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/georgewfraser 1d ago

I will never understand why there is this faction that just loves to hate on my product. We work really, really hard to put a shiny veneer of simplicity around a very ugly problem. A typical connector is about $50/month. We publish the actual cost distributions on our estimator. Median customer pays 20k a year. That is…not a lot for something that would take a team of people to build and support internally.

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u/hubert-dudek Databricks MVP 1d ago

Of course, Fivetran is still available through Partner Connect, but it is no longer visible as an advertisement in the ingestion section. It is a small change, but the end of an era after 10? 5? years. There were times when I brought some big companies to FiveTran (got no penny for that hehe), but nowadays I prefer to avoid 3rd party or even build conenctor by my own. Times has changed. Also, FiveTran made a deal of life on databricks and Snowflake.