Ratings
Metadata management
9.0
90%
1 Rating
9.0
90%
4 Ratings
Business rules and workflow
6.0
60%
1 Rating
6.3
63%
5 Ratings
Collaboration
9.0
90%
1 Rating
8.3
83%
4 Ratings
Testing and debugging
8.0
80%
1 Rating
7.9
79%
3 Ratings
feature 1
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
90%
1 Rating
Data Source Connection
dbt
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
8.0
Fivetran
80%
Fivetran ranks higher in 2/2 features
Fivetran ranks higher in 2/2 features
Connect to traditional data sources
N/A
0 Ratings
8.7
87%
7 Ratings
Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL
N/A
0 Ratings
7.4
74%
5 Ratings
Data Governance
dbt
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
7.5
Fivetran
75%
Fivetran ranks higher in 2/2 features
Fivetran ranks higher in 2/2 features
Integration with data quality tools
N/A
0 Ratings
7.1
71%
5 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
3 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- dbt (data build tool) and Fivetran are tied in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
dbt
87%
3 Ratings
8.7
Fivetran
87%
8 Ratings
Usability
dbt
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
Fivetran
90%
1 Rating
Performance
dbt
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
Fivetran
80%
2 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
dbt
dbt (data build tool) has the capability to make your data models more accessible; other teams can read documentation, follow along the lineage, and even collaborate to make changes themselves dbt (data build tool) also has the capability to easily increase your database cost and write complex data models. The key to mitigating this risk is to adhere to best practices from the community and within your organization. Look to your data engineering teams to help guide scalable and efficient dbt (data build tool) processes and listen to your analysts for building well-documented and reusable data models.
Senior Data Engineer
VimeoInformation Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees
Fivetran
Mostly Fivetran can be useful for working with risk reduction operations during agile data analysis processes. I.e., in the short term the heaviest data movement operations would be safe. If you need to create an automated infrastructure for the data, the ability to create data list transformations in SQL is useful for keeping the work integrable or with schema changes. For situations that require a lot of speed: setting up the Fivetran platform is very easy, as you only need to authenticate the sources of the data to start working, and this is excellent for covering fast storage operations.
Independent Contractor Hearing Examiner
LAWYERBESLegal Services, 201-500 employees
Pros
dbt
- Model creation and management.
- Deployments and CI/CD.
- Automatically generates documentation.
Data Architect
Precision NutritionHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees
Fivetran
- Easily connects to source data using delivered connectors
- Transforms data into standard models and schemas
- Has very good documentation to help quickly setup connectors

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 51-200 employeesCons
dbt
- Ability to trigger alerts when a job fails

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Logistics & Supply Chain Company, 11-50 employeesFivetran
- More detailed logging
- More flexible choices for time range over which records are synced
- More options for masking and excluding sensitive data

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Legal Services Company, 201-500 employeesPricing Details
dbt
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0 per month per seat
dbt Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—Fivetran
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$1 per credit
Fivetran Editions & Modules
Edition
Starter | $1.001 |
---|---|
Standard | $1.501 |
Enterprise | $2.001 |
- per credit
Additional Pricing Details
—Usability
dbt
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Fivetran
Fivetran 9.0
Based on 1 answer
Just need to input connection info.
Head of Data Science
Couchsurfing InternationalInternet, 11-50 employees
Performance
dbt
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Fivetran
Fivetran 8.0
Based on 2 answers
It runs pretty well and gets our data from point A to point cluster quickly enough. Honestly, it's not something I think about unless it breaks and that's pretty rare.
Head of Data Science
Couchsurfing InternationalInternet, 11-50 employees
Alternatives Considered
dbt
Airflow can accomplish the same work as dbt (data build tool), however, dbt's (data build tool) development workflow and UI can open up data transformation and modeling work to non-data engineering teams. Looker might also be able to define data models via LookML with a version control-like workflow. However, there's an added step here to learn LookML, compared to dbt (data build tool) which primarily relies on SQL (note: there is also Jinja so you could argue that you need to learn this too).
Senior Data Engineer
VimeoInformation Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees
Fivetran
Fivetran came well with the connectors' availability and updates with the source changes. We had an idea on data requirements in our case which helped us to work out on cost implication and take a decision for Fivetran as a data provider for our organization. These were 2 places where Fivetran out-performed, other vendors.
Senior Data Scientist
iQuanti, Inc.Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees
Return on Investment
dbt
- dbt has reduced our time to insight dramatically.
- dbt has allowed us to leverage packages and analytics from our other vendors (Fivetran).
- dbt has empowered our Analysts to build and manage their own models without adding more engineering resources.
Data Architect
Precision NutritionHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees
Fivetran
- Development cost have reduced for each connector
- The pay-per-use model is still not out their which requires lot of overhead cost
Senior Data Scientist
iQuanti, Inc.Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees