# Hevo Data vs Meltano

| Attribute | Hevo Data | Meltano |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 65.6 (58% (medium)) | 63.4 (36% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 91 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 42 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 2,657 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A unified platform for moving data from multiple sources to data warehouses with real-time replication capabilities, integrated dbt-based transformation, and comprehensive monitoring and recovery features. It is indexed under Data Engineering Tools.","source":"https://hevodata.com/hevo-vs-fivetran-pricing-calculator/","question":"What is Hevo Data?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Hevo Data is a paid product; published pricing starts at $265 per month. It is sold across 4 plans (Free, Starter, Professional and Business Critical). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://hevodata.com","question":"How much does Hevo Data cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Hevo Data. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://hevodata.com/hevo-vs-fivetran-pricing-calculator/","question":"What platforms does Hevo Data support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Hevo Data, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://hevodata.com/hevo-vs-fivetran-pricing-calculator/","question":"Can Hevo Data be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 47 integrations for Hevo Data, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, Oracle, Redshift, BigQuery and MariaDB, plus 39 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://hevodata.com/hevo-vs-fivetran-pricing-calculator/","question":"What does Hevo Data integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Hevo Data. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Hevo Data not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://hevodata.com/security/","question":"What security certifications does Hevo Data have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Hevo Data is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States and the EU. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://hevodata.com/hevo-vs-fivetran-pricing-calculator/","question":"Where is Hevo Data available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"Meltano provides a code-first approach to data integration, offering 600+ pre-built connectors with compute-time pricing and integrated governance. It enables teams to combine data extraction, loading, and transformation workflows with native dbt support and orchestration capabilities. It is indexed under Data Engineering Tools.","source":"https://meltano.com/pricingcalculator","question":"What is Meltano?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Meltano offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Starter, Growth, Scale and Enterprise. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://meltano.com","question":"Is Meltano free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Meltano supports the web, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://meltano.com/pricingcalculator","question":"What platforms does Meltano support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Meltano can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://meltano.com/pricingcalculator","question":"Can Meltano be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 8 integrations for Meltano, including Singer, dbt, Airflow, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Great Expectations, Dagster and Superset. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://meltano.com/pricingcalculator","question":"What does Meltano integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Meltano. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Meltano not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://meltano.com/privacy-policy","question":"What security certifications does Meltano have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. Meltano is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano","question":"Is Meltano open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-native ELT platform that automates data movement from 150+ sources into data warehouses with built-in dbt-based transformations, automatic schema drift handling, and enterprise security controls. | Meltano provides teams with an open-source data integration engine that orchestrates extraction, loading, and transformation from multiple sources. It supports various replication methods and includes automatic data quality monitoring, with flexibility to deploy either in a managed cloud environment or as self-hosted infrastructure. |
| features.capabilities | `{"cdc":true,"role":"elt","soc2":true,"lineage":false,"paradigm":"both","dbt_native":true,"cdc_support":true,"data_quality":true,"elt_pushdown":true,"python_first":false,"managed_cloud":true,"connector_count":"150+","self_hosted_oss":false,"incremental_runs":true,"streaming_ingestion":true,"custom_connector_sdk":true,"distributed_executor":true,"schema_drift_handling":true,"pii_masking_at_ingestion":true}` | `{"cdc":true,"role":"elt","paradigm":"both","dbt_native":true,"data_quality":true,"elt_pushdown":true,"managed_cloud":true,"connector_count":"600+","self_hosted_oss":true,"incremental_runs":true,"streaming_ingestion":true,"custom_connector_sdk":true,"schema_drift_handling":true,"self_hosted_available":true,"managed_cloud_available":true}` |
