Airbyte vs Meltano

Is Meltano a good alternative to Airbyte? Here’s what you need to know.

Meltano

Free

Open-source ELT for the DataOps era. Singer-based.

Meltano is an open-source platform for running data integration and transformation pipelines. Built on Singer for extract/load and dbt for transform. CLI-first, version-controlled, and GitOps-friendly.

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Why switch from Airbyte?

Indie pricing — no enterprise markup or per-seat fees
Direct maker support — talk to the person who built it
Transparent & open — many indie tools are open-source
No vendor lock-in — own your data, export anytime

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