Airbyte
Data Engineering · Free + paid
Open-source data integration platform
At a glance
- Made by
- Airbyte
- Korean
- None (English and a few others only)
- API
- Yes
- Available on
- Web, API
- Open source
- MIT / ELv2
- GitHub
- 22,222 stars · NOASSERTION
What is Airbyte?
Airbyte is an open-source data replication platform and a context layer for AI agents. It moves data from hundreds of sources, including APIs, databases, and files, into warehouses, data lakes, and databases. Its Context Store enables semantic search across multiple systems, and agents can read from and write to systems through connectors. It supports warehouse, VPC, and on-premises deployments, as well as hybrid deployments where the data plane stays in the customer's environment.
- Replicate data with 700+ connectors
- Change data capture (CDC) and schema propagation
- Context Store with entity resolution and semantic search
- Airbyte Agents, which let AI agents read from and write to systems
- No-code Connector Builder and low-code CDK
- Airbyte API·Terraform Provider·PyAirbyte
- Hybrid and in-boundary deployment
Who uses Airbyte and for what
- Consolidate data from multiple sources into warehouses and lakes (ELT)
- Give AI agents real-time access to business data
- Move data within their own boundary in regulated industries
Pricing
What you get for free — Trial only (14-day free trial, 400 credits = $2,000 of usage) / self-hosted open-source Airbyte Core
| Plan | Price | Main limits |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | $20/mo | Starting price, 5 credits included, additional credits $5, sync up to every hour |
| Plus | $189/mo | 40 credits (100 credits $449 to 2,000 credits $4,999), overage $5/credit, 15-minute sync, SSO, 2 workspaces |
| Pro | Contact sales | Custom, capacity-based (Data Workers), sync as fast as 5 minutes, RBAC |
| Enterprise Flex | Contact sales | Custom, in-boundary and hybrid deployment |
Checked on the official pages on 2026-10-14. Prices and features can change, so check the official site again before paying. · Official pricing page
Combos that work well with Airbyte
Source data ETL
ChatGPT (OpenAI) loads official APIs and approved data sources into an analytics store. In Airbyte, the lineage of source, transformed, and destination tables is kept. Schema changes and missing rows are detected through automatic alerts.
Cost: Brain: API pay-as-you-go + subscription (ChatGPT) / Tool: open source + paid cloud-managed plan
Source data ETL
Claude loads official APIs and approved data sources into an analytics store. In Airbyte, the lineage of source, transformation, and destination tables is kept. Detect schema changes and missing rows with automatic alerts.
Cost: Brain: freemium (free + paid subscription) + API pay-as-you-go / Tool: open source + paid cloud-managed plan
Price change monitoring by category
ChatGPT periodically collects snapshots and change signals for approved public targets. In the Apify + Airbyte + Make combo, Airbyte loads source data into storage to create a traceable history. Make routes only changes that exceed a threshold to the review queue and content update tasks.
Cost: API pay-as-you-go + subscription (ChatGPT) / freemium (free + paid subscription) / open source + paid managed cloud plan
Pricing DB normalization and quality testing
ChatGPT loads source APIs and official page data into an analytics store. In the Airbyte + dbt + Great Expectations combo, dbt transformations and Great Expectations tests check relationships, ranges, NULLs, and duplicates. Failed records are sent to the review queue together with the source, error type, and affected pages.
Cost: API pay-as-you-go + subscription (ChatGPT) / open source + paid managed cloud plan / check the official pricing page
Price change monitoring by category
Claude periodically collects snapshots and change signals for approved public targets. In the Apify + Airbyte + Make combo, Airbyte loads source data into storage to create a traceable history. Make routes only changes that exceed a threshold to the review queue and content update tasks.
Cost: Freemium (free + paid subscription) + API pay-as-you-go / freemium (free + paid subscription) / open source + paid managed cloud plan
Pricing DB normalization and quality testing
Claude loads data from source APIs and official pages into an analytics store. In the Airbyte + dbt + Great Expectations combo, dbt transformations and Great Expectations tests check relationships, ranges, NULLs, and duplicates. Failed records are sent to the review queue along with the source, error type, and affected pages.
Cost: Freemium (free + paid subscription) + API pay-as-you-go / open source + paid managed cloud plan / check the official pricing page
Price change monitoring by category
Gemini periodically collects snapshots and change signals from approved public targets. In the Apify + Airbyte + Make combo, Airbyte loads the source data into a store to create a traceable history. Make connects only changes that exceed a threshold to the review queue and content update tasks.
Cost: Freemium (free + paid subscription) + API pay-as-you-go / freemium (free + paid subscription) / open source + paid managed cloud plan
Pricing DB normalization and quality testing
Gemini loads data from source APIs and official pages into an analytics store. In the Airbyte + dbt + Great Expectations combo, dbt transformations and Great Expectations tests check relationships, ranges, NULLs, and duplicates. Failed records are sent to a review queue along with their source, error type, and affected pages.
Cost: Freemium (free + paid subscription) + API pay-as-you-go / open source + paid managed cloud plan / check the official pricing page
AI tools similar to Airbyte (alternatives)
Airbyte vs. alternatives at a glance
| AI | Pricing | Combos on the map | Connected tools | Free | Cheapest monthly | Korean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airbyte | Free + paid | 28 | 4 | No | $20/mo | No |
| dltHub | Free + paid | 0 | 4 | Yes | $12,000/mo | No |
| Meltano | Free | 0 | 4 | Yes | — | No |
| Stitch | Free + paid | 0 | 4 | No | $100/mo | No |
2 of these 4 tools have a free plan. Cheapest paid plan: Airbyte ($20/mo).
Combo and connection counts are based on the relationships recorded on AI Galaxy Map (2026-10-26); they are not a quality ranking.
Airbyte on AI Galaxy Map
- One of 24 AI tools in the Data Engineering field.
- Connected to 4 other tools — #8 in its field.
- Part of 28 work combos recorded on the map.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use Airbyte for free?
Trial only (14-day free trial, 400 credits = $2,000 of usage) / self-hosted open-source Airbyte Core. Prices can change, so check the official site before paying.
What works well with Airbyte?
Based on the combos on the map, there is a workflow such as "Source data ETL" that uses it together with GPT.
What AI can I use instead of Airbyte?
Tools that do the same job, such as dltHub, Meltano, Stitch, Fivetran, are connected to it on the map.
Can I use Airbyte in Korean?
None (English and a few others only)
Sources (official pages)
- https://airbyte.com
- https://docs.airbyte.com/
- https://airbyte.com/pricing
- https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte
Checked on the official pages on 2026-10-14. Prices and features can change, so check the official site again before paying.