An Analytic Engineer’s Honest Review of Airbyte
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As an analytics engineer, I am always on the search for new tools to improve my data stack. The world of data is constantly evolving and if you’re not adapting along with it, you’re falling behind. This is why it’s important for an analytics engineer to stay informed on all the tools available in the market.
While I’ve only ever used Fivetran and Stitch to build data ingestion pipelines, I’ve recently come across a tool called Airbyte. Airbyte is an open-source data ingestion tool that helps you consolidate your data in your data warehouses, lakes and databases. Unlike Fivetran and Stitch, Airbyte is an open-source tool, making it easy to seek support on Slack and update existing connectors.
If you’ve read my articles on dbt and Prefect, you know one of my favorite features they offer are their Slack communities. You can get all of your questions answered within hours and share best practices with other analytics and data engineers. No need to create a support ticket and wait days for a response! This is key for companies looking to move fast.
Airbyte also offers over 100 data connectors, making it easy to create data ingestion pipelines to load data from a source to a destination. I’ve found that it is always best…
