Founded

2020

Starting Price

$0

About Airbyte

Airbyte is an open-source ELT platform for syncing data from APIs, databases, and files to warehouses, lakes, and destinations. With 600+ connectors, an AI connector builder, and cloud/self-hosted deployment, it is trusted in 170,000+ deployments by 20,000+ data engineers worldwide.

Pros & Cons

Pros

600+ connectors - largest open-source catalog available
Self-hosted option is completely free with full functionality
Failed syncs are never charged on cloud plans
AI connector builder creates custom integrations in hours
170K+ deployments with 20K+ engineer community

Cons

Key Features

600+ Connectors

Pre-built integrations for databases, APIs, SaaS tools, and file systems

AI Connector Builder

Build custom connectors in hours using AI-assisted low-code tooling

Flexible Deployment

Run on Cloud, self-hosted, or hybrid infrastructure

Change Data Capture

Efficient incremental syncs capturing only changed data

Custom Transformations

SQL or dbt transformations to shape data during load

RBAC & Security

Role-based access, row filtering, hashing, and encryption

Pricing

Community

$0

All 600+ connectors
Unlimited syncs
Full source code
Community support

Cloud

$2.50/credit

Best For

Data Warehouse Loading

Sync data from SaaS tools and databases into Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift

Analytics Pipeline

Build automated data pipelines to feed dashboards and BI tools

Data Lake Ingestion

Consolidate data from hundreds of sources into a centralized lake

Tags:etl data-integration open-source data-pipeline elt

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