Solving Data Integration: The Pros and Cons of Open Source and Commercial Software by@jean-lafleur
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Solving Data Integration: The Pros and Cons of Open Source and Commercial Software

by John Lafleur7mOctober 10th, 2020
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There was an awesome debate on DBT’s Slack last week discussing the state of open-source alternatives to Fivetran. We’ll go over the main challenges that companies face and see which approach fits best. Commercial companies have a commercial software product, and “OSS companies” the ones with an open source approach. The more connectors, the more difficult it is for a commercial company to keep the same level of maintenance across all connectors. The answer is probably, but only if we achieve a large number of high-quality well-maintained connectors.

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