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Alternatives to Fivetran HVR
22 databases tools sit alongside Fivetran HVR in this directory. Below is what separates each from Fivetran HVR on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 17
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Fivetran HVR starts at
- On request
Why people look past Fivetran HVR
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Fivetran HVR entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Fivetran HVR carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 17 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Real-time data integration combining streaming, CDC, and batch
- Can be used without paying; Fivetran HVR cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $0.5/GB, where Fivetran HVR does not.
- Sold on a Usage-based per GB plus per-connector cost model rather than Usage-based, integrated with Fivetran billing.
The open-source ELT platform
- Can be used without paying; Fivetran HVR cannot.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Usage-based, integrated with Fivetran billing.
MPP analytical database with a MySQL wire protocol and sub-second aggregation on wide tables
- Can be used without paying; Fivetran HVR cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Usage-based, integrated with Fivetran billing.
The Meta-lineage distributed SQL query engine, distinct from the Trino fork
- Can be used without paying; Fivetran HVR cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Usage-based, integrated with Fivetran billing.
Erlang MQTT broker for large IoT fleets, relicensed to BSL with production free use limited to one node
- Can be used without paying; Fivetran HVR cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $234/month, where Fivetran HVR does not.
- Sold on a Per month by connection and session volume model rather than Usage-based, integrated with Fivetran billing.
Apache 2.0 MPP analytical database built for joins on open table formats
- Can be used without paying; Fivetran HVR cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Usage-based, integrated with Fivetran billing.
Every Fivetran HVR alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fivetran HVR (this page) | On request | Usage-based, integrated with Fivetran billing | - | |
| EstuaryLow-cost streaming CDC with simpler pricing model | Free, then $0.5/GB | Usage-based per GB plus per-connector cost | 3 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| AirbyteOpen-source alternative with simpler setup and pricing | Free | Subscription | 3 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| Apache Doris | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| Presto | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| EMQX | Free, then $234/month | Per month by connection and session volume | 4 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| StarRocks | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| Solace PubSub+ | Free | Quote | 4 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| Tinybird | Free, then $25/month | Per month by compute and storage | 4 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| Dremio | Free, then $0.2/hour | Per Dremio Compute Unit consumed | 3 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| VerneMQ | Free | Quote | 3 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| Timeplus | Free, then $199/month | Per month for cloud, quoted for self-hosted | 3 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| RisingWave | Free, then $0.227/hour | Per RisingWave Unit hour | 4 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| NATS | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| Redpanda | Free | Source-available community edition with paid enterprise and cloud tiers | 1 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| RabbitMQ | Free | Open source, no licence fee; managed services billed separately | 1 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| Canary Labs | $3000/year | Per tag band per year | 4 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| Instaclustr | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| Immuta | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| Privacera | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| TIBCO Enterprise Message Service | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| Apache Solr | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Fivetran HVR |
| Apache Pulsar | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Fivetran HVR |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Fivetran HVR badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (17)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Estuary , Free, then $0.5/GB
- Airbyte , Free
- Apache Doris , Free
- Presto , Free
- EMQX , Free, then $234/month
- StarRocks , Free
- Solace PubSub+ , Free
- Tinybird , Free, then $25/month
What you would be giving up
Fivetran HVR is most often brought in for real-time database replication to data warehouses, maintaining operational copies for analytics, disaster recovery and business continuity, feeding ai systems with fresh governed data. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Fivetran HVR is broadly right and the question is cost, the Fivetran HVR pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Databases category lists everything the directory holds, and best databases tools ranks them.
Fivetran HVR runs on data warehouse, data lake, operational databases. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Fivetran HVR alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Fivetran HVR?
- 22 other databases tools are listed in this directory, led by Estuary, Airbyte, Apache Doris, Presto. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Fivetran HVR?
- 17 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Estuary, Airbyte, Apache Doris, Presto, EMQX.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Fivetran HVR?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Fivetran HVR?
- Fivetran HVR is most often brought in for real-time database replication to data warehouses, maintaining operational copies for analytics, disaster recovery and business continuity, feeding ai systems with fresh governed data. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Fivetran HVR?
- None of the databases tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Fivetran HVR alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Databases, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Fivetran HVR against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Fivetran HVR covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every databases tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Databases category, 22 tools beside Fivetran HVR. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.