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Airbyte vs Stitch
Airbyte's $/GB meter beats Stitch's row tier above roughly 50M rows / month. Below that, Stitch's flat row tier is more predictable. OSS Airbyte is the cheapest path at any volume if the team can carry the 0.5 FTE; otherwise Airbyte Cloud Standard is the realistic comparison.
Pick Airbyte when
- › Row volume is high enough that capacity pricing wins.
- › Team is comfortable with consumption-style billing.
- › OSS path is on the table for cost reduction.
- › Custom connector authoring or Iceberg writes are in scope.
Pick Stitch when
- › Workload is small-to-mid and steady.
- › Annual-billed predictability is a procurement requirement.
- › Source list is mainstream and Stitch covers it cleanly.
- › Team prefers click-through configuration over code-first.
Price comparison at three workload sizes
| Workload | Airbyte | Stitch |
|---|---|---|
| 5M rows, daily, 3 connectors | $120/mo (Cloud) | $100/mo |
| 50M rows, hourly, 8 connectors | $1,100/mo (Cloud) | $1,250/mo |
| 200M rows, hourly, 15 connectors | $4,200/mo (Cloud) | $1,200 + FTE (OSS) | $3,500/mo |
Estimates from each vendor's published pricing page. Tune to your shape with the /tco-calculator.
Decision aid
- Low volume default: Stitch
- Mid-to-high volume default: Airbyte Cloud
- Maximum cost reduction: Self-hosted Airbyte OSS
- Connector freshness: Airbyte (Stitch lags here)
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Written by Oliver Wakefield-Smith, Founder of Digital Signet. Independent reference, no vendor sponsorship.
Sources logged at /sources. Pricing-change history at /changelog. Last reviewed 2026-06-21.