# Meltano vs Stitch

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Stitch

| Attribute | Meltano | Stitch |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 53.7 (41% (low)) | 68.1 (72% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 61 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 42 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 2,609 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"cdc":true,"role":"elt","paradigm":"both","dbt_native":true,"elt_pushdown":true,"managed_cloud":true,"connector_count":"600+","self_hosted_oss":true,"incremental_runs":true}` | `{"role":"elt","paradigm":"batch","elt_pushdown":true,"python_first":true,"managed_cloud":true,"connector_count":"130+","incremental_runs":true}` |
| integrations.count | 8 | 130 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Singer"},{"name":"dbt"},{"name":"Airflow"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Great Expectations"},{"name":"Dagster"},{"name":"Superset"}]` | `[{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Talend Cloud"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Google"},{"name":"Microsoft"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"SAP"},{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"Cloudera"}]` |
| language.primary | Python | - |
| license.spdx | MIT | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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"]}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"From $100/month for 5M rows. Usage scales with row volume.","features":["7-day historical sync","7-day extraction log retention","SOC 2 Type II compliance","ISO 27001 compliance","Notification extensibility","Post-load webhooks (add-on)","Advanced scheduling (add-on)","Connect API access (add-on)","HIPAA BAA signing (add-on)","Site-to-site VPN (add-on)","AWS private link (add-on)","Reverse SSH tunnel (add-on)","VPC peering AWS (add-on)"],"minSeats":5,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":100,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Usage-based plan for individuals and small teams beginning data integration","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"5","sources":"10 (standard)","destinations":"1","rows_per_month":"5-300 million","log_retention_days":"7","historical_sync_days":"7"}},{"free":false,"name":"Advanced","summary":"$1,500/month (billed annually, $18,000/year)","features":["60-day extraction log retention","SOC 2 Type II compliance","ISO 27001 compliance","Notification extensibility","Post-load webhooks","Advanced scheduling","Connect API access","HIPAA BAA signing","Site-to-site VPN","AWS private link","Reverse SSH tunnel","VPC peering AWS"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":1500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Fixed-cost plan for teams requiring advanced features and more sources","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"users":"unlimited","sources":"unlimited (enterprise)","destinations":"3","rows_per_month":"100 million","log_retention_days":"60","historical_sync_days":"7"}},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","summary":"$3,000/month (billed annually, $36,000/year)","features":["60-day extraction log retention","SOC 2 Type II compliance","ISO 27001 compliance","Notification extensibility","Post-load webhooks","Advanced scheduling","Connect API access","HIPAA BAA signing","Site-to-site VPN","AWS private link","Reverse SSH tunnel","VPC peering AWS"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":3000,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"High-volume plan for fast-growing organizations with mission-critical data needs","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"users":"unlimited","sources":"unlimited (enterprise)","destinations":"5","rows_per_month":"1 billion","log_retention_days":"60","historical_sync_days":"7"}},{"free":false,"name":"Stitch Platform","summary":"Custom pricing for agencies","features":["Isolated data pipelines per client","Advanced settings and features","99% uptime SLA","Mission-critical support"],"description":"Multi-tenant platform for agencies managing client data pipelines","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional rows"},{"name":"Additional destinations"},{"name":"HIPAA (BAA signing)"},{"name":"Site-to-site VPN"},{"name":"AWS private link"},{"name":"Reverse SSH tunnel"},{"name":"VPC peering (AWS)"}],"summary":"From $100/month (Standard, usage-based). 14-day free trial. Annual contracts for Advanced ($18k/year) and Premium ($36k/year).","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.stitchdata.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T22:39:47.504Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":100,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | high |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 3 | - |
| release.history | `[{"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"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v4.0.2","date":"2025-10-29T01:52:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v4.0.1","date":"2025-10-23T21:35:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/meltano/meltano/releases/tag/v4.0.0","date":"2025-10-23T18:08:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.0"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99 |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.fedramp | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| 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 | Meltano | Stitch |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool role | ELT / ingestion | ELT / ingestion |
| Processing paradigm | Batch + streaming | Batch |
| **Connectivity** |  |  |
| Connector count | 600+ | 130+ |
| 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: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:31:22.537Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*