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Data pipeline cost calculator
Set MAR, connectors, warehouse, and sync frequency. The calculator returns a monthly cost across the seven most common stacks: Fivetran, Airbyte Cloud, Hevo, Stitch, Estuary, self-hosted Airbyte, and Airflow + Stitch. Each line decomposes into subscription, warehouse compute, egress, reverse-ETL surcharge, and FTE-loaded self-host.
| Stack | Subscription | Warehouse | Egress | FTE | Total / mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estuarycheapest | $1,050 | $441 | $28 | $0 | $1,519 |
| Hevo | $1,500 | $630 | $28 | $0 | $2,158 |
| Airbyte Cloud | $1,650 | $693 | $28 | $0 | $2,371 |
| Stitch | $1,875 | $788 | $28 | $0 | $2,691 |
| Fivetran | $3,600 | $1,512 | $28 | $0 | $5,140 |
| Self-hosted Airbyte | $375 | $158 | $28 | $12,500 | $13,061 |
| Airflow + Stitch | $2,250 | $945 | $28 | $12,500 | $15,723 |
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| Stack | Subscription | Warehouse compute | Egress | Reverse-ETL | FTE loaded | Total / mo | | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | | Estuary | $1,050 | $441 | $28 | $0 | $0 | $1,519 | | Hevo | $1,500 | $630 | $28 | $0 | $0 | $2,158 | | Airbyte Cloud | $1,650 | $693 | $28 | $0 | $0 | $2,371 | | Stitch | $1,875 | $788 | $28 | $0 | $0 | $2,691 | | Fivetran | $3,600 | $1,512 | $28 | $0 | $0 | $5,140 | | Self-hosted Airbyte | $375 | $158 | $28 | $0 | $12,500 | $13,061 | | Airflow + Stitch | $2,250 | $945 | $28 | $0 | $12,500 | $15,723 |
Subscription rates derived from published vendor pricing pages (see /sources). Warehouse-compute multipliers from Snowflake / BigQuery / Databricks docs. FTE loaded at $25,000 / month for the self-host line.
How the math is built
Each vendor row uses a $/M-MAR rate derived from the vendor's published pricing page. The rate is scaled by sync-frequency multipliers (daily 1.0x, hourly 1.25x, 15-min 1.6x, streaming 2.2x), then warehouse compute is added as a percentage of the subscription line (Snowflake 42%, BigQuery 28%, Databricks 45%, Redshift 20%, self-hosted Postgres 5%). Egress assumes ~5GB per million rows at $0.09/GB. Self-host rows add a 0.5 FTE loaded at $25,000 / month.
Every input ratio is documented on /sources with a primary URL and a pull date. Vendor pricing is re-verified monthly; changes appear on /changelog.
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.