Fivetran

Pricing model: Pay‑as‑you‑go (usage‑based). Fivetran charges separately for: Connections (measured in Monthly Active Rows, MAR), Transformations (monthly model runs, MMR), and Activations (MAR). Customers choose a plan (Free, Standard, Enterprise, Business Critical) which affects feature access and unit spend rates, but billing is primarily usage‑based per connection/activation/transformation.

Free tier/trial:

• Free Plan: permanently available — includes up to 500,000 MAR for Connections, 3,500 MAR for Activations, and 5,000 MMR for Transformations each month.
• Free trials: Fivetran offers a 14‑day free account trial; each new connection, activation, and Quickstart transformation also has a 14‑day free trial by default.

Example costs (official list rates / examples from vendor docs):

• Transformations (Monthly Model Runs):

  • 0–5,000 MMR: Free
  • 5,001–30,000 MMR: $0.01 per model run
  • 30,001–100,000 MMR: $0.007 per model run
  • 100,001+ MMR: $0.002 per model run

• Connections (measured in MAR): pricing is per‑connection and depends on volume (unit spend rate declines as usage increases). Fivetran states the connection monthly cost = Total monthly usage × spend rate (unit cost) and that each connection follows its own cost curve. Fivetran also applies a minimum/base charge for standard connections that generate between 1 MAR and 1,000,000 MAR (example: a $5 base charge on the Standard plan and a $5 minimum per connection for PAYG). Exact per‑MAR unit rates vary by plan and connection; customers are directed to the vendor’s Pricing Estimator and the Service Consumption Table for per‑connection/million‑MAR unit rates and example cost bands.

Discounts / billing options:

• Annual contracts unlock automatic discounts (vendor cites up to ~22% savings; discounts start at 5% and scale with total annual list price).
• Billing options: monthly pay‑as‑you‑go or annual subscriptions (invoice or credit card); marketplace purchases (AWS/GCP/Azure) are supported.

Other notes / limits:

• Initial and historical syncs are free; MAR counts incremental/new/updated rows per month.
• Enterprise License Agreements (ELAs) are available (fixed‑price, unlimited consumption under specific circumstances) — contact sales / account rep for ELA pricing details.

(Information drawn only from Fivetran’s official website: Pricing page, Usage‑Based Pricing docs, Transformations pricing page, Free Plan page, and 2026 Pricing Updates.)