Vendor
Meltano
Meltano OSS is MIT-licensed and free. Meltano Cloud Pro lists from $700 / month, with per-runner-minute and per-connector charges. The Singer-based connector ecosystem is engineering-friendly and well-suited to teams that want code-first ELT.source - pulled 2026-06-21
Pricing model
OSS (MIT). Meltano Cloud and Enterprise tiers; Cloud per-runner-minute + per-connector.
Cheapest published rate: OSS free; Cloud Pro from $700/moMeltano pricing page - pulled 2026-06-21
2026 changes
Meltano Cloud GA; SDK-based connector authoring stable.
Verified 2026-06-21.
Pricing in detail
Self-hosted Meltano on Kubernetes costs roughly $500 / month in infra plus the FTE line. Meltano Cloud is cheaper at low volume because it removes that FTE - Pro at $700 / month beats self-hosted at 0.05 FTE-equivalent of platform time.
The Singer SDK lets developers author connectors in Python with a stable spec - useful for organisations that want their own connectors version-controlled in git rather than configured in a vendor UI.
When to pick Meltano
Pick Meltano when the team is engineering-led and wants pipelines defined as code, version-controlled, and reproducible. Strong fit for analytics-engineering shops that already run dbt with rigour.
Avoid Meltano when the team is analyst-led and would rather click through a Fivetran UI than write YAML.
Mid-market estimate
For a 50M-MAR mid-market profile, the published rate produces an estimated subscription line of $5,500/mo. Self-host on K8s: ~$500 infra + 0.5 FTE loaded; Cloud Pro is cheaper at low volume.source - pulled 2026-06-21Run the full TCO at /tco-calculator.
Related
Written by Oliver Wakefield-Smith, Founder of Digital Signet. Independent reference, no vendor sponsorship.
Sources logged at /sources. Pricing-change history at /changelog. Last reviewed 2026-06-21.