# Meltano

> The only EL tool built for data engineers

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/meltano
- **Category:** Data Engineering Tools
- **Homepage:** https://meltano.com
- **Also known as:** meltano
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03T14:33:03.367Z

## Vioscale score

**72.4 / 100**, confidence 37% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 80 | 10 | 800 | ✓ |
| reliability | 0 | 14 | 0 | - |
| capabilities | 45.8 | 16 | 733.1 | ✓ |
| integrations | 79.9 | 30 | 2397.5 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 0 | 14 | 0 | - |
| pricing_transparency | 80 | 16 | 1280 | ✓ |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-03, [verify at source](https://meltano.com). Independently observed._

Hybrid · Free tier

> Free open-source version. Managed cloud plans from Starter (200 compute hrs/mo) to Enterprise (unlimited). Pay for compute, not rows.

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| Starter | - | - | monthly |
| Growth | - | - | monthly |
| Scale | - | - | monthly |
| Enterprise | Contact sales | - | monthly |

### Starter

Get your first managed pipelines running in hours, not weeks

**Included limits:** users: unlimited, connectors: 600+, workspaces: 25, compute_hours: 200/mo

- 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

### Growth

Scale pipelines with real engineering support baked in

**Included limits:** connectors: 600+, workspaces: 100, compute_hours: 2000/mo

- 2000 compute hours/mo
- Everything in Starter
- 100 workspaces
- 8 hours of engineering on demand/mo
- Shared account management

### Scale

Dedicated support. Full platform access. Nothing held back.

**Included limits:** connectors: 600+, workspaces: unlimited, compute_hours: 5000/mo

- 5000 compute hours/mo
- Everything in Growth
- Unlimited workspaces
- 15 hours of engineering on demand/mo
- Dedicated account management
- Cost monitoring workspace included

### Enterprise (Contact sales)

Truly custom. For organisations with serious data at scale.

**Included limits:** connectors: 600+, compute_hours: unlimited

- Unlimited compute hours/mo
- Everything in Scale
- Custom connectors
- Custom hours of engineering on demand/mo
- Custom SLA

## About

Meltano is an ETL platform built on open-source foundations, engineered for cloud scale, efficiency, and reliability. It provides 600+ connectors for extract, load, and transform with both open-source and managed cloud deployment options.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** CLI, Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS, Self-hosted

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Data Engineering Tools. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Core** | |
| Tool role | ELT / ingestion |
| Processing paradigm | Batch |
| **Connectivity** | |
| Connector count | 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) | - |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### integrations

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| integrations.count | 600 | [link](https://meltano.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://meltano.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.model | commercial | [link](https://meltano.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.price_level | low | [link](https://meltano.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://meltano.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

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