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Comparison

Airbyte vs Stitch

No clear leader: Stitch (68.1) and Airbyte (68.0) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Airbyte full profile →Stitch full profile →
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Airbyte68
Stitch68
Score
vioscaleAI score
Airbyte68 / 100medium · 73%
Stitch68 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tier
Airbyte✓
Stitch✓
Model
Airbytefreemium
Stitchfreemium
Price level
Airbytelow
Stitchhigh
Transparent
Airbyte✗
Stitch✓
Integrations
Count
Airbyte50
Stitch130
Security
Certifications
AirbyteSOC 2 Type II
Stitch–
Disclosure policy
Airbyte–
Stitch✓
Fedramp
Airbyte–
Stitch✓
Gdpr
Airbyte✓
Stitch✓
Hipaa
Airbyte✓
Stitch✓
Iso27001
Airbyte✓
Stitch✓
Scorecard
Airbyte4.8
Stitch–
Soc2
Airbyte✓
Stitch✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Airbyte99.9
Stitch99
Status page
Airbyte✓
Stitch✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Airbyte7
Stitch–
Github stars
Airbyte22,223
Stitch–
Package downloads weekly
Airbyte269,893
Stitch–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Airbyte100
Stitch–
Release
Cadence days
Airbyte7
Stitch–
History
Airbyte20 items
Stitch–
Language
Primary
AirbytePython
Stitch–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Airbyte7 items
Stitch7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for data engineering tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Tool role
AirbyteELT / ingestion
StitchELT / ingestion
Processing paradigm
AirbyteBatch + streaming
StitchBatch
Connectivity
Connector count
Airbyte50+
Stitch130+
CDC / log-based replication
Airbyte✓
Stitch-
Transformation
In-warehouse transformation (push-down)
Airbyte-
Stitch✓
dbt-native orchestration
Airbyte-
Stitch-
Deployment
Self-hosted / open-source available
Airbyte✓
Stitch-
Managed cloud available
Airbyte✓
Stitch✓
Governance
Data lineage / asset catalog
Airbyte-
Stitch-
Authoring
Python-first authoring
Airbyte✓
Stitch✓
Execution
Incremental / partition-aware runs
Airbyte✓
Stitch✓
Quality
Built-in data quality / tests
Airbyte-
Stitch-
Scale
Horizontal scale (distributed executor)
Airbyte-
Stitch-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Airbyte

A platform that connects hundreds of data sources and moves data to analytics warehouses or AI applications, with flexible deployment options including cloud, self-hosted, and hybrid models.

Independently observed

Stitch

An ELT service that ingests data from 130+ cloud and on-premises applications and data sources, automatically replicating it to data warehouses, data lakes, and lakehouses. It handles extraction, scheduling, monitoring, and loading with minimal configuration required.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Airbyte

from $0.00/moHybridFree tier

Free tier available. Agent pricing from $29/month to $299/month. Data Replication from $10/month to enterprise custom pricing.

  • Free (Agents)Free
    • Single user
    • API and MCP access
    • Context Store refreshes daily (hourly for first 14 days)
    • Community and AI support
    • No overage available
  • Individual (Agents)$29/month
    • Single user
    • API and MCP access
    • Context Store with hourly refresh
    • Standard and AI support
    • Overage AOs available
  • Team (Agents)$299/month
    • Everything in Individual
    • Parallel workflow execution
    • Multiple users and workspaces
    • Standard and AI support
    • Overage AOs available
  • Custom (Agents)Contact sales
    • Everything in Team
    • Custom AO limits
    • Custom Context Store refresh frequency
    • Dedicated Solutions Architect
    • Dedicated support with SLA
  • Core (Data Replication)Free
    • Self-managed
    • Open source
    • Always free
  • Standard (Data Replication)Starting at $10/month
    • Fully managed cloud hosting
    • Volume-based pricing
    • Quick deployment
  • Pro (Data Replication)Contact sales
    • Fully managed cloud hosting
    • Capacity-based pricing
    • Multiple Workspaces
    • SSO and RBAC
    • Premium Support
    • +2 more
  • Enterprise Flex (Data Replication)Contact sales
    • Sovereign data movement inside your boundary
    • On-premises and multi-region options
    • Hybrid deployment with Airbyte managed control plane
    • All Pro features
    • Premium support
as of verify ↗

Stitch

from $100/moUsage-basedFree tier14-day trial

From $100/month (Standard, usage-based). 14-day free trial. Annual contracts for Advanced ($18k/year) and Premium ($36k/year).

  • StandardFrom $100/month for 5M rows. Usage scales with row volume.
    • 7-day historical sync
    • 7-day extraction log retention
    • SOC 2 Type II compliance
    • ISO 27001 compliance
    • Notification extensibility
    • +8 more
  • AdvancedContact sales
    • 60-day extraction log retention
    • SOC 2 Type II compliance
    • ISO 27001 compliance
    • Notification extensibility
    • Post-load webhooks
    • +7 more
  • PremiumContact sales
    • 60-day extraction log retention
    • SOC 2 Type II compliance
    • ISO 27001 compliance
    • Notification extensibility
    • Post-load webhooks
    • +7 more
  • Stitch PlatformContact sales
    • Isolated data pipelines per client
    • Advanced settings and features
    • 99% uptime SLA
    • Mission-critical support
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Airbyte✓
Stitch✗
Linux
Airbyte✓
Stitch✗
CLI
Airbyte✓
Stitch✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Airbyte✓
Stitch✓
Self-hosted
Airbyte✓
Stitch✗
On-premise
Airbyte✓
Stitch✗
Hybrid
Airbyte✓
Stitch✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (2)
  • Snowflake
  • Slack

Airbyte

17 total - 15 not shared
  • Salesforce
  • Zendesk
  • Stripe
  • HubSpot
  • Gong
  • Linear
  • ActiveCampaign
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • BigQuery
  • Facebook Marketing
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Google Analytics
  • Google Drive
  • OpenAI
Independently observed

Stitch

11 total - 9 not shared
  • Datadog
  • PagerDuty
  • Talend Cloud
  • AWS
  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • SAP
  • Databricks
  • Cloudera
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Airbyte or Stitch: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.