We performed a comparison between AWS Database Migration Service and Fivetran based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The database migration services allow us to do real-time synchronization of on-premise and database to plan out our releases."
"The most valuable features of the AWS Database Migration Service are the ease of migration, beneficial storage system, security, and simple instance creation. Additionally, the cloud that is provided is more complete than other solutions."
"Support is helpful."
"This solution is very good at mini-batch processing."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"I like that I can focus on the logic and I don't have to worry about the administration stuff. AWS handles that for me."
"It's pretty useful when we need to migrate something big from a different type of database that AWS Data Migration Services supports."
"The solution is instantaneous. We can launch the service and reduce the end number of manpower."
"There's the general feature of the platform where it just makes it very easy to integrate different things, but I would say a specific difference is their integration of DBT,."
"The simplicity of the solution is its valuable feature."
"Fivetran is remarkably easy to use; I haven't encountered any other data integration tool that is as user-friendly."
"The solution is stable. We've never faced any stability issues."
"The product has some seamless connectors, which are readily available."
"The general data ingestion is valuable. It's used for a lot of data. It provides about 90% of the data we use in our data warehouse without needing data engineering."
"The portal is very intuitive and easy to use."
"The compare feature is the most valuable piece of it."
"Database Migration Service could be more integrated. I think that it makes sense to add integration to these functions. For example, AWS Glue has a feature called Orchestrator to create data flows, and that's more straightforward."
"It would be helpful if the bandwidth could be independent of the network or if we could have a dedicated bandwidth for this product."
"The names of the services need improvement since AWS doesn't indicate what the function of the product is presently. You need to read a lot to find the service that you want in the product."
"AWS Database Migration Service can become complex when testing. Other solutions, such as Microsoft Azure makes it easy to do. There are more steps to complete tasks in AWS Database Migration Service than in Microsoft Azure."
"If they had some sort of functionality where, at a specific point in time, if I want to start a new job, it should automatically pick up from where it has been left rather than having people worry about the exact job number and the timing."
"The initial setup can be difficult for beginners in AWS Database Migration Service. You will need the training to complete it."
"The solution’s scalability and performance could be improved."
"This solution can offer more tweaks where the latency can be brought down to fifteen seconds."
"Fivetran should add more connectors because its competitors, like Airbyte, have more connectors."
"The solution is very expensive. I would like to have a better integration of the solution with Azure."
"An in-line data quality checking capability is missing"
"Fivetran is very expensive for data sources with a lot of rows, such as email data. I would like to see cheaper pricing for data sources like that."
"This solution needs to improve its real-time data and transformation availability."
"The interface needs to be more user-friendly."
"HVR Software's technical support could be improved. Whenever we log a case, the response that we get from the support is a bit delayed."
"The documentation is decent, but it's hard to find information online about Fivetran. For example, if you try to search for an error code, you won't find much information about it in forums."
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AWS Database Migration Service is ranked 2nd in Cloud Data Integration with 27 reviews while Fivetran is ranked 6th in Cloud Data Integration with 21 reviews. AWS Database Migration Service is rated 7.8, while Fivetran is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of AWS Database Migration Service writes "A cloud solution for live replication but has stability issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fivetran writes "Solution reduces time-to-value; high ROI". AWS Database Migration Service is most compared with AWS Glue, Oracle GoldenGate, Qlik Replicate, Confluent and Oracle GoldenGate Cloud Service, whereas Fivetran is most compared with Qlik Replicate, Oracle GoldenGate, Azure Data Factory, Informatica Cloud Data Integration and StreamSets. See our AWS Database Migration Service vs. Fivetran report.
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