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Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1265 - digital / analog TV tuner / video capture adapter - PCIe

Mfg # 1196 CDW # 1471975 | UNSPSC 52161546

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  • ATSC, QAM
  • PCIe
  • Digital / analog TV tuner / video capture adapter
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Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1265 - digital / analog TV tuner / video capture adapte is rated 4.30 out of 5 by 17.
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Built-in connectors offer extensive data source integration and time savings What is our primary use case? Fivetran is our main ETL tool. We use it primarily to extract data from different data sources and load it to our data warehouse. We don't do any transformations using Fivetran, as it is primarily used just for data extraction. What is most valuable? The most valuable feature of Fivetran is its built-in connectors for a wide range of data sources. This covers about ninety-five percent of our needs. It also includes monitoring features which are essential for managing data connections from a couple of dozen different data sources through one tool. We don't need to worry about upgrades as Fivetran manages them. It's crucial for us to have everything managed through one tool. What needs improvement? Fivetran could improve by adapting more for technical users and by providing more options for such users. There should be more adaptability in terms of new features. If a specific feature is required, it should be integrated promptly. Improvement in existing connectors with new features is desirable. Enhancements around customer-focused product adaptation are also suggested. For how long have I used the solution? I have been using Fivetran for at least four years. How are customer service and support? The technical support provided by Fivetran has generally been good, with a response time and competence that I would rate as good. However, sometimes I feel they do not fully adapt their product to the needs of customers. How would you rate customer service and support? Positive Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch? I have used some other similar tools in the past that also provided automatic schema migrations. What about the implementation team? We have internal people that manage Fivetran, implying that the implementation was handled internally. What was our ROI? Primarily, Fivetran brings time savings. It saves us the effort of having one to two data engineers managing the tasks that Fivetran handles. However, since they upgraded their pricing every year and despite discounts, I would not consider pricing to be an advantage. What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? Our current yearly contract for Fivetran is approximately $70,000. Their pricing has increased over the years, so it's not seen as an advantage anymore. However, we do receive discounts with each contract. What other advice do I have? Overall, I would rate Fivetran nine out of ten. In the future, I hope Fivetran addresses pricing and features more promptly to improve adaptability. If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use? Other Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2025-04-07T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Enhanced data pipeline connectivity with user-friendly interface What is our primary use case? I work in a company where Fivetran is being used, and we pay the licenses to them. We use it as a customer with a lot of different sources to our databases, such as Google Cloud Storage. Fivetran is used to establish data connections in the pipeline, for example, from SAP S4HANA to Google Cloud Storage. How has it helped my organization? Fivetran provides a user-friendly interface, which makes data pipelining and connecting the source and the destination easier. What is most valuable? The user interface is mostly UI-based, eliminating the need for a lot of coding. Furthermore, Fivetran offers scheduled pipeline extraction up to twelve times in a day. What needs improvement? There is not a lot of options to customize the pipeline, and the cost is high. Additionally, conducting extractions with transformations, like removing null values or doing simple calculations, is difficult. Vendor support is also slow to respond. For how long have I used the solution? I have been using it for a year. What do I think about the stability of the solution? The solution is not stable due to issues with vendor support when problems occur. How are customer service and support? Vendor support is not very good, and it takes time to reach out. How would you rate customer service and support? Positive How was the initial setup? The vendor handles installations on our PCs, and we receive updates either monthly or half-yearly. What about the implementation team? The vendor's partners are involved in updates being held on a scheduled basis. What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? The cost is high for using Fivetran. What other advice do I have? The response sense is not very high, so it's a problem. Pricing is an expensive solution. I'd rate the solution ten out of ten. If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use? Google Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2024-11-07T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Empower data management with enhanced simplicity and customization options What is our primary use case? Fivetran is an ingestion tool used to move data between different sources and destinations. It helps orchestrate pipelines that can be set up manually without technical experience. It facilitates daily pipeline runs based on a specific schedule determined by the licensing level. How has it helped my organization? Fivetran has significantly reduced data ingestion lead times by about sixty to eighty percent. It requires less maintenance on pipelines, freeing up development hours by approximately twenty percent. Additionally, the platform