name: Fivetran API Plans
specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Fivetran
providerId: fivetran
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-04'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Data Integration
  - ELT
  - ETL
description: Fivetran consumption-based pricing using Monthly Active Rows (MAR).
sources:
  - https://www.fivetran.com/pricing
plans:
  - id: fivetran-free
    name: Free
    type: freemium
    description: Low-volume usage included.
    entries:
      - label: MAR
        name: mar
        type: quota
        metric: row
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Limited usage
      - name: Connectors limited
  - id: fivetran-connections
    name: Connections (Paid)
    type: usage-based
    description: $5 base for 1 MAR – 1M MAR; tiered above.
    entries:
      - label: Base (1-1M MAR)
        name: base
        type: metered
        metric: MAR
        limit: 1000000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '5.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Higher tiers
        name: tiers
        type: metered
        metric: MAR
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: tiered (declining)
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Pay only for active rows
      - name: Annual contracts save up to 22%
  - id: fivetran-transformations
    name: Transformations
    type: usage-based
    description: Tiered per model run.
    entries:
      - label: 0-5,000 runs
        name: tier_1
        type: metered
        metric: run
        limit: 5000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: 5,001-30,000 runs
        name: tier_2
        type: metered
        metric: run
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.01'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: 30,001-100,000 runs
        name: tier_3
        type: metered
        metric: run
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.007'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: 100,000+ runs
        name: tier_4
        type: metered
        metric: run
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.002'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: dbt Core or Quickstart Data Models
      - name: Scheduled runs
  - id: fivetran-enterprise
    name: Business Critical / Enterprise
    type: enterprise
    description: Custom contracts with HIPAA, private deployment, hybrid options.
    entries:
      - label: Annual (custom)
        name: annual
        type: subscription
        metric: year
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: custom
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: PrivateLink
      - name: Hybrid Deployment
      - name: HIPAA
      - name: BAA
      - name: Customer-managed keys
      - name: Audit logs
x-canonical:
  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
  models:
  - free
  - metered
  - subscription
  units:
  - period
  - request
  plans:
  - name: Free
    access: freemium
    model: free
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - other
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Connections (Paid)
    access: other
    model: metered
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - other
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Transformations
    access: other
    model: metered
    model_how: stated
    units:
    - request
    periods:
    - month
  - name: Business Critical / Enterprise
    access: enterprise
    model: subscription
    model_how: derived
    units:
    - period
    periods:
    - year