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Meltano

The only EL tool built for data engineers

Ranked #7 in Open-source data orchestration tools.

Meltano is an open-source EL tool engineered for data engineers. It models the data stack as code using Git-based governance.

Official website

At a glance

Best for

Data engineering teams

From Meltano's own website.

Company facts

Social profiles

LinkedIn, X, YouTube, Crunchbase

Facilities and features

Its website also mentions:

Published pricing
API

What stands out

Meltano provides over 600 pre-built connectors for various sources and destinations.

“Extract and load from 600+ sources Pre-built connectors for SaaS apps, APIs, files, and databases, via UI, CLI, API, or AI.”Meltano, own website

The product integrates with dbt and Elementary for version-controlled transformations.

“Transform with dbt™ and Elementary Data models and validation, configured and version-controlled in your Meltano project.”Meltano, own website

Worth knowing

Meltano Open requires a dedicated DevOps crew for production use.

“Perfect for testing things out, but not really suited for production teams unless you have a dedicated DevOps crew. Explore docs Compare with Fivetran”Meltano, own website

How it ranks

Meltano is ranked 7th of 10 in Open-source data orchestration tools (Lister Score 88.0).

#7 in Open-source data orchestration tools · Lister Score 88.0

Integrates with dbt and Elementary for version-controlled transformations.

How the score is made up: fit to this ranking's criteria 40; evidence on its own site 20; how complete its published information is 16; buying information on its own site 12.