allows for faster setup of new connections, reducing lead time from four to eight weeks to one or a week and a half for complex integrations. What is most valuable? The simplicity and scalability stand out as the most valuable features of Fivetran. It is easy for users to get accustomed to the tool due to its gentle learning curve and clear error transparency. The platform offers transparent logging for detailed auditing. Moreover, scalability is emphasized as Fivetran charges less per row as you use the service more. What needs improvement? Fivetran could improve in the area of customization, especially in how they socialize their tools. The feature of being able to deploy Fivetran on-premises for enhanced security should be highlighted more during discussions with executives. For how long have I used the solution? I have used Fivetran for about four years now. What do I think about the stability of the solution? I rate the stability of Fivetran as nine out of ten. We have never experienced downtime issues. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? I rate the scalability of Fivetran as nine out of ten. It offers a flexible cost structure that benefits those who use it more extensively. How are customer service and support? Customer service is thorough but could be faster, rated as seven out of ten. They usually take about three to five business days to respond. How would you rate customer service and support? Neutral Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch? Previously, everything was developed by hand using Python before moving to Fivetran. Fivetran was a significant improvement. How was the initial setup? The standard cloud licenses are very easy to set up. However, more complex deployments like self-hosted can be more technical. What about the implementation team? I managed the setup alone. In all the last two companies I've worked at, it has been a solo effort. What was our ROI? Fivetran has drastically improved our operations. We've reduced lead times for data ingestion by sixty to eighty percent and have fewer maintenance requirements, leading to a twenty percent increase in development hours. The system has simplified manual integration processes, leading to quicker setup times for new connections. What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? The pricing is sensible and depends on the data ingestion quotas. The standard enterprise allows for advanced development, while the free tier offers a limited feature set. High security options require a business-critical license. Which other solutions did I evaluate? We evaluated Airbyte, Snowflake, and Databricks before choosing Fivetran. Snowflake and Databricks were less competitive due to their complexity and higher resource costs. What other advice do I have? Fivetran is a great tool for organizations needing to simplify data management and ingestion processes. It's ideal for those without a large team to handle multiple data tools. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. Which deployment model are you using for this solution? Hybrid Cloud Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2024-10-15T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Simplified data tracing with reduced maintenance and more automation What is our primary use case? Fivetran is used as an ingestion tool to move data between different sources and destinations. It orchestrates a series of pipelines that can be easily set up manually without any technical experience. These pipelines can run daily according to a specific schedule, depending on the licensing level. Fivetran addresses schema changes and updates destination tables unless there's a major difference, which is helpful in integrating systems from third parties. How has it helped my organization? Before using Fivetran, most integrations were done manually, leading to a lead time of four to eight weeks for a new connection. Now, I can set up new connections in anywhere from a day to a week and a half, reducing data ingestion lead times by sixty to eighty percent. There is a lot less maintenance to do on the pipelines, which has freed up development hours by about twenty percent. Overall, there's a big gain in development hours and less time maintaining data. What is most valuable? The simplicity and scalability are the strongest features of Fivetran. The learning curve is not steep, making it easy to get accustomed to. It's transparent in understanding when something fails, and the logging is detailed, which helps in auditing and accessing information rapidly. For scalability, Fivetran charges less per row the more you use it, allowing you to move more data economically as you set up additional data pipelines. What needs improvement? The biggest area for improvement is in customization, particularly in how Fivetran socializes its tools. Many features like deploying Fivetran on-premises for security purposes or using connectors specific to systems like SAP are not well communicated. New users might not be aware of these features due to the lack of socialization when there are new releases or updates. For how long have I used the solution? I have been using the solution for about four years. What do I think about the stability of the solution? I would rate the stability a nine out of ten. I have never had an issue with downtime at all, though I have encountered technical issues using the API in a more advanced fashion for custom setups. