Boomi vs. Fivetran

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Why More Customers Choose Boomi

To drive business value in the AI era, you need more than just data movement
– you need a clear path to agentic activation.

Boomi Data Integration offers lower total cost of ownership through a cost-efficient pricing model based on true data size, provides more precise control over the core ingestion process than opinionated tools like Fivetran, and delivers built-in advanced orchestration and AI agent management for full end-to-end ingestion, transformation, orchestration, trusted master data, and AI activation - all through a single unified platform.

Lower TCO

Cost-Efficiency

Pricing based on true data size or # of runs, combined with built-in orchestration reducing reliance on costly third-party tools.
Customers typically pay 30 – 60% less than Fivetran on average.

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Granular Control

Precise Ingestion Control

Shape how data lands in your data target with granular schema and naming controls, built-in data shaping, and native orchestration for advanced pipelines.

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Unified Platform

End-to-End ELT & AI Activation

Manage ELT, master trusted data, build no-code RAG pipelines, and create AI agents – all from one unified platform to accelerate data activation.

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Boomi vs Fivetran: ELT Comparison

Platform Scope
Fully unified with the Boomi platform (PaaS, trusted master data, APIM, AI Agents, and more)
Standalone ELT solution
Granular control over replication/landing
Granular control over target schemas, naming, and how data is shaped as it lands.
Limited control
Connect to any API source
Yes – Data Connector Agent builds from API docs; optional YAML customization; no code required.
Yes
Built-in workflow orchestration

Yes – native orchestration for complex pipelines

Including dependencies, branching, loops, API triggers, and retry handling.

Often requires an external orchestrator, such as Airflow, for complex pipelines.

Database replication
Full table and incremental via log based CDC or standard SQL extraction; or custom SQL where needed.
Full table and incremental via change data capture or limited teleport snapshot dependent on a primary key.
SAP Data
Easy to use SAP dedicated interface to seamlessly extract all of your SAP data.
Limited control over SAP data to replicate and access to different SAP assets like functions.
Pricing

Based on true data size or # runs. Differentiated for databases and apps for greater efficiency.

* Customers typically pay 30 – 60% less than Fivetran on average.

Based on rows (even if the rows have very few columns).

+ Common indirect costs associated with additional of third-party orchestration tools

RAG Pipelines
Fully managed, no-code RAG pipelines – from data ingestion and chunking through vector storage and agent retrieval.
Prepares and delivers data for RAG, but relies on external platforms for vector storage, retrieval, models, and the application layer.
Agentic AI Activation
Built-in AI Agent Management including the ability to create and govern agents
Not available – requires 3rd party solution.

End-to-End ELT and AI Agent Activation

In the agentic era, the modern data stack goes beyond dashboards to include AI activation using trusted data.

While Fivetran requires users to stitch together separate tools for orchestration and agent management, Boomi unifies the entire lifecycle on one platform - simplifying the process for fueling AI agents with clean, trusted data.

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