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Matillion alternatives

As of Nov 13, 2026, the highest-graded Matillion alternative is Fivetran (2.4 GPA). It's also the best free one.

Matillion compared with 7 alternatives: Fivetran, Informatica, Hevo Data, Airbyte, Integrate.io and 2 more.

Matillion's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. 3 of the 7 alternatives are free or have a free plan. 3 more offer a free trial.

Listings checked up to Nov 13, 2026 · Where the facts come from

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At a glance

Tool	Price	Free plan	Runs on
MatillionThis tool	Free trial	Trial only	Web
Fivetran	Free plan	Yes	Web
Informatica	Paid	No	Web
Hevo Data	Free trial · from $265/mo	Trial only	Web
Airbyte	Free plan · from $20/mo	Yes	Web
Integrate.io	Free trial · from $1,999/mo	Trial only	Web
Hightouch	Free plan	Yes	Web
Stitch	Free trial · from $100/mo	Trial only	Web

How each one differs from Matillion

Fivetran
Managed data movement with a free plan and usage-based pricing
- Fivetran has a free plan, which Matillion lacks.
- Fivetran does not cover AI agents, which Matillion does.
Suits: Data teams that want connectors maintained for them instead of writing pipelines
Fivetran vs Matillion Fivetran pricing and details
Informatica
Cloud data management and integration platform, from Salesforce
- Informatica does not cover AI agents, which Matillion does.
Suits: Large enterprises consolidating data integration, quality and governance
Informatica vs Matillion Informatica pricing and details
Hevo Data
Managed data pipelines that load sources into a warehouse
- Hevo Data starts at $265 per month for 5M events, billed annually ($299 billed monthly).
- Hevo Data does not cover AI agents, which Matillion does.
Suits: Teams loading SaaS and database data into a warehouse without code
Hevo Data vs Matillion Hevo Data pricing and details
Airbyte
Data integration with a free self-hosted core and a managed cloud
- Airbyte starts at $20 per month (Standard, 5 credits included).
- Airbyte has a free plan, which Matillion lacks.
- Airbyte is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Airbyte does not cover AI agents, which Matillion does.
Suits: Engineering teams that want to self-host a data integration tool for free
Airbyte vs Matillion Airbyte pricing and details
Integrate.io
Low-code data pipelines for ETL, ELT and reverse ETL
- Integrate.io starts at $1,999 per month, billed annually.
- Integrate.io also covers no-code.
- Integrate.io does not cover AI agents, which Matillion does.
Suits: Data teams that want a fixed monthly cost instead of usage-based billing
Integrate.io vs Matillion Integrate.io pricing and details
Hightouch
Reverse ETL and composable customer data platform
- Hightouch has a free plan, which Matillion lacks.
- Hightouch also covers marketing automation.
- Hightouch does not cover AI agents, which Matillion does.
Suits: Data teams pushing warehouse data into CRMs and ad platforms
Hightouch vs Matillion Hightouch pricing and details
Stitch
Row-based data pipelines into a warehouse, now part of Qlik
- Stitch starts at $100 per month for up to 5M rows (monthly billing).
- Stitch does not cover AI agents, which Matillion does.
Suits: Small teams that want a published monthly price for loading data into a warehouse
Stitch vs Matillion Stitch pricing and details

Limits worth knowing in Matillion

The pricing page publishes no dollar amounts; it says plans are paid through a consumption-based credit system.
Credits are consumed by task hours, which count pipeline run time, and by developer users beyond the included ones.
The page says Matillion can be bought directly or through an AWS, Azure or Snowflake account.
An account can hold one edition at a time; separate accounts are needed to mix editions.

Matillion pricing and details

Common questions

What are the alternatives to Matillion?

The alternatives to Matillion in this directory are Fivetran, Informatica, Hevo Data, Airbyte, Integrate.io, Hightouch and Stitch. Each one has a side-by-side comparison with Matillion.

Is there a free alternative to Matillion?

Yes. Fivetran, Airbyte and Hightouch have a free plan alongside paid ones.

Is there an open-source alternative to Matillion?

Airbyte is described as open source on its own site.

When were these prices checked?

Each listing shows its own date. On this page they run from Nov 12, 2026 to Nov 13, 2026. Vendors change prices without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.

How this page was made

Where any alternative here is in our top three automation tools, the best for most people is the highest placed of them: the top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades. Otherwise the page names the highest-graded alternative in the same category as Matillion, the one its listing names first winning a tie. The best free one is the highest-graded alternative that is free or has a free plan (a free trial does not count), with its catch quoted from its listing where the listing states a short one. The GPA is the average of our five grades for each tool.
The alternatives are the tools Matillion’s listing names as its closest substitutes, and the tools whose listings name Matillion.
Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing, which names the pages they were read from.
The differences are worked out from those listings.

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