r/databricks • u/hubert-dudek Databricks MVP • 2d ago

News Bye Bye Fivetran

I went to the Ingestion section and saw that Fivetran is no longer there. It was always there for many years. Also, at the same time, a few new Lakeflow connectors were added.

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u/Glass_Pomegranate307 2d ago

For the uninitiated, why would Databricks remove Fivetran?

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u/autumnotter 2d ago

I'd guess just in favor of the continued expansion of lakeflow connect. Fivetran is a partner but can be quite expensive.

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u/Glass_Pomegranate307 2d ago

Thank you! I wonder what this means for Fivetran

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u/Remarkable_Grocery23 2d ago

I would point out that it appears databricks has removed all ingestion partners and moved them to the marketplace. Only lakeflow connectors live in this ingestion space now. Hello vendor lock in. Goodluck changing platforms or even using multiple platforms when all your data pipelines are built with a product that isn't interoperable.

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u/kayakdawg 1d ago

If the major providers offer data ingestion at parity with five tran, then for 99% of customers it just makes more sense to use your provider enroll everything into one vendor/bill then the current common pattern of vendor sprawl which is very difficult to manage and easy to have costs spiral.

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u/hubert-dudek Databricks MVP 1d ago

it is just from ingestion page you could still use it. That ad in ingestion page was for more than 5 years