# Hevo Data vs Portable

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/compare/hevo-vs-portable/

Every value below is read from Hevo Data's and Portable's own documentation. See https://inetgeek.com/methodology/ for how.

## At a glance

| Criterion | Hevo Data | Portable |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Kind of free offer | Free tier | Free trial |
| When the free offer ends | A 14-day free trial with 24x7 support and no credit card, offered beside the standing free plan rather than instead of it. | A 14-day trial on both paid plans. It is the only free access — the plan table has no $0 row. |
| Entry paid plan | $299 a month for Starter at 5 million events, or $265 a month billed annually. | $1,800 a month for Standard, which enables 6 data flows and includes unlimited data volume. |
| Pricing model | Tiered subscription by monthly event volume, where an event is each record inserted, updated or deleted in the destination. A row that changes repeatedly is billed each time it changes. | A fixed monthly fee set by the number of enabled data flows, with unlimited data volume on every plan. Each unique source-destination pair counts as one flow. |
| When you exceed a cap | Events above the plan quota are treated as On-Demand and charged on top of the plan rather than blocking the pipeline. | There is no volume overage. Data volume is unlimited on both plans, so the bill moves only when another flow is enabled. |
| Connectors published | 150+ connectors from Starter. The Free plan is limited to a subset of them. | 1,500+ no-code ETL connectors, the largest published catalogue of the four. |
| Sync frequency | 1-hour scheduling on the Free plan. Streaming pipelines arrive on Business Critical, which is quote-only. | Every 1 hour on Standard. Every 15 minutes, or at a chosen time by cron, from Pro. |
| Support on entry paid plan | 24x7 email and live chat support from Starter, the cheapest paid plan. | 9-5 priority support on Standard. 24x7 premium support and a joint Slack channel arrive on Pro. |
| Role-based access control | Role-based access control arrives on Business Critical, the quote-only top plan — three tiers above the entry paid plan. | Role-based access control and multi-factor authentication are described as platform-wide practice, with no plan gating stated. |

## Where they differ

### Free tier

- Hevo Data: Yes ([source](https://hevodata.com/pricing))
- Portable: No ([source](https://portable.io/pricing))

### Kind of free offer

- Hevo Data: Free tier ([source](https://hevodata.com/pricing))
- Portable: Free trial ([source](https://portable.io/pricing))

### When the free offer ends

- Hevo Data: A 14-day free trial with 24x7 support and no credit card, offered beside the standing free plan rather than instead of it. ([source](https://hevodata.com/pricing))
- Portable: A 14-day trial on both paid plans. It is the only free access — the plan table has no $0 row. ([source](https://portable.io/pricing))

### Entry paid plan

- Hevo Data: $299 a month for Starter at 5 million events, or $265 a month billed annually. ([source](https://hevodata.com/pricing))
- Portable: $1,800 a month for Standard, which enables 6 data flows and includes unlimited data volume. ([source](https://portable.io/pricing))

### Pricing model

- Hevo Data: Tiered subscription by monthly event volume, where an event is each record inserted, updated or deleted in the destination. A row that changes repeatedly is billed each time it changes. ([source](https://hevodata.com/pricing))
- Portable: A fixed monthly fee set by the number of enabled data flows, with unlimited data volume on every plan. Each unique source-destination pair counts as one flow. ([source](https://portable.io/pricing))

### When you exceed a cap

- Hevo Data: Events above the plan quota are treated as On-Demand and charged on top of the plan rather than blocking the pipeline. ([source](https://hevodata.com/pricing))
- Portable: There is no volume overage. Data volume is unlimited on both plans, so the bill moves only when another flow is enabled. ([source](https://portable.io/pricing))

### Connectors published

- Hevo Data: 150+ connectors from Starter. The Free plan is limited to a subset of them. ([source](https://hevodata.com/pricing))
- Portable: 1,500+ no-code ETL connectors, the largest published catalogue of the four. ([source](https://portable.io/connectors))