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? I rate the scalability as a solid nine. All you have to do is plug in a new data source, which contributes to your quota for different plans. Fivetran also provides flexibility in managing data ingestion costs through different plans. How are customer service and support? The customer service is very good and thorough, however, it can be slow, usually taking about three to five business days for a response. Generally, I would rate it a seven out of ten because of this lead time. How would you rate customer service and support? Neutral Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch? Before Fivetran, everything was developed by hand using Python. This switch to Fivetran was a big improvement. How was the initial setup? The initial setup for the standard cloud licenses is straightforward and simple. It's a matter of connecting data sources to destinations, which Fivetran's platform largely automates once you input the correct information. What about the implementation team? I handled the initial deployment myself. What was our ROI? Fivetran has drastically reduced the lead time for setting up new connections to one day to one and a half weeks, down from four to eight weeks. It has also decreased the time required for pipeline maintenance, resulting in a gain of sixty to seventy percent more development hours. What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? The pricing is based on how much data is ingested, not on the number of rows. The tool's features expand with higher licensing tiers, such as enterprise or business critical, which provide more secure options. The pricing is reasonable, allowing small companies to operate at a cost below forty thousand a year while larger companies experience diminishing costs per data unit as usage increases, projected not to exceed one hundred thousand per month. Which other solutions did I evaluate? We evaluated Airbyte, Snowflake, and Databricks. Fivetran was ultimately chosen due to its simplicity in setup and configuration. Snowflake and Databricks set up pipelines in a more complex way, and Databricks' orchestration workflow incurred heavier monthly costs. What other advice do I have? Fivetran is a very good tool for simplifying data management and ingestion. It is particularly useful for tracing data lineage, ensuring data flows correctly, and is beneficial if managing multiple data tools requires minimizing complexity. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2024-10-15T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Good stability and scalability, easy setup, and valuable compare feature What is our primary use case? I'm responsible for replicating the data from one source to another. It is constantly running, and we do nothing other than looking at monitoring reports. Once it is established, it is pretty much hands-off. We are not using its latest version. We are slow to migrate to the new version. We wait until there is a need to upgrade, and we are generally one or two versions behind. How has it helped my organization? It has improved the way our organization functions. What is most valuable? The compare feature is the most valuable piece of it. What needs improvement? The documentation can be laid out better to make it easier to find things, and I really wish there was built-in support for changing passwords. Some features don't work as advertised for the platform/repository database, and HVR is not always the fastest at getting results. For how long have I used the solution? I have been using this solution for three years. What do I think about the stability of the solution? We like its stability. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? We like its scalability. How are customer service and technical support? They are adequate. Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch? I have used GoldenGate replication previously. How was the initial setup? Installing the software is really straightforward. Getting your replication stream working is a little bit more complicated, but it is not overly complicated. What about the implementation team? Its deployment was done in-house. It took weeks. There are two people to manage it and make sure that it is working. They are part of the data team or the infrastructure team making sure that we're building our analytic pipeline. What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? I don't have the exact information, but I know it is high, and it is on a yearly basis. There is no additional cost for what we're doing. We're always open to doing things cheaper, so we might potentially implement a different solution. Which other solutions did I evaluate? We looked at Informatica, but one of the sources that we had was only supported with HVR. That's why we went with HVR. What other advice do I have? I would rate HVR an eight out of ten. Which deployment model are you using for this solution? On-premises Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2021-02-20T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from An easy-to-set-up solution that can be used for bidirectional data synchronizations between systems What is our primary use case? We use Fivetran for bidirectional data synchronizations between systems. How has it helped my organization? I didn't set up any transformation in Fivetran. I wanted Fivetran to take care of the log sequence number comparison between source and destination systems so that it would pick up only the data that needed to be synchronized, and it did it beautifully. What is most valuable? The most valuable feature of Fivetran is that it only synchronizes what needs to be synchronized. You need to capture the in-source updates and digits from the source; this is the only information you want. You don't want to download the whole thing each time. Fivetran does this just beautifully. What needs improvement? Fivetran should add more connectors because its competitors, like Airbyte, have more connectors. All of these systems have a problem, namely that they are pure cloud player solutions. I often work in hybrid solutions where customers have on-prem things mixed with cloud things. Pure cloud player solutions never provide a good solution for what is on-prem, which leads to a gap. When you look at systems such as ActiveBatch, they have a very, very strong on-prem platform. They are also looking at the web and cloud things, but they are not that good at the cloud things. So there is nothing that is equally good for both on-prem and cloud. Fivetran should add a feature to connect to the SQL server on-prem. For how long have I used the solution? I have been using Fivetran for