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A streaming ELT platform billed per gigabyte moved plus a flat monthly fee for each connector instance, with millisecond latency on the entry paid plan.

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Entry paid plan$100 a month for the first connector instance on the Cloud plan, before any of the $0.50 per GB moved.
RegionsTwo data processing regions on the Cloud plan, US and EU. Custom region support is an Enterprise feature.
Free tierYes
CategoryETL and data pipelines

Updated 15 criteria comparedSources last checked

01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

Pipelines that have to be fresh. Millisecond latency or batch is included on the entry paid plan at no extra charge, where the other three gate sub-15-minute syncs behind a higher tier or a sales call. The free tier runs indefinitely at 10 GB a month with no card.

Consider something else if…

You need the compliance paperwork or a lot of pipelines. SOC 2 and HIPAA reports, SSO and any SLA at all are Enterprise-only, and no availability figure is published anywhere. The per-instance fee compounds: a pipeline is two connector instances, so three of them is $600 a month before a byte moves.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

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Pricing
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Free tierYes
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    “The free tier allows indefinite use with a 10 GB/month limit for up to 2 connector instances.”

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Kind of free offerFree tier
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    “The free tier allows indefinite use with a 10 GB/month limit for up to 2 connector instances.”

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What the free plan includes10 GB a month across up to 2 concurrent connector instances, with no time limit on it.
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Credit card to startNo
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When the free offer endsA 30-day Cloud trial that begins automatically once the free tier limits are passed, with no credit card to start it.
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    “The free trial provides new users with 30 days of access to all the features of our Cloud Plan. It automatically begins once you exceed our free tier limits (2 connector instances and 10GB/month).”

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Entry paid plan$100 a month for the first connector instance on the Cloud plan, before any of the $0.50 per GB moved.
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    “First 6 connector instances cost $100/month each, additional connector instances are $50/month each.”

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Pricing model$0.50 per GB moved, plus a flat monthly fee for every active connector instance — $100 each for the first six and $50 each after that. A connector instance is one connection to a source or to a destination, so a single pipeline costs two of them.
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    “A connector instance is a connection to a source (capture) or destination (materialization). First 6 connector instances cost $100/month each, additional connector instances are $50/month each.”

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When you exceed a capPassing the free tier raises a warning and offers a choice: continue on usage-based billing, or pause the pipelines.
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    “If you go over the free tier limits, you'll receive a warning and can choose to continue with usage-based billing or pause pipelines.”

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Infrastructure
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RegionsTwo data processing regions on the Cloud plan, US and EU. Custom region support is an Enterprise feature.
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    “Bring your own cloud storage US/EU data processing regions SSH tunnel support”

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Uptime SLANo figure is published. SLA terms are custom and negotiated on the Enterprise plan.
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    “SOC 2 & HIPAA compliance reports Single sign-on (SSO) Custom SLA terms Private and BYOC deployments”

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Auth
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SAML single sign-onLimited
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    “Everything in Cloud, plus Volume-based discounts SOC 2 & HIPAA compliance reports Single sign-on (SSO) Custom SLA terms”

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Pipelines
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Connectors published200+ fully managed connectors across databases, cloud storage, APIs, SaaS apps and streaming platforms.
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    “200+ fully-managed connectors Unlimited users Millisecond latency or batch, no extra charge”

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Sync frequencyMillisecond latency or batch on the Cloud plan at no extra charge, and delivery latency is configurable per destination.
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    “200+ fully-managed connectors Unlimited users Millisecond latency or batch, no extra charge”

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Compliance
2 criteria
SOC 2SOC 2 and HIPAA compliance reports are an Enterprise feature, above the Cloud plan.
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    “Everything in Cloud, plus Volume-based discounts SOC 2 & HIPAA compliance reports Single sign-on (SSO) Custom SLA terms”

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Role-based access controlRole-based access control is included on the Cloud plan, the entry paid tier.
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    “Unlimited users Millisecond latency or batch, no extra charge Role-based access control (RBAC) Bring your own cloud storage”

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