# Airbyte alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 135 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Airbyte holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/airbyte/alternatives/

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

- Fivetran: 13
- Integrate.io: 10
- Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud: 6
- Hevo Data: 5
- Informatica PowerCenter: 5
- Talend: 5

## ETL and ELT

**Small business**: 30 of 84 answers did not name Airbyte (Airbyte is #1 of 11 at 36%).

- Skyvia: first choice in 4 of those 30
- Hevo Data: first choice in 3 of those 30
- Fivetran: first choice in 2 of those 30
- Stitch: first choice in 2 of those 30
- Coupler.io: first choice in 1 of those 30
- Integrate.io: first choice in 1 of those 30

**Mid-market**: 38 of 84 answers did not name Airbyte (Airbyte is #2 of 18 at 28%).

- Talend: first choice in 3 of those 38
- Hevo Data: first choice in 2 of those 38
- Apache NiFi: first choice in 1 of those 38
- Fivetran: first choice in 1 of those 38
- Informatica PowerCenter: first choice in 1 of those 38

**Enterprise**: 67 of 84 answers did not name Airbyte (Airbyte is #11 of 15 at 0%).

- Fivetran: first choice in 10 of those 67
- Integrate.io: first choice in 9 of those 67
- Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud: first choice in 6 of those 67
- Informatica PowerCenter: first choice in 4 of those 67
- Matillion: first choice in 3 of those 67
- IBM DataStage: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Talend: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Cleo Integration Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 67

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.