One platform instead of two
ETL into the warehouse and reverse ETL back out run on the same connections, models and schedules.
Polytomic vs Airbyte
Polytomic moves data into your warehouse and back out to Salesforce, HubSpot and your ad platforms. Airbyte does the first half.
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Why teams move from Airbyte to Polytomic
Nothing that breaks without warning
Polytomic maintains every connector it ships. Airbyte’s own docs say Marketplace connectors are community maintained and can break with no notice.
Support that reaches an engineer
Live chat with engineers on Standard, a dedicated engineer on Enterprise. Airbyte’s official SLAs need a Premium Support contract, and community connectors get none.
Polytomic runs the whole round trip on one platform
Airbyte gets data into the warehouse. The harder part usually comes next, when someone asks for that clean customer table inside Salesforce.
With Airbyte
A second tool for the way back
Airbyte's destinations are warehouses, lakes and vector stores. Getting modeled data into a CRM or ad platform means adding a reverse ETL vendor or writing scripts.
- Airbyte loads Postgres into Snowflake
- A reverse ETL vendor or your own scripts push the customer table to Salesforce
- Two vendors to pay, monitor and debug
With Polytomic
The same platform both ways
Bulk syncs load the warehouse. Model syncs read from it and update Salesforce, HubSpot or your ad platforms, sending only what changed.
- Polytomic loads Postgres into Snowflake
- Polytomic pushes the customer table to Salesforce and HubSpot
- One vendor to pay, monitor and debug
Feature by feature
Nine capabilities, from direction of travel and change data capture through to deployment, agents and support.
Direction of data movement
Polytomic
ETL and reverse ETLOne platform loads the warehouse and writes modeled data back out to SaaS applications, ad platforms, spreadsheets and custom APIs. App to app syncs run with no warehouse in between.
polytomic.com/integrationsAirbyte
ETL onlyAirbyte lists warehouses, lakes and vector stores as destinations. Business applications appear in the catalog as sources rather than destinations.
docs.airbyte.com · destinationsDatabase change data capture
Polytomic
8 databasesLog based capture on the major relational databases, MongoDB and AWS managed NoSQL. Capture runs on its own schedule, so it keeps pace even when a sync stalls, and deletes propagate.
docs.polytomic.com · incremental syncingAirbyte
SupportedCDC is available for the major relational databases and MongoDB.
docs.airbyte.com · incremental syncSync frequency
Polytomic
Every 5 minutesContinuous scheduling runs a sync at most every 5 minutes, on every plan. Hourly, daily, weekly, custom and manual schedules are also available.
docs.polytomic.com · sync scheduleAirbyte
15 minutes on ProAirbyte lists one hour replication frequency on Core and Standard. Fifteen minutes requires Pro or Enterprise Flex.
airbyte.com/pricingConnector catalog and who maintains it
Polytomic
220+ connections220+ connection types, 200+ as a source and 90+ as a destination. Polytomic maintains all of them and builds new connectors on request. Nothing ships in beta.
polytomic.com/integrationsAirbyte
600+ across four tiersAirbyte advertises more than 600 connectors across four support levels. Airbyte maintains the first tier. Its documentation states that community built Marketplace connectors are not covered by its support SLAs and should be tested before production use.
docs.airbyte.com · connector support levelsDeployment and data residency
Polytomic
Self hosted or cloudRuns self contained in your own cloud on the Enterprise plan, with the same connectors, syncs and change data capture as Polytomic Cloud.
docs.polytomic.com · on premises setupAirbyte
Self managed or cloudCore is free and self managed. Enterprise Flex adds on premises and multi region deployment.
airbyte.com/pricingInfrastructure as code
Polytomic
Published providerA Terraform provider on the public registry provisions connections, models and syncs. A workspace importer generates HCL for configuration built in the UI.
docs.polytomic.com · Terraform importAirbyte
Published providerAirbyte publishes a Terraform provider covering sources, destinations and connections.
registry.terraform.io · airbyteMCP, API and embedded access
Polytomic
Full MCP serverA hosted MCP server lets an agent configure Polytomic, investigate sync errors and query every connected system from Claude, ChatGPT or Codex. Polytomic Connect gives partners an embedded, brandable auth flow.
apidocs.polytomic.com · MCP serverAirbyte
MCP on Agents plansAirbyte lists API and MCP access under its Agents plans rather than across its data replication product.
airbyte.com/pricingPermissions and governance
Polytomic
Full RBAC and workspacesOut of the box roles plus a full RBAC engine, with custom roles scoped to individual models, connections and syncs. Isolated workspaces per team, audit logs, enterprise SSO and SAML.
docs.polytomic.com · custom rolesAirbyte
SSO and RBAC on ProSSO, RBAC and multiple workspaces are Pro plan features rather than being available across plans.
airbyte.com/pricingSupport model
Polytomic
Real-time and technicalLive chat on Standard, where replies in under 60 seconds from an actual engineer are common. Enterprise adds a dedicated engineer and phone support.
polytomic.com/pricingAirbyte
Premium support on higher tiersCore users get community support. Standard gets standard support, Pro gets premium support, and Enterprise Flex adds a support SLA. Community built Marketplace connectors carry no support on any plan.
airbyte.com/pricingPolytomic by the numbers
8
Databases with log based CDC
PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Azure SQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, DocumentDB and Keyspaces.
220+
Connection types we maintain
All production ready, none community maintained, and missing ones built on request.
5 min
Shortest sync interval
Continuous scheduling, included on every plan rather than gated behind a tier.
“Polytomic handles so many ETL and sync jobs at Cursor. They are a true partner to us.”
Jonathan Krangel
VP Global Head of Revenue Operations, Cursor
How to migrate from Airbyte to Polytomic
Build your pipelines in Polytomic alongside the ones you already run, confirm the numbers match, then switch over. Nothing stops while you check.
Step 01
Send us your connector list
Share your Airbyte sources, destinations and schedules. We tell you which ones Polytomic supports today and which we would have to build, before you commit to anything.
Step 02
Run both in parallel
Rebuild your highest volume pipelines in Polytomic and write them to a separate schema while Airbyte keeps running. Compare row counts until they match. The Terraform provider and workspace importer put the new setup in version control from day one.
Step 03
Switch over
Point your models at the Polytomic tables and switch Airbyte off. Most teams then turn on reverse ETL, pushing warehouse data into Salesforce, HubSpot and their ad platforms over the connections they just built.
When Airbyte is the better choice
Some teams should pick Airbyte. Better to know that now than three months into a contract.
You want open source you can run for free
Airbyte Core is open source and free to run yourself. Polytomic is not open source, so if that is a hard requirement, Airbyte is the better fit.
You are happy writing and maintaining your own connectors
Airbyte’s Connector Builder lets you write a connector yourself and maintain it from there. If you are happy writing the code and owning the upkeep, that fits.
Your data volumes are small
At modest volumes a self managed Airbyte deployment can be enough, and cheap. Polytomic is built for high volume change data capture, and priced per customer, so ETL only teams pay for ETL only.
Frequently asked questions
Compare it against your own pipelines
Bring your Airbyte source list to a 30 minute call and we will tell you what Polytomic supports today and what it would take to switch.