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Product Comparison
Nexla vs Fivetran
Compare the two vendors across 20 categories, including use cases, core capabilities, reliability, support, costs, ease of use, productivity, and customers ratings.
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Nexla vs Fivetran by the Numbers
10X
Greater productivity for adding new connectors, data sources, data types
40X+
Faster time to new insights from weeks down to hours or less
10X
Less maintenance, freeing up more time to innovate
2X
Lower costs on staff, infrastructure, and vendors
Head-to-Head Comparison
Nexla continues to outperform Fivetran. See the differences between the two platforms.
Overview
ETL Platform
AI-powered Integration Platform
AI
Yes
Yes
Analytics
Yes
Yes
B2B, External Data
Only external data (custom dbt)
EDI, external data, B2B
Integration Styles
ELT, batch CDC, replication (HVR)
ELT/ETL/R-ETL, CDC, streaming, API integration, API proxy, (S)FTP, bring your own (BYO)
Connector Types
250+ connectors for Saas, files, databases, data warehouses (DW), lakes, 300+ lite connectors (APIs) Harder to add new connectors
300+ connectors for SaaS, apps, data warehouses, lakes, streaming, Webhooks, APIs, databases, files, unstructured docs, and more
Data Movement Topology
One-way ELT
Bidirectional read/write
Latency
1/5/15+ intervals depending on plan
Real-time, any batch interval
Data Variety
Maps connector to relational format
Any structured, semi, unstructured
Data Products
No
Yes, on data fabric
Marketplace
No
Yes
Data Governance
Schema evolution only
Data validation and data quality, lineage approval workflows, schema evolution, RBAC
Destinations
Single destination (DB/DW/lake)
Multi-destination read/write
Deployment Options
SaaS, limited private (DB only), self-hosted HVR
SaaS, private, self-hosted
Extensibility
Limited (SDK)
High (new connectors, data)
Cost
High
Med (30-50% decrease in deployment costs)
Ease of Use
HIGH (no-code)
HIGH (no-code, AI powered)
Productivity
HIGH (limited flexibility)
HIGH (HIGH flexibility)
Reliability
MED-HIGH (some reported issues)
HIGH
SLA
HIGH (several exclusions–read SLA policy for more)
HIGH
4 Reasons Why Leading Enterprises Choose Nexla over Fivetran
Fivetran is easy to use for batch-based ELT of commonly used data. But that’s not everything you need for analytics, and it’s certainly not everything you need for integration in other projects.
Companies have chosen Nexla over Fivetran, and added Nexla to access and govern all their data, integrate faster, implement GenAI, and do it all up to 10x faster without coding, powered by AI.
Flexible and Customizable
- Support for any source or destination via APIs, and any data, in minutes
- Easily change destination formats
- Hundreds of pre-built connectors available out-of-the-box
- 3-8 hours for a new custom connector vs 1-3 months with others
More Than ELT
- Use any integration style – ELT/ETL, R-ETL, streaming, (S)FTP, API integration and proxy, and more
- Support for real-time and batch
- Support multiple destinations
- Used for integration in AI, analytics, B2B, and operations projects
Cost Savings
- Transparent pricing with 30-50% vendor cost savings vs Fivetran
- Eliminates additional personnel and the associated infrastructure costs – up to 10X ROI from adopting Nexla
- All-in-one integration platform – no need to buy multiple products
Trust and Experience
- Committed to customer success with a 96% recommend rate
- 5-star support – – higher than Fivetran
- Proven performance and scalability
- Trusted by top global brands like Carrier Global, DoorDash, Instacart, Johnson & Johnson, and LinkedIn
With Nexla’s innovative technology, leading cybersecurity company achieved 10x productivity and 560x faster data integration.
"Nexla has all the major integrations that you would ever want, and is very fast at creating custom integrations and connectors."
VP of Data, Analytics & Data Governance
