Move all the data you need, with predictable pricing

Your monthly bill adds up data volume and connector instances:

• Data is counted each time it’s captured from a source and each time it’s delivered to a destination, including data produced by transformations.
• Each active source or destination is one connector instance, prorated by the hour.

On the Cloud plan, data costs $0.50 per GB, and connector instances cost $100 per month each for your first six and $50 per month for each one after that. For example, moving 100GB a month from Postgres to Snowflake counts as 200GB of data ($100) and 2 connector instances ($200), for a total of $300 a month. Enterprise plans apply discounted rates to the same measurement, and add private and BYOC deployment options for teams running at larger scale.

A connector instance is one configured source (a capture) or one configured destination (a materialization). A single capture can pull from many tables and still counts as one instance, so a pipeline from a Postgres database with 500 tables to Snowflake uses 2 connector instances. Transformations (derivations) don’t count as connector instances, but the data they produce does count toward your data volume.

Data volume includes data captured from sources, data produced by transformations, and data delivered to destinations. If you’re on the Cloud trial, all usage is free for 30 days, which makes it a good time to run your initial load. Planning a large historical load after your trial ends? Get in touch before you start and we’ll help you plan it.

Yes. Estuary’s free tier lets you run up to 10 GB per month across 2 connector instances indefinitely, with no credit card. If you go over those limits, a 30-day free trial of the Cloud plan starts automatically, giving you access to every Cloud feature. We’ll email you before your trial ends. To keep your pipelines running on Cloud, just add a payment method. If you don’t plan to continue, disable the connector instances you no longer need so they don’t generate charges.

With pay-as-you-go, you pay monthly for what you actually use, by card or bank account through Stripe. There’s no minimum commitment, and you can stop anytime. With an annual plan, you commit to a set amount of monthly usage upfront at a discounted rate. Usage above that amount is billed as overage at your contracted rate. Larger commitments and longer terms get deeper discounts.

Enterprise pricing is custom and based on your data volume, number of connector instances, deployment model, contract length, and support needs. Volume-based discounts are available for committed usage. Private and Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) deployments are available on annual or multi-year Enterprise contracts. Contact sales for a quote.

Fivetran bills by monthly active rows (MAR), so your costs depend on how many rows change and can be hard to predict. Estuary bills by GB moved plus a flat fee per connector instance, so costs scale with data volume and are easy to estimate upfront. Estuary also stores captured data in your own cloud storage, which means adding a new destination doesn’t require re-extracting data from the source. For a full breakdown, see Estuary vs. Fivetran.