a month. What do I think about the stability of the solution? Fivetran is a very stable solution. After you set it up, you can forget about it. I rate Fivetran a nine out of ten for stability. What was our ROI? Fivetran saved me a lot of work. I could have hired a bunch of engineers to write Python's code for me, but Fivetran was already built. So, it was easier for me to focus on my line of business and purchase a commercial product without trying to replicate this myself in Python. That's not a return on investment; that is savings. What other advice do I have? I am using the latest version of Fivetran. Fivetran is easy to set up. It took me one or two hours to set up my flow, and then I forgot about it. So for me, it's perfect because it doesn't take a lot of time. It's not like some other solutions where you need two weeks of engineering to get them to work. I would advise users to try Fivetran before they commit to it. When I compare Fivetran with Airbyte, I like Airbyte better than Fivetran. Overall, I rate Fivetran an eight out of ten. Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2023-07-26T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from A scalable solution that is very easy to use and very easy to configure What is our primary use case? We use the solution to replicate data from our ERP. What is most valuable? The product is very easy to use and very easy to configure. We can do an end-to-end configuration in a few minutes. What needs improvement? The connections with SAP must be improved. The environment has some limitations. For how long have I used the solution? I have been using the solution since January 2023. What do I think about the stability of the solution? The product’s stability is very good. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? The tool’s scalability is very good. How was the initial setup? The initial setup is very easy. It is not that complex. I was part of the deployment process. It is still ongoing. We are not running production for now. What about the implementation team? We need two or three IT employees to maintain the solution. What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? The solution has good pricing. I rate the pricing a six out of ten. What other advice do I have? It's a good integration tool. It is easy to use. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten. Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2023-09-13T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Helps to build data pipelines and save time but pricing is expensive What is our primary use case? We use Fivetran to build data engineering pipelines. It helps us do a lot of data transformation and data extraction. How has it helped my organization? Fivetran helps us save time and be more efficient because we do things with no-code/low-code. What is most valuable? The most important feature of the solution is its ability to build data pipelines in less time. What needs improvement? We experience cost issues because Fivetran is charged on a usage basis. When you reach a certain level, the tool should focus on reducing the costs. The solution is expensive when you are moving gigabytes and petabytes of data. It should also focus more on REST APIs and webhooks. For how long have I used the solution? I have been using the solution for two years. What do I think about the stability of the solution? The solution is very stable and reliable. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? The product's scalability is high. How are customer service and support? Fivetran's technical support is average and can take weeks to respond. How was the initial setup? Fivetran's deployment is simple. What other advice do I have? I rate the solution a seven out of ten. Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2023-08-21T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from User-friendly, stable, and scalable What is our primary use case? For this project, we are using both Fivetran and HVR; however, HVR has a limited number of connections, with only around 30 sources, whereas Fivetran has around 200 source connections. Therefore, if we are unable to connect with HVR, we are connecting with Fivetran. Fivetran is a SaaS solution, so it is always on a public cloud. What is most valuable? Fivetran is remarkably easy to use; I haven't encountered any other data integration tool that is as user-friendly. What needs improvement? Fivetran has a lot of connectors and can currently connect to more than 200 sources. However, occasionally we come across a source that Fivetran does not currently connect to. We can request them to make a connector, but this can take some time. In the meantime, if we want to read through that API or add a custom connection, we cannot do it on Fivetran itself. We must use AWS Lambda and integrate it with our Fivetran account, and this must be done through the public cloud. The number of connectors has room for improvement. I would like Fivetran to implement additional resource monitoring and restriction policies. I don't want to spend more than 100 or 1000 credits per week or have restrictions based on data sources. If a data source suddenly produces a large amount of data, I could manually pause the credits, but it would be very helpful if I could set policies like this. For how long have I used the solution? I have been using the solution for almost one and a half years. What do I think about the stability of the solution? The solution is stable and I have not encountered any issues. