Airbyte vs Hex
What each one’s own pages state, side by side. Every value is a quote AirStack found on that product’s pages; “Not observed” means AirStack has not found it on that product’s pages.
| Airbyte | Hex | |
|---|---|---|
| What it says it does | Airbyte | Open-Source Autonomous Data Movement Platform airbyte.com | The Analytics platform for humans and agents hex.tech |
| Starting at | $20 Standard / month | $36 Professional · per user / month |
| Deployment | Airbyte Cloud, VPC, Your VPC, on-prem, or multi-region airbyte.com | EU Multi-tenant, Single, multi-tenant hex.tech |
| Integrations | ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Airtable, BigQuery, Amplitude airbyte.com | Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, GitHub, GitLab, dbt hex.tech |
| Compliance | Not observed | CCPA, GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2 hex.tech |
| Free plan | Yes airbyte.com | Yes hex.tech |
| Plans | Enterprise Flex, Plus, Pro, Standard airbyte.com | Community, Enterprise, Professional, Team hex.tech |
| Open source | Yes airbyte.com | Not observed |
| Models supported | Not observed | open source hex.tech |
| Pricing basis | Pick the model that fits: fixed capacity on Pro and Enterprise Flex, or volume-based on Standard and Plus. airbyte.com | Not observed |
| Customers (their claim) | 25,000+ airbyte.com | Not observed |
Where they differ
- Airbyte’s pages state that it is open source; AirStack has not found that on Hex’s pages.
- Hex claims GDPR on its own pages; Airbyte’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
- Hex claims HIPAA on its own pages; Airbyte’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
- Hex claims SOC 2 on its own pages; Airbyte’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
Prices are list prices as written on each pricing page; check them before you buy. Nothing here is a ranking or a recommendation.