# Airbyte: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 44 judge labels across 2 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/airbyte

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Data warehouse and reverse ETL for marketing](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/data-warehouse-reverse-etl/index.md) | 6% | 5 | 12% | 41 |
| [Data management platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/data-management-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 42 | 0% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "ELT / Ingestion | Airbyte (open-source) or Meltano | Open-source ELT with 300+ connectors" (Grok 4.20, Warehouse & ETL)
- "Airbyte (open-source, self-hosted) is a top pick for budget-conscious teams." (Mistral Small, Warehouse & ETL)
- "ELT/ETL (Data Ingestion): Airbyte — *$0–$50/month* ... Completely free" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Warehouse & ETL)
- "Ingestion + light transformation: Airbyte" (GPT-5.4 mini, Warehouse & ETL)

## And against it

- "Opting for self-hosted tools (like the self-hosted version of Airbyte or Castled) thinking it saves money... Self-hosting Reverse ETL is a massive engineering undertaking" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Warehouse & ETL)
- "their reverse ETL capabilities are still developing and may not have the performance or reliability needed" (Mistral Small, Warehouse & ETL)
- "Avoid building your own (e.g., custom Airbyte + dbt + cron) unless your team is engineering-heavy" (Grok 4.20, Warehouse & ETL)
- "Airbyte, Fivetran, or Boomi solely for reverse ETL without validating activation depth." (Perplexity Sonar, Warehouse & ETL)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Airbyte, from 105 of the 126 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- skyvia.com: 57
- aboutmartech.com: 49
- datachannel.co: 44
- hevodata.com: 39
- hightouch.com: 39
- improvado.io: 37
- leadjourney.io: 36
- gane.ai/index: 35
- toolradar.com: 35
- zoho.com: 28

### Pages cited

- https://skyvia.com/blog/best-reverse-etl-tools: 42
- https://datachannel.co/blogs/top-reverse-etl-tools-2024: 36
- https://leadjourney.io/blog/best-marketing-data-warehouse: 36
- https://hevodata.com/etl-tools/reverse-etl: 35
- https://toolradar.com/guides/best-reverse-etl-tools: 33
- https://aboutmartech.com/blog/reverse-etl-tools: 31
- https://zoho.com/dataprep/top-reverse-etl-tools.html: 28
- https://marketerhire.com/blog/marketing-data-warehouse: 24

## In its own words

What Airbyte's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Data Movement for Analytics and AI Agents (https://airbyte.com/)
- For: Analytics and AI Agents (https://airbyte.com/)
- Price stated: Starting at $20/month (https://airbyte.com/pricing)
- Starting price: 20 (https://airbyte.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Try it free (https://airbyte.com/)
- Integrations claimed: 700 (https://airbyte.com/)
- Certifications: SOC 2
- Hosting: Cloud, on-premises, multi-region
- Customers named: Symend, Petvisor, Kuda, Peloton, Drivepoint

## What it publishes

Every page airbyte.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 5983 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 562 pages, 14 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-25
- case study: 27 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-23
- conference or event: 12 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-25
- report or ebook: 30 pages, 7 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-22
- comparison: 207 pages, 4 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-03
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 56 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-28
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 50 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-03-31
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: Agentic upgrades zoho crm reddit ads https://airbyte.com/blog/agentic-upgrades-zoho-crm-reddit-ads
- Recent: 2026-09-22 report or ebook: Facebook marketing to clickhouse https://airbyte.com/data-engineering-resources/facebook-marketing-to-clickhouse
- Recent: 2026-09-22 report or ebook: Facebook marketing to clickhouse warehouse https://airbyte.com/how-to-sync/facebook-marketing-to-clickhouse-warehouse
- Recent: 2026-09-21 report or ebook: Facebook pages to bigquery https://airbyte.com/data-engineering-resources/facebook-pages-to-bigquery
- Recent: 2026-09-21 report or ebook: Facebook pages to bigquery https://airbyte.com/how-to-sync/facebook-pages-to-bigquery
- Recent: 2026-09-16 blog: Linear gong youtube data certified connectors https://airbyte.com/blog/linear-gong-youtube-data-certified-connectors

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.