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? Fivetran is a scalable product that operates on a pay-as-you-go model, so we must be mindful of the potential for building a connector to it. I have not encountered this issue personally, but I am aware of people in my organization whose clients have experienced similar problems due to its scalability. Currently, we are migrating around 1000 rows per week. If someone were to run a full day, we might migrate 10,000 rows, which could consume up to 5000 credits for Fivetran in a week. I am uncertain of the dollar value of these credits, but it was estimated that they would last two months, yet they were used up in a week. Additionally, Fivetran does not have a resource monitoring feature, so we can monitor how much it has charged us, but we cannot set a limit, such as $2,000, to stop the usage. How are customer service and support? We have contacted the Fivetran team for HVR support since HVR is supported by Fivetran, and they have been very responsive. How was the initial setup? The initial setup is the easiest of all the data integration solutions. We don't need to do much; I have only done it with Snowflake and Databricks. We just need to set up a target or destination or protocol destination, which is really easy. On the left side, we have all the information we need to provide to Fivetran. On the right side, they have step-by-step documentation or procedures on how to find this or how to do that, even for connecting to data sources. Fivetran always gives us step-by-step instructions on how to do this, and Fivetran usually has fewer than 15 steps. What about the implementation team? The implementation was completed in-house. What other advice do I have? I give the solution a nine out of ten. Fivetran is the most user-friendly data integration tool I have encountered. I have not needed any assistance from the Fivetran team, nor do I know anyone who has. If we have data coming from multiple sources that need to be connected, such as our CRM, Salesforce, ERP, and SAP systems, it would take a lot of time to write programs for each one. To save time and allow our data engineers to focus on more useful tasks, it is better to use Fivetran. However, we should be mindful of the cost, as Fivetran uses a pay-as-you-go model. It is best to connect with the Fivetran team rather than setting up the connection directly. They may offer free data migration for a source for up to two weeks, depending on our negotiations. This can be very useful for the initial sync and can save a lot of costs. Which deployment model are you using for this solution? Public Cloud Disclaimer: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer:
Date published: 2023-03-07T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from The product is affordable and easy to deploy, but the technical support must be improved What is our primary use case? We have multiple data available from multiple sources. We use the tool to collect the data in one data warehouse. What is most valuable? The product has some seamless connectors, which are readily available. What needs improvement? The connectors from some websites are not available. It is hard to get the data and work on it. The product should expose the APIs in a better way. The cloud functions are very code-centric. A low-code tool or a no-code tool would give us more flexibility. The environment must be more development-friendly. For how long have I used the solution? I have been using the solution for two to three months. What do I think about the stability of the solution? The tool’s stability is good. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? Five people use the solution in our organization. We need two people to maintain the tool. How are customer service and support? The technical support must be improved. There are a lot of communication barriers. We raise a ticket and wait for days. The team has integrations with communication channels, like Slack, but we have to wait for the support team to look up the issue and answer. The team was proactive during the proof of concept, but the support got slower as soon as we got the license. How would you rate customer service and support? Neutral How was the initial setup? The product is cloud-based. The deployment process is very straightforward. We get the data from different websites and integrate it into our database. We just sync the data on a daily or weekly basis. We needed two people for the deployment. It took two to three days to deploy the tool. What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? The solution is affordable. The pricing model is good. Which other solutions did I evaluate? We evaluated Domo, Snowflake, and Airbyte. We chose Fivetran because it was a prominent product in the market. What other advice do I have? I did the proof of concept, and my organization is in the process of deploying the solution. We have a lot of issues. People who want to work with the product must list the requirements of the extraction website and the web sources from which the data needs to be extracted. They should choose Fivetran only if the connector is readily available. They must not search for custom connectors. Overall, I rate the tool a seven out of ten. Disclaimer: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer:Partner
Date published: 2023-10-18T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Easy to learn, so you can quickly manage ETL pipelines, but it could have more customization options What is our primary use case? We mainly use Fivetran for ETL. What is most valuable? There's a very good layer that allows you to connect different data sources and establish a very good ETL workflow. You can manage all of your connectors individually, which gives you a very good ability to trace which one of your ETL processes is running and when. The solution also allows you to schedule each of those runs with different cadences, depending on which plan you are on. At the same time, for those runs, you have the ability to hash, unhash, or map any data that might be sensitive or personally identifiable, and that's pretty robust. It's a feature in the standard plan, so you don't need the enterprise plan for that. One very powerful and cool feature is how you can integrate the solution with other transformation tools, such as dbt, or run the transformations within Fivetran itself to create a transformation layer on top of your ETL layer. That allows you to manage the entire ETL workflow end to end from within the platform without the need for any additional tool. When it comes to managing ETL pipelines, these features are valuable. What needs improvement? Given that Fivetran is a fully managed third-party solution, the customization could improve because Fivetran gives more thought to people who don't want to manage analytics workflows rather than engineers who want to be able to customize pipelines more thoroughly. For how long have I used the solution? I've had experience with Fivetran for about two-and-a-half to three years. