Does Airbyte Connect to Snowflake?

Does Airbyte Connect to Snowflake? Find The Best Snowflake ETL Solution!

Snowflake is one of the premier data warehouses on the market, and Airbyte is a notable ETL tool to evaluate. Let's evaluate your options for Snowflake ETL and the capabilities of Airbyte specifically.

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Why do Companies Evaluate Airbyte for Snowflake ETL?

Airbyte was founded in , an open-source ELT tool for the modern data stack. Airbyte is an open-source ELT platform with a self-hosted and cloud-based solution. It supports change data capture and data lakes as destinations and includes a CDK.

When data teams evaluate SaaS ETL / ELT solutions, it is common for Airbyte to be on the list. As teams build out their Modern Data Stack, it's common to first pick a solution like Snowflake for data warehousing, and then to evaluate the best ETL solutions.

Let's walk through the pros and cons of using Airbyte for Snowflake ETL.

The Pros And Cons of Airbyte for Snowflake ETL?

When evaluating ETL tools for Snowflake, the goal is to automate the process of extracting data from APIs, databases, or files, and the data pipeline that loads the data into Snowflake.

Before the advent of cloud-hosted ETL / ELT solutions like Portable and Airbyte, it was common for data engineers to write Python code, deploy infrastructure, use an open source framework, or pay consultants to manage these data pipelines.

With no-code solutions, this process is now much simpler. Let's take a look at Airbyte's capabilities.

What functionality is included with Airbyte?

170+ data source connectors
Open source for direct access to code
Change data capture support for databases
Support for data warehouses and data lakes as destinations
Credit based pricing model
Warehouse-native data transformation

Whether you're on AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform. Using a no-code solution can make the data syncing process extremely simple.

It's common for companies to use Airbyte connectors for the largest data sources and to use Portable for hard-to-find systems.

What functionality is included with Portable?

300+ data source connectors
Support for the major data warehouses as destinations
Unlimited data volumes
Free development of new data sources
Email and Slack notifications
Hands-on support and maintenance

Now, let's take a look at the process of replicating data with Airbyte.

Extracting Data with Airbyte

Airbyte specializes in data integration. Extracting data from disparate data sources and then loading into destinations like Snowflake.

Can Airbyte Load Data to Snowflake?

Airbyte supports a number of destinations - Here are some of the destinations that Airbyte supports:

At Portable, we support Snowflake, and we support the most common data warehouses.

Snowflake
BigQuery
Redshift
PostgreSQL
MySQL

Now let's dig into the types of data sources that you will be able to connect to your data warehouse.

Which Data Sources Does Airbyte Support?

When you evaluate ETL tools, there are two main considerations when it comes to connectors. The prebuilt connectors that are already supported, and custom connector development.

Airbyte Prebuilt Connectors

Airbyte's open source product includes 170+ data sources.

The cloud offering is newer and has some restrictions on what sources can be leveraged within the product; however, it's reasonable to expect that all 170+ would be available in the cloud product shortly.

Portable Prebuilt Connectors

Portable provides access to 300+ data sources out-of-the-box. With a catalog larger than most other ETL tools, it's easy to connect the sources you need to your analytics environment of choice.

Uniquely, Portable focuses on long-tail business applications. This means that the connectors in Portable's catalog are hard-to-find and are great for augmenting your primary ELT vendor for the no-code connectors you need as your responsibilities expand.

Airbyte to Snowflake Pricing?

So, how much will it cost to connect your data sources to Snowflake? First, let's walk through Airbyte's pricing model.

Airbyte has a credit-based pricing model.

Pricing increases with data volumes
Credits must be purchased before consumption; however the company offers initial free credits when an account is opened
Airbyte's open source product is a free alternative for engineers that want to manage infrastructure on their own

If you need long-tail integrations that aren't supported by Airbyte, you should give Portable a try.

Portable's pricing model is focused on simplicity. It's easy to understand, easy to forecast, and easy to get started.

Anyone can get started for free
Manually synced data flows are free. You can try all of the connectors without paying a dime
Scheduled data flows have simple to understand FIXED PRICES with UNLIMITED DATA VOLUMES
You can pay monthly, or annually, and cancel any time

Now, let's talk about Snowflake.

Snowflake Data Ingestion

Snowflake offers a SaaS data warehouse for analytics teams. Because Snowflake is not associated with a larger cloud platform (like AWS, GCP, or Azure), it is a neutral solution in the market relative to most data warehousing alternatives and has built a strong ecosystem of technology partners. The Snowflake Data Cloud is one of the best data warehousing solutions for analytics teams.

Data warehouses are great platforms on which to store information, build data models, and run compute to analyze your data; however, most data teams care less about the infrastructure and more about the value they can generate for the business with a tool like Snowflake.

Snowflake Use Cases

There are three main ways to create value with a data warehouse.

Analytics – This is the most common use case for a tool like Snowflake. Data engineering teams will centralize all of their data into a warehouse to then write SQL and build dashboards. In most scenarios, the data being analyze is 1st party data, but at times, teams will use data sets from partners or third party data providers.
Process Automation – Every organization has workflows that need to be streamlined. In most scenarios these use cases are closer to real-time, and business value is created by removing manual steps from the process.
Product Development – Product development is the most concrete form of value creation, but also typically the largest investment. In these scenarios, data teams look a lot like product and engineering organizations. By using data transformation to convert raw data into products for clients, teams are able to generate direct revenue from their endeavors.

Your Options for Snowflake ETL

With the advent of cloud data warehousing (tools like Snowflake), and the decoupling of data replication (the EL in ELT) and data transformation (with tools like DBT Labs, Coalesce.io and Narrator), ETL is simpler than ever.

If you are just getting started with ETL and your need your product database, your CRM system, or your HRIS system connected to Snowflake, Airbyte can be a great choice.

When you need to connect business unit specific business applications to Snowflake, Portable offers over 300+ data connectors to make your life simple. We'll even build new data sources at no cost to you.

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