### Sync frequency

- Hevo Data: 1-hour scheduling on the Free plan. Streaming pipelines arrive on Business Critical, which is quote-only. ([source](https://hevodata.com/pricing))
- Portable: Every 1 hour on Standard. Every 15 minutes, or at a chosen time by cron, from Pro. ([source](https://portable.io/pricing))

### Support on entry paid plan

- Hevo Data: 24x7 email and live chat support from Starter, the cheapest paid plan. ([source](https://hevodata.com/pricing))
- Portable: 9-5 priority support on Standard. 24x7 premium support and a joint Slack channel arrive on Pro. ([source](https://portable.io/pricing))

### Role-based access control

- Hevo Data: Role-based access control arrives on Business Critical, the quote-only top plan — three tiers above the entry paid plan. ([source](https://hevodata.com/pricing))
- Portable: Role-based access control and multi-factor authentication are described as platform-wide practice, with no plan gating stated. ([source](https://portable.io/security))

## Which should you choose?

Pick Hevo Data if A capped bill at low volume with real support attached to it. $299 a month covers 5 million events, and 24x7 email and live chat come with the cheapest paid plan rather than an upgrade. SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and per-region residency — EU, US or APAC, never crossed — are stated platform-wide.

Pick Portable if A bill that does not move and a long tail of obscure sources. 1,500+ connectors is the largest catalogue here, data volume is unlimited on every plan, and the only thing that changes the price is enabling another flow — so a nightly full reload of a huge table costs exactly what a small one does.

Consider something else: Hevo Data — Rows are rewritten often. An event is every insert, update and delete landing in the destination, so a row touched thirty times in a month is thirty events where a monthly-active-row meter reads one. Governance arrives late too: RBAC and SSO are Business Critical, which is quote-only.

Consider something else: Portable — You have a handful of pipelines, or want to start without committing. $1,800 a month for six flows is the floor and there is no free tier, only a 14-day trial — one pipeline here costs what a light Fivetran connection costs 360 times over. Standard also syncs hourly; 15 minutes means Pro at $2,800.

## Documented by only one

- What the free plan includes: Hevo Data: 1 million events a month on a limited connector set, with 1-hour scheduling and up to 5 users.
- Retention window: Portable: Data is held only as long as the sync needs it. Once it has been loaded to the warehouse it is removed from Portable's system.
- SAML single sign-on: Hevo Data: Limited
- Multi-factor authentication: Portable: Supported
- SOC 2: Hevo Data: SOC 2 Type II, certified by AICPA independent auditors across all five trust services criteria.
- HIPAA: Hevo Data: HIPAA security, privacy and breach notification requirements are met by safeguarding ePHI through documented controls.
- GDPR / data residency: Hevo Data: Pipeline data stays in the selected cloud region — EU, US or APAC — and is not transferred across regions.
- Encryption at rest: Hevo Data: AES at rest, TLS 1.2+ in transit and SSL during Kafka processing.

## Questions this comparison answers

**Entry paid plan: Hevo Data or Portable?**

Hevo Data: $299 a month for Starter at 5 million events, or $265 a month billed annually.
Portable: $1,800 a month for Standard, which enables 6 data flows and includes unlimited data volume.

**Free tier: Hevo Data or Portable?**

Hevo Data: Yes
Portable: No

**When you exceed a cap: Hevo Data or Portable?**

Hevo Data: Events above the plan quota are treated as On-Demand and charged on top of the plan rather than blocking the pipeline.
Portable: There is no volume overage. Data volume is unlimited on both plans, so the bill moves only when another flow is enabled.

**Should I choose Hevo Data or Portable?**

Pick Hevo Data if A capped bill at low volume with real support attached to it. $299 a month covers 5 million events, and 24x7 email and live chat come with the cheapest paid plan rather than an upgrade. SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and per-region residency — EU, US or APAC, never crossed — are stated platform-wide.
Pick Portable if A bill that does not move and a long tail of obscure sources. 1,500+ connectors is the largest catalogue here, data volume is unlimited on every plan, and the only thing that changes the price is enabling another flow — so a nightly full reload of a huge table costs exactly what a small one does.