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? The scalability will directly relate to the plan you're on. It will be very important to see that the provisioning in compute and the provisioning you have to run workflows and jobs will also be directly related to your use case. Managing scalability in that way is a bit complex, but you get a lot of support from Fivetran. How are customer service and support? From a customer support standpoint, Fivetran does an amazing job in establishing and helping you customize while ensuring you have the right plan for your data needs. I have full contact with our account executive, and she's super nice and walks us through many of these use cases that will be important in the future and many of the estimations we might need for the workflow we plan on integrating. How would you rate customer service and support? Positive Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch? I have used Splunk before, and it's more technical. Splunk allows you to version things and have a good engineering process around your ETL pipeline. It also has very good logging and documentation tools. But now that Fivetran has a better exposed API, it is much more flexible. But Splunk beats Fivetran regarding things like customization, for example. We switched to Fivetran because we reduced the engineering team. We had fewer people to manage all the different ETL processes, so we had to leverage more automated third-party tools, and Fivetran made onboarding new engineers a lot easier. How was the initial setup? Fivetran is very easy to set up. It's a matter of having the connection information of each one of the endpoints you want the ETL through. The solution is very comprehensive and easy to set up. It even gives you assistance on where to find the information that you might need, depending on the data source. It has pre-built connectors for the most common data sources, so it also helps you expedite that process if you are not super tech-savvy. What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? Fivetran has a pricing model that scales the more data sources you add. When you have a lot of workflows and complex use cases, pricing goes down as you use it more. That's a very good feature of its pricing. Fivetran might be a bit pricey for a very limited or small number of data sources that might be easily collected in other forms. The pricing gets better the bigger you are. Which other solutions did I evaluate? Comparing Fivetran to other tools such as dbt, AWS Glue, or Azure Data Factory, the other tools are more robust and allow us to run custom transformations. What other advice do I have? To anyone who uses the product, I say monitor. You have a dashboard to monitor your MAR, which is a row-level metric Fivetran uses to gauge how much you are consuming. If you can monitor your MAR closely, you can get a very good understanding of how much data you're moving, and it will allow you to adjust the cadences you might need to get a better bang for your buck. Watch your numbers and try to plug in as many data sources as you need because that will help you with pricing. I rate Fivetran a seven or a seven-point five out of ten. It's solid and offers a very simple UI and way to get set up. It might fall short for people who want more advanced use cases or people who have knowledge and tools that they can integrate, and that's where things get a bit more technical. But I feel the leap from just getting started with it to getting very technical with it is very large. There's no middle ground. Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2023-10-06T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Has a great SysTrack load feature, but the real-time data needs improvement What is most valuable? SysTrack load is the best feature. What needs improvement? This solution needs to improve its real-time data and transformation availability. You have to extract a load before you can do any transformation. Another improvement that can be made is with load extraction. This functionality should be implemented with obligating data and data masking. For how long have I used the solution? I have been using Fivetran for a couple of months. What do I think about the stability of the solution? The stability is an eight out of ten. What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? I rate the pricing a six out of ten. What other advice do I have? Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten. Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2024-05-19T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Provides a lot of flexibility and seems stable What is our primary use case? We are doing a proof of concept, and we are still building the operating model. We are using it for moving data from one source to another. We will be using HVR with Snowflake. What is most valuable? It is not like a traditional ETL, but it gives quite a lot of flexibility. What needs improvement? It should have a few more monitoring functionalities. It should also support integration with more data sources. Currently, it supports Snowflake, AWS, and Google Cloud, but it can also support SAP integration. They can make it more flexible. For how long have I used the solution? I have been using this solution for around six months. What do I think about the stability of the solution? It seems to be stable, but we have not yet used it in production. It is still in development. