Looking for the Best Option among Popular ELT Tools

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Hi Community!

I am looking for some reliable ELT/ETL tools to create a data pipeline. My preferences are low-budget solutions that are also reliable and efficient.

Kindly give your suggestions.

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Hi @alisha47 ,

Welcome to Google Cloud Community!

Here’s a more detailed look at some of these tools:

  1. Apache Airflow: It is an open-source, scalable workflow management platform used to orchestrate, schedule, and monitor ETL/ELT pipelines. It’s highly customizable and ideal for complex data workflows with intricate dependencies. While it offers strong automation, scheduling, and extensibility—often integrated with tools like pandas or dbt—it does come with a steeper learning curve and requires more setup and maintenance.
  2. Pentaho Data Integration: It is a mature, open-source ETL tool known for its user-friendly graphical interface and flexibility, allowing users to build complex data pipelines without writing code. It supports numerous data sources and destinations, making it a versatile choice for data transformation and loading tasks. While it’s powerful, the open-source version may lack some advanced features found in the commercial edition and can be resource-intensive.
  3. Matillion: A cloud-based ETL platform designed for modern data warehouses and big data environments, offering a user-friendly interface with powerful orchestration and transformation components. It provides end-to-end ETL capabilities through a component-based approach, making data loading and transformation seamless, scalable, and compatible with a wide range of data sources.

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Hi @alisha47,

Picking the right ELT tool depends a lot on your existing data stack, and your internal policies interms of how much control versus convenience you’re looking for.

Here’s my breakdown of some of the top tools:

Fivetran: Best for teams that want a plug-and-play experience and are okay with volume-based pricing. (can get pricey for at scale)

Airbyte: Best for engineering-heavy teams that want control and don’t mind some maintenance effort. Has a free open source version.

DBSync: Best for teams looking for SaaS or database replication (CDC) with predictable flat pricing. Can be deployed on-prem or on-cloud.

Hevo Data: Good for teams that want a tool with some in-built transformation capabilities.

Happy to help further if you have specific tools or use cases in mind.