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

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 239 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://it-ai-index.com/vendors/meltano/alternatives/

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

- Fivetran: 61
- Airbyte: 39
- Hevo Data: 23
- Integrate.io: 14
- Skyvia: 10
- Stitch: 8

## ETL and ELT

**Small business**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Meltano.

- Airbyte: first choice in 26 of those 79
- Fivetran: first choice in 16 of those 79
- Hevo Data: first choice in 16 of those 79
- Skyvia: first choice in 10 of those 79
- Stitch: first choice in 6 of those 79
- Coupler.io: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Estuary Flow: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Integrate.io: first choice in 1 of those 79

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Meltano (Meltano is #7 of 18 at 2%).

- Fivetran: first choice in 23 of those 77
- Airbyte: first choice in 13 of those 77
- Hevo Data: first choice in 7 of those 77
- Talend: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Stitch: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Apache NiFi: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Informatica PowerCenter: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Integrate.io: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Meltano.

- Fivetran: first choice in 22 of those 83
- Integrate.io: first choice in 12 of those 83
- Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud: first choice in 6 of those 83
- Informatica PowerCenter: first choice in 4 of those 83
- Matillion: first choice in 3 of those 83
- IBM DataStage: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Talend: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Cleo Integration Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 83

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