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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 232 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Meltano 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/meltano/alternatives

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

- Fivetran: 58
- Airbyte: 44
- Hevo Data: 21
- Integrate.io: 17
- Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud: 9
- dbt: 8

## ETL and ELT

**Small business**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Meltano (Meltano is #9 of 15 at 0%).

- Hevo Data: first choice in 20 of those 72
- Airbyte: first choice in 19 of those 72
- Fivetran: first choice in 11 of those 72
- Skyvia: first choice in 6 of those 72
- Stitch: first choice in 3 of those 72
- Talend: first choice in 2 of those 72
- Matillion: first choice in 1 of those 72
- Zapier/Make: first choice in 1 of those 72

**Mid-market**: 76 of 84 answers did not name Meltano (Meltano is #8 of 19 at 0%).

- Airbyte: first choice in 25 of those 76
- Fivetran: first choice in 25 of those 76
- Integrate.io: first choice in 7 of those 76
- dbt: first choice in 5 of those 76
- Kleene.ai: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Apache Airflow: first choice in 2 of those 76
- Hevo Data: first choice in 1 of those 76
- Pentaho Data Integration: first choice in 1 of those 76

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Meltano.

- Fivetran: first choice in 22 of those 84
- Integrate.io: first choice in 10 of those 84
- Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud: first choice in 9 of those 84
- Informatica PowerCenter: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Talend: first choice in 3 of those 84
- dbt: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Etlworks: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Matillion: first choice in 2 of those 84

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