| integrations.count | 150 | 600 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"SQL Server"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"Oracle"},{"name":"Redshift"},{"name":"BigQuery"},{"name":"MariaDB"},{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"HubSpot"},{"name":"Zendesk"},{"name":"Shopify"},{"name":"Google Ads"},{"name":"Facebook Ads"},{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Azure Blob"},{"name":"SFTP"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Google Cloud"},{"name":"dbt Core"},{"name":"Google Analytics","native":true,"category":"analytics"},{"name":"Databricks","native":true,"category":"data_warehouse"},{"name":"Azure Synapse Analytics","native":true,"category":"data_warehouse"},{"name":"Microsoft SQL Server","native":true,"category":"database"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat"},{"name":"Kafka","native":true,"category":"streaming"},{"name":"Google Sheets","native":true,"category":"productivity"},{"name":"Segment","native":true,"category":"cdp"},{"name":"Amplitude","native":true,"category":"analytics"},{"name":"Firebase Analytics","native":true,"category":"analytics"},{"name":"Mixpanel","native":true,"category":"analytics"},{"name":"NetSuite","native":true,"category":"erp"},{"name":"Mailchimp","native":true,"category":"email"},{"name":"Klaviyo","native":true,"category":"email"},{"name":"Salesforce Marketing Cloud","native":true,"category":"marketing"},{"name":"TikTok Ads","native":true,"category":"advertising"},{"name":"Pinterest Ads","native":true,"category":"advertising"},{"name":"Amazon Ads","native":true,"category":"advertising"},{"name":"Apple Search Ads","native":true,"category":"advertising"},{"name":"QuickBooks Online","native":true,"category":"accounting"},{"name":"Intercom","native":true,"category":"support"},{"name":"Freshsales","native":true,"category":"crm"},{"name":"Pardot","native":true,"category":"marketing"},{"name":"SendGrid","native":true,"category":"email"},{"name":"ElasticSearch","native":true,"category":"search"},{"name":"AWS Opensearch","native":true,"category":"search"},{"name":"Apify","native":true,"category":"web_scraping"},{"name":"REST API","native":true,"category":"api"},{"name":"Webhooks","native":true,"category":"api"}]` | `[{"name":"Singer"},{"name":"dbt"},{"name":"Airflow"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Great Expectations"},{"name":"Dagster"},{"name":"Superset"},{"name":"Slack","native":true},{"name":"Salesforce","native":true},{"name":"Google Analytics","native":true},{"name":"BigQuery","native":true},{"name":"dbt Cloud","native":true},{"name":"HubSpot","native":true},{"name":"Zendesk","native":true},{"name":"Jira","native":true},{"name":"Google Sheets","native":true},{"name":"Amazon Redshift","native":true},{"name":"MySQL","native":true},{"name":"GitHub","native":true},{"name":"GitLab","native":true},{"name":"Freshdesk","native":true},{"name":"Intercom","native":true},{"name":"Apache Kafka","native":true},{"name":"AWS S3","native":true},{"name":"Looker","native":true},{"name":"Data.world","native":true},{"name":"Monday.com","native":true},{"name":"Asana","native":true},{"name":"Mailchimp","native":true},{"name":"LinkedIn Ads","native":true},{"name":"Airtable","native":true},{"name":"ActiveCampaign","native":true},{"name":"Marketo","native":true},{"name":"Microsoft SQL Server","native":true},{"name":"MongoDB","native":true},{"name":"Oracle","native":true},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage","native":true},{"name":"Amazon Advertising"},{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"Auth0"},{"name":"BigCommerce"},{"name":"Chargebee"},{"name":"ClickHouse"},{"name":"Clickup"},{"name":"Close"},{"name":"Confluence"},{"name":"Contentful"},{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"DuckDB"},{"name":"eBay"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"Eventbrite"},{"name":"Facebook Ads"},{"name":"FreshBooks"},{"name":"Google Ads"},{"name":"Greenhouse"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"Klaviyo"},{"name":"NetSuite"},{"name":"Postgres"},{"name":"Sumo Logic"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":["DE","IN","US","SG","AU"],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free, up to 1M events/month","features":["1-hour scheduling","Up to 5 users"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Free forever for limited connectors","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"events":"1M/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$299/month (monthly) or $265/month (annual, 12% off)","features":["Everything in Free, plus","Up to 10 users","150+ connectors","dbt integration","SSH/SSL","24/7 email and live chat support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":299,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":265,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"events":"5M-50M/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Professional","summary":"$849/month (monthly) or $750/month (annual, 12% off)","features":["Everything in Starter, plus","Unlimited users","Hevo APIs for Pipeline automation","Reverse SSH","Add-ons available"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":849,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":750,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Best value","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"events":"20M-100M/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business Critical","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Everything in Professional, plus","Streaming Pipelines","Role Based Access Control","Single sign-on","Multiple Workspaces","VPC Peering","Advanced security certificates"],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $0 (Free). Starter $265–$299/month. Professional $750–$849/month. Custom plans available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://hevodata.