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Fivetran vs Snowflake
Short answer: Pick Fivetran if you want managed ELT pipelines for AI and analytics; pick Snowflake if you want unified, cross-cloud data and AI platform. Both have a free plan.
Which to pick
Pick Fivetran if you want…
- Managed ELT pipelines for AI and analytics
- Integrations with dbt Core, REST API or SSH tunnels (on Fivetran's list, not Snowflake's)
Pick Snowflake if you want…
- Unified, cross-cloud data and AI platform
- Cloud data warehouse
- Integrations with Open table formats (on Snowflake's list, not Fivetran's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Fivetran:Fivetran provides managed data pipelines that move and model data from sources to warehouses or lakes for analytics and AI.
- Snowflake:Snowflake is a fully managed cloud data platform that unifies data, analytics, AI and applications across clouds.
- Best for
- Fivetran:Managed ELT pipelines for AI and analytics
- Snowflake:Unified, cross-cloud data and AI platform
- Who it’s for
- Fivetran:Data engineers, analytics teams, and AI developers needing reliable data integration.
- Snowflake:Enterprises and developers needing scalable, governed data and AI workloads.
- Pricing
- Fivetran:Freemium
- Snowflake:Freemium
- Free plan or trial
- Fivetran:Free plan (Free) · Free trial
- Snowflake:Free trial
- Plans
- Fivetran:Free $0
- Snowflake:Standard $2.00 per credit (USD) · Enterprise $3.00 per credit (USD) · Business Critical $4.00 per credit (USD) · On-Demand Storage $23.00 per TB per month (USD)
- Works with
- Fivetran:dbt Core, REST API, SSH tunnels, AWS, GCP, Azure, Salesforce, HubSpot
- Snowflake:AWS, Azure, GCP, Open table formats
Fivetran features
- Fully managed connectors. Move data from 750+ sources to destinations without custom code.
- Real-time syncs. Standard plan offers 15-minute syncs; Enterprise offers 1-minute syncs.
- Semantic layer. Define business metrics once and reuse them across teams and AI agents.
- Activations. Push synced data to downstream apps like Salesforce or HubSpot.
- Transformations. Run up to 5,000 model runs free per month with usage-based pricing.
- Enterprise security. SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001, PCI DSS Level 1, private networking and encryption.
Snowflake features
- Fully managed service. Handles infrastructure, security and governance so users focus on data and insights.
- Cross-cloud connectivity. Runs on AWS, Azure and GCP with open table format interoperability.
- Data engineering pipelines. Build reliable, continuous data pipelines in any language.
- Analytics & AI workloads. Run analytics, LLMs and ML models with built-in security and low maintenance.
- Applications & Collaboration. Share live data, develop and scale apps, and use AI agents like CoWork and CoCo.
- Transactional support. Combine transactional, analytical and AI queries on a single platform.
Fivetran vs Snowflake FAQ
What is the difference between Fivetran and Snowflake?+
Snowflake is a cloud data warehouse; Fivetran is the integration layer that moves data into warehouses like Snowflake.
Should I use Fivetran or Snowflake?+
Pick Fivetran if you want managed ELT pipelines for AI and analytics or integrations with dbt Core, REST API or SSH tunnels (on Fivetran's list, not Snowflake's). Pick Snowflake if you want unified, cross-cloud data and AI platform, cloud data warehouse or integrations with Open table formats (on Snowflake's list, not Fivetran's).
Is Fivetran or Snowflake free?+
Fivetran has a free plan and paid plans. Snowflake has a free plan and paid plans.
Do Fivetran and Snowflake integrate with the same tools?+
Partly. Both list AWS, GCP and Azure. Fivetran also lists dbt Core, REST API, SSH tunnels, Salesforce and 1 more; Snowflake also lists Open table formats.
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