Fivetran vs Rivery
ETL & data extraction head-to-head for ERP teams: evidenced capabilities, published pricing, and which ERPs each actually integrates with.
| Starting price | Consumption (Monthly Active Rows), not per user | Usage-based (BDU / Boomi Data Unit credits), tiered plans |
| Deployment | Cloud, Hybrid | Cloud |
| Company size | SMB, Mid-market, Enterprise | SMB, Mid-market, Enterprise |
| Stated ERP integrations | SAP, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle Fusion Cloud, Workday | NetSuite, SAP, Oracle Fusion Cloud, Sage Intacct |
| Vendor | Fivetran, Inc. | Rivery (a Boomi company) |
Our take
Where Fivetran leads
- Stronger evidenced coverage on 14 of the 28 capabilities where they differ (led by managed dbt integration and cloud data warehouse destinations).
- Stated Microsoft Dynamics 365, Workday integration the alternative doesn't list.
Where Rivery leads
- Stronger evidenced coverage on 14 of the 28 capabilities where they differ (led by visual pipeline/workflow builder and conditional & branching pipeline logic).
- Stated Sage Intacct integration the alternative doesn't list.
Where they differ
The 28 capabilities (of 52 in the ETL & data extraction taxonomy) where the evidence separates them, biggest gaps first. “Not evidenced” means our research found no public documentation of this capability — the vendor may still offer it. Confirm on a demo.
| Capability | ||
|---|---|---|
| Managed dbt integrationTransformation & Modeling | Core strength Managed orchestration of dbt Core and dbt Cloud, including a prebuilt SAP dbt data model | Not evidenced |
| Visual pipeline/workflow builderOrchestration & Scheduling | Not evidenced | Core strength Visual workflow builder ("Rivers") with conditional logic |
| Conditional & branching pipeline logicOrchestration & Scheduling | Not evidenced | Core strength Conditional logic plus loop-over and container steps for iterating across datasets |
| Multi-environment promotion (dev/test/prod)Orchestration & Scheduling | Not evidenced | Core strength Multiple environments (e.g. Dev/Prod) for promoting pipelines |
| Cloud data warehouse destinationsDestinations & Activation | Core strength | Not evidenced |
| Data lake / lakehouse destinationsDestinations & Activation | Core strength Managed Data Lake Service writes into Amazon S3, Azure Data Lake Storage and Google Cloud Storage | Not evidenced |
| Third-party compliance certificationsGovernance, Security & Compliance | Core strength SOC 1 and SOC 2 reports, ISO 27001, PCI DSS Level 1, HITRUST and HIPAA BAA | Not evidenced |
| Custom connector SDK / builderConnector Catalog & Source Coverage | Supported Connector SDK for code-based custom connectors; AI Connector Agent (beta) | Not evidenced |
| Generic database & API accessConnector Catalog & Source Coverage | Not evidenced | Supported Managed API connectors with auto-mapped schema |
| Full refresh syncExtraction & Replication | Supported | Not evidenced |
| Schema drift detection & propagationExtraction & Replication | Core strength Automatic schema detection plus a dedicated schema change review workflow | Partial Automated schema creation on load; explicit drift-handling/propagation not detailed |
| Table & column-level sync controlExtraction & Replication | Supported Table- and column-level sync control (include/exclude, sync mode) | Not evidenced |
| Parameterized, reusable pipelinesOrchestration & Scheduling | Not evidenced | Supported Variables management across a workflow |
| CI/CD & infrastructure-as-codeOrchestration & Scheduling | Not evidenced | Supported API and CLI access for CI/CD-driven pipeline management |
| Role-based access controlGovernance, Security & Compliance | Not evidenced | Supported Role-based access control and unlimited users (Professional tier and above) |
| SSO / SAML authenticationGovernance, Security & Compliance | Not evidenced | Supported Single Sign-On and SCIM provisioning (Pro Plus tier and above) |
| Audit loggingGovernance, Security & Compliance | Not evidenced | Supported Monitoring dashboard and activity/run logs |
| PII masking / column-level blockingGovernance, Security & Compliance | Supported Column blocking and column hashing for sensitive fields | Not evidenced |
| Pipeline monitoring dashboardMonitoring & Operations | Not evidenced | Supported Monitoring dashboard and activity/run logs |
| Run history & activity logsMonitoring & Operations | Not evidenced | Supported Activity/run logs and version history on individual pipeline objects |
| Schema-change notificationsMonitoring & Operations | Supported Schema change review workflow with a dedicated Schema tab | Not evidenced |
| Log-based Change Data CaptureExtraction & Replication | Core strength SAP ECC on Oracle/SQL Server replicated via HVR log-based CDC; log-based sync mode across supported connectors | Supported CDC replication for supported databases, including Oracle |
| SQL / ELT pushdown transformsTransformation & Modeling | Partial Transformations run via managed dbt inside the destination warehouse, not a dedicated SQL-pushdown engine | Supported SQL Query and SQL Script transformation steps |
| Code-based transforms (SQL/Python scripting)Transformation & Modeling | Supported Managed dbt Core / dbt Cloud project orchestration | Core strength SQL-based steps plus Python script steps (pandas/numpy) and Rivery DataFrames passing data between them |
| Data cataloging / metadata managementGovernance, Security & Compliance | Partial Entity-relationship diagram (ERD) view per connection, not a full data catalog | Not evidenced |
| SAP module-level extraction (ECC/S4HANA/BW)Enterprise ERP Depth & AI Automation | Core strength SAP ERP on HANA connector covers ECC and S/4HANA; SAP OData/ODP covers ECC/S/4HANA/BW | Supported Separate documented connectors cover SAP ERP, ECC, HANA, BW, SuccessFactors and Concur |
| Write-back through the ERP's own application layerEnterprise ERP Depth & AI Automation | Not evidenced | Partial Reverse-ETL write-back demonstrated for NetSuite; not documented for SAP, Oracle or Sage Intacct |
| AI-assisted pipeline/connector buildingEnterprise ERP Depth & AI Automation | Partial AI Connector Agent (beta), scoped to generating custom connectors | Not evidenced |
Both grade identically on the other 24 capabilities — see each product's full profile: Fivetran, Rivery.
Fivetran vs Rivery — FAQs
Is Fivetran or Rivery better for ERP integration?
Both state integrations with SAP, NetSuite, Oracle Fusion Cloud. Fivetran additionally lists Microsoft Dynamics 365, Workday. Rivery additionally lists Sage Intacct. Always verify the connector against your ERP version with a reference customer.
Which is cheaper, Fivetran or Rivery?
Neither publishes a list price — both quote. Ask each for the all-in first-year cost at your seat count, as one number, and compare those.
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