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T14:25:36.545Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":265,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Starter","features":["200 compute hours/mo","Managed infrastructure","25 workspaces","Unlimited users","600+ connectors","Reverse ETL included","AI Data engineer agent","Direct access to Meltano Engineers via Slack","Enterprise security","Best in class SLA"],"commitment":"monthly","description":"Get your first managed pipelines running in hours, not weeks","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"unlimited","connectors":"600+","workspaces":"25","compute_hours":"200/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth","features":["2000 compute hours/mo","Everything in Starter","100 workspaces","8 hours of engineering on demand/mo","Shared account management"],"commitment":"monthly","description":"Scale pipelines with real engineering support baked in","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"connectors":"600+","workspaces":"100","compute_hours":"2000/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Scale","features":["5000 compute hours/mo","Everything in Growth","Unlimited workspaces","15 hours of engineering on demand/mo","Dedicated account management","Cost monitoring workspace included"],"commitment":"monthly","description":"Dedicated support. Full platform access. Nothing held back.","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"connectors":"600+","workspaces":"unlimited","compute_hours":"5000/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Unlimited compute hours/mo","Everything in Scale","Custom connectors","Custom hours of engineering on demand/mo","Custom SLA"],"commitment":"monthly","description":"Truly custom. For organisations with serious data at scale.","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"connectors":"600+","compute_hours":"unlimited"}}],"summary":"Free open-source version. Managed cloud plans from Starter (200 compute hrs/mo) to Enterprise (unlimited). Pay for compute, not rows.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://meltano.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T14:26:46.478Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 7 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v4.4.1","date":"2026-10-07T10:57:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v4.4.0","date":"2026-09-29T13:20:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v4.3.0","date":"2026-09-21T16:03:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v4.2.2","date":"2026-07-22T15:52:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v3.9.5","date":"2026-07-22T15:23:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v4.2.1","date":"2026-06-16T22:28:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v3.9.4","date":"2026-06-16T22:27:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v3.9.3","date":"2026-04-13T20:41:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v4.2.0","date":"2026-04-10T23:16:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v4.1.2","date":"2026-02-03T03:20:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v3.9.2","date":"2026-02-03T13:39:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v4.1.1","date":"2026-01-31T18:19:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v4.1.0","date":"2026-01-30T23:39:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v4.0.9","date":"2026-01-19T19:14:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v4.0.8","date":"2025-12-17T19:50:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v4.0.7","date":"2025-12-09T02:51:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v4.0.6","date":"2025-11-20T00:02:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v4.0.5","date":"2025-11-04T15:26:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v4.0.4","date":"2025-10-31T17:09:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v4.0.3","date":"2025-10-30T22:13:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.3"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","status":"active","auditor":"AICPA"},{"name":"GDPR","status":"active"},{"name":"HIPAA","status":"active"},{"name":"CPRA","status":"active"},{"name":"DORA","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://hevodata.com/security/ | https://meltano.com/privacy-policy |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=meltano&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Data Engineering Tools)

| Capability | Hevo Data | Meltano |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool role | ELT / ingestion | ELT / ingestion |
| Processing paradigm | Batch + streaming | Batch + streaming |
| **Connectivity** |  |  |
| Connector count | 150+ | 600+ |
| CDC / log-based replication | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Transformation** |  |  |
| In-warehouse transformation (push-down) | ✓ | ✓ |
| dbt-native orchestration | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Self-hosted / open-source available | ✗ | ✓ |
| Managed cloud available | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Governance** |  |  |
| Data lineage / asset catalog | ✗ | - |
| **Authoring** |  |  |
| Python-first authoring | ✗ | - |
| **Execution** |  |  |
| Incremental / partition-aware runs | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Quality** |  |  |
| Built-in data quality / tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Horizontal scale (distributed executor) | ✓ | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:03:54.588Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*