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? We are a large enterprise, but it also seems suitable for small and medium enterprises. How are customer service and support? We have not contacted their support. How was the initial setup? We did not do any deployment at all. We started around six months back, and we are just in the early stages of doing a proof of concept. Which other solutions did I evaluate? We didn't evaluate other options. What other advice do I have? Based on our experience so far, I would rate it an eight out of ten. We will get to know more about how it is in a couple of months. Which deployment model are you using for this solution? Public Cloud Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2022-05-27T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from User-friendly solution that can handle heavy traffic What is our primary use case? I mainly use HVR Software for replication and migration. How has it helped my organization? HVR Software is an asynchronous replication solution. Its arrays are powerful enough to handle migrations even when the replication is happening in the background, without causing any trouble with the ongoing traffic. What is most valuable? HVR Software's most valuable features are that it's simple to use and allows us to use the command line to quickly complete the entire universal replicative setup. What needs improvement? In the next release, I'd like to see an automated version of HVR with a script that can be run on a management server where we can provide all the information within the script, or the script can prompt the user to enter the storage area and volume details so that with just a few clicks, the solution will be deployed automatically in the background. For how long have I used the solution? I've been using HVR Software for fourteen months. What do I think about the stability of the solution? HVR Software is stable. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? HVR Software is scalable. How are customer service and support? HVR Software's technical support could be improved. Whenever we log a case, the response that we get from the support is a bit delayed. How would you rate customer service and support? Positive How was the initial setup? The initial setup was straightforward because we had all the required documentation. What about the implementation team? We used an in-house team. What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? I've heard that the license for HVR is a bit costly compared to its competitors, but since it's reliable and efficient, I think the customer shouldn't be bothered about the cost. What other advice do I have? I would rate HVR Software as ten out of ten. Which deployment model are you using for this solution? On-premises Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2022-06-28T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from The solution can handle large volumes of data fast What is our primary use case? This solution was previously called HVR, which stands for "high-volume replicator." It is now part of Fivetran. It is useful when you need to migrate a large volume of data. We use it for massive data migrations from 30 or 40 sources, including the file system database and some transitional systems. In our case, we had historical and active data. Everything was in on-premise Oracle databases. The historical data itself was around 4.5 terabytes. Fivetran is currently deployed in an AWS EC2 instance. What is most valuable? Fivetran can perform data migration incredibly fast, depending on the source and target. What needs improvement? The documentation is decent, but it's hard to find information online about Fivetran. For example, if you try to search for an error code, you won't find much information about it in forums. The CI/CD capabilities aren't user-friendly. It's easy for simple tasks, but sometimes I get error codes that aren't well-defined in the system or the documentation. We also experience some lag when migrating between two database sources. Data transformation is expensive, so it's segregated across multiple accounts. It would be helpful if we could unify those into a single transformation component or integrate the solution with other transformation tools. It was built for data replication, not transformation. For how long have I used the solution? We have been using Fivetran for the last five or six months. What do I think about the stability of the solution? I rate Fivetran nine out of 10. The only problems we've faced were due to network issues, but there were some bugs in the previous version. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? Fivetran can handle large amounts of data. How are customer service and support? I rate Fivetran support nine out of 10. They've been excellent so far. Some of my team is in the United States because our organization has partnered with Fivetran. They respond quickly when we raise a ticket. I have no complaints. Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch? It comes down to cost and volume. I don't think other tools are as cost-effective as Azure if we're dealing with vast amounts of data. However, Fivetran or other tools make more sense if we're dealing with less data because they're easier to use. We did POCs for Matillion and Fivetran. Migrating more than 4 or 5 terabytes of data from on-prem to Snowflake cloud would have cost a lot. How was the initial setup? I wasn't involved with setting up Fivetran, but I'm told it was straightforward. You have to set up a hub and then install it. If you have an on-prem database, it's better to install an agent. That will help with encryption, data transfer, compression, and other things. You can do it without an agent, but the agent will help. We have agents installed on all our data sources. Updates are also easy. We only need to stop the instance while installing the newest version and restart it. What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? We started an annual subscription for HVR, and Fivetran acquired it in March last year. They have the same pricing model based on monthly active rows of data migrated. What other advice do I have? I rate Fivetran eight out of 10. I would recommend Fivetran depending on the volume of data. If you only need to migrate a few gigabytes, it might be too costly for you. It's better to go with other tools in those cases. If you need to work with large volumes of data, go with HVR or Fivetran. It's easy to set up, but getting a trial version is difficult. You need to talk to Fivetran support for a demo. There isn't a free version on their website that you can install. If you contact Fivetran or a Snowflake partner, you can get a two-week trial. Which deployment model are you using for this solution? Public Cloud If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use? Amazon Web Services (AWS) Disclaimer: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer:
