# dbt alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 182 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where dbt holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/dbt/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Airbyte: 33
- Fivetran: 26
- Hevo Data: 19
- Integrate.io: 14
- Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud: 6
- Skyvia: 5

## ETL and ELT

**Small business**: 66 of 84 answers did not name dbt (dbt is #6 of 15 at 2%).

- Airbyte: first choice in 21 of those 66
- Hevo Data: first choice in 17 of those 66
- Fivetran: first choice in 8 of those 66
- Skyvia: first choice in 5 of those 66
- Stitch: first choice in 2 of those 66
- Talend: first choice in 2 of those 66
- Zapier/Make: first choice in 1 of those 66

**Mid-market**: 52 of 84 answers did not name dbt (dbt is #4 of 19 at 4%).

- Airbyte: first choice in 11 of those 52
- Fivetran: first choice in 10 of those 52
- Integrate.io: first choice in 4 of those 52
- Kleene.ai: first choice in 3 of those 52
- Apache Airflow: first choice in 2 of those 52
- Hevo Data: first choice in 2 of those 52
- Pentaho Data Integration: first choice in 1 of those 52

**Enterprise**: 64 of 84 answers did not name dbt (dbt is #4 of 14 at 6%).

- Integrate.io: first choice in 10 of those 64
- Fivetran: first choice in 8 of those 64
- Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud: first choice in 6 of those 64
- Informatica PowerCenter: first choice in 4 of those 64
- Talend: first choice in 3 of those 64
- Etlworks: first choice in 2 of those 64
- Airbyte: first choice in 1 of those 64
- Informatica Cloud Data Integration: first choice in 1 of those 64

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