Date published: 2023-02-22T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Offers native connectivity and real-time syncing but lacks an in-line data quality checking feature What is our primary use case? At our company, we are using Fivetran for change data capture and to sync between two different databases using the high volume replication feature. What is most valuable? Fivetran offers native connectivity with Sybase, which is highly valuable. The solution also allows real-time syncing and especially between Sybase and Snowflake, which is the solution's use case in our organization. Fivetran provides seamless integration without any data loss, and data changes are reflected in real time. Due to the change data capture capability, Fivetran allows the seamless data flow from one way to another. What needs improvement? Fivetran has multiple offerings and I have majorly worked with the high volume replication feature. An in-line data quality checking capability is missing in the solution. Whatever data gets synced or converted from one format to another as part of an ETL task using Fivetran, a data quality check cannot be performed. As part of the data observation, when the data flows from the source to the target, there isn't a single interface provided by Fivetran to observe the data flow process, check for issues, and implement a comparison with historical transformation. The data observability could also be better in the product in terms of the gaps present. For how long have I used the solution? I have been using Fivetran for nearly two years. What do I think about the stability of the solution? The solution offers satisfying stability. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? Fivetran is reasonably scalable and easy to use and I haven't faced any challenges with scaling. How are customer service and support? The customer support from Fivetran is satisfying. I would rate customer support an eight out of ten. How would you rate customer service and support? Positive How was the initial setup? The on-prem deployment of Fivetran is a little bit complex, but the on-cloud deployment through the vendor's SaaS offering is comparatively easier and simpler. Just a couple of professionals are required to deploy Fivetran. What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten. The product is reasonably expensive. What other advice do I have? The solution provides a satisfying user experience by utilizing its automation capabilities. I would rate the product a seven out of ten. Disclaimer: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Date published: 2024-05-30T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Seamlessly integrates diverse data sources and deploys effortlessly What is our primary use case? The primary use case for Fivetran is integrating with multiple data sources. We explored this use case when considering Fivetran. What is most valuable? The ability to seamlessly integrate with a large variety of data sources is valuable. Fivetran is an easy-to-deploy solution for organizations looking at integrating a wide variety of data sources. We used Fivetran as a proof of concept and found it very stable during the short duration of our use. What needs improvement? In our case, we ultimately did not end up using Fivetran because we were able to do custom connects at a lower cost compared to Fivetran. From a cost perspective, if the number of connectors is lesser, then Fivetran is not the most cost-efficient option. For how long have I used the solution? We used Fivetran for less than six months, not more than that. What was my experience with deployment of the solution? We did not encounter any issues with deployment. The initial setup was straightforward. What do I think about the stability of the solution? During the duration of the time that we used Fivetran, it was highly stable. I would ideally rate it nine or ten out of ten. What do I think about the scalability of the solution? I would rate the scalability of Fivetran at close to nine or ten. How are customer service and support? We did not require any technical support because we have our own core set of developers. Therefore, we did not have experience contacting their technical support. How would you rate customer service and support? Negative Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch? We did not end up using Fivetran permanently because we were able to perform custom connects at a lower cost. How was the initial setup? The initial setup of Fivetran was straightforward. What about the implementation team? We did not require external assistance because we have a technical team internally. What was our ROI? We evaluated Fivetran but ultimately did not use it due to cost concerns. Which other solutions did I evaluate? As an organization, we looked at Fivetran and Verscape during our evaluation process. What other advice do I have? For organizations looking at integrating a very large variety of data sources, Fivetran is an easy-to-deploy solution. I would rate the overall solution eight out of ten. Which deployment model are you using for this solution? Public Cloud If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use? Other Disclaimer: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer:Integrator
Date published: 2025-05-02T00:00:00-04:00
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