Data pipeline and ETL tools — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for data pipeline and etl tools, date by date. Every ranking we publish is frozen the day it publishes, so this is a record of what was said — not a re-computation of what today's data would say about the past.

Record: 26 dated snapshots · Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026

What changed

Computed by comparing each dated snapshot with the one before it. Share moves smaller than 1pp are treated as noise and left out — the same threshold that suppresses trend arrows on the ranking.

Sep 8, 2026vs Sep 7, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

  • ▲ INSalesforce entered the top 10 (#16 → #4)
  • ▲ INSnowflake entered the top 10 (#13 → #5)
  • ▲ INBigQuery entered the top 10 (#14 → #7)
  • ▼ OUTHevo left the top 10 (#5 → #13)
  • ▼ OUTIntegrate.io left the top 10 (#9 → #15)
  • ▼ OUTMatillion left the top 10 (#10 → #12)
  • ▲Salesforce moved #16 → #4
  • ▲Snowflake moved #13 → #5
  • ▼Hevo moved #5 → #13
  • ▲BigQuery moved #14 → #7
  • ▼Stitch moved #4 → #10
  • ▼Integrate.io moved #9 → #15
  • ▼Matillion moved #10 → #12
  • ▲Airbyte moved #2 → #1
  • ▼Fivetran moved #1 → #2
  • ▼Talend moved #7 → #8
  • ▼Apache Airflow moved #8 → #9
  • ▼Hevo -19.6pp (37.5% → 17.9%)
  • ▼Stitch -16.1pp (37.5% → 21.4%)
  • ▼dbt -15.8pp (47.9% → 32.1%)
  • ▼Integrate.io -13.4pp (31.3% → 17.9%)
  • ▼Matillion -11.3pp (29.2% → 17.9%)
  • ▼Talend -8.3pp (33.3% → 25%)
  • ▼Airflow -6.8pp (35.4% → 28.6%)
  • ▼Apache Airflow -6.3pp (31.3% → 25%)
  • ▲Salesforce +5.7pp (22.9% → 28.6%)
  • ▼Fivetran -3.6pp (75% → 71.4%)
  • ▲Snowflake +3.6pp (25% → 28.6%)
Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026
  • ▲Talend moved #9 → #7
  • ▼Matillion moved #8 → #10
  • ▲Hevo moved #6 → #5
  • ▼Airflow moved #5 → #6
  • ▼Apache Airflow moved #7 → #8
  • ▲Integrate.io moved #10 → #9
  • ▲Talend +4.2pp (29.1% → 33.3%)
  • ▲Hevo +3pp (34.5% → 37.5%)
  • ▲Apache Airflow +2.2pp (29.1% → 31.3%)
  • ▲Integrate.io +2.2pp (29.1% → 31.3%)
  • ▼Fivetran -1.4pp (76.4% → 75%)
  • ▼Airbyte -1.4pp (76.4% → 75%)
  • ▼dbt -1.2pp (49.1% → 47.9%)
  • ▲Stitch +1.1pp (36.4% → 37.5%)
Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026
  • ▲ INTalend entered the top 10 (#12 → #9)
  • ▲ INIntegrate.io entered the top 10 (#14 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTBigQuery left the top 10 (#7 → #11)
  • ▼ OUTSnowflake left the top 10 (#8 → #12)
  • ▲Integrate.io moved #14 → #10
  • ▼BigQuery moved #7 → #11
  • ▼Snowflake moved #8 → #12
  • ▲Apache Airflow moved #10 → #7
  • ▲Talend moved #12 → #9
  • ▲Stitch moved #5 → #4
  • ▼Airflow moved #4 → #5
  • ▲Matillion moved #9 → #8
  • ▼Snowflake -8.4pp (33.9% → 25.5%)
  • ▼BigQuery -6.6pp (33.9% → 27.3%)
  • ▼Airflow -4.2pp (38.7% → 34.5%)
  • ▼dbt -4.1pp (53.2% → 49.1%)
  • ▼Apache Airflow -3.2pp (32.3% → 29.1%)
  • ▼Matillion -3.2pp (32.3% → 29.1%)
  • ▼Fivetran -2.6pp (79% → 76.4%)
  • ▼Airbyte -2.6pp (79% → 76.4%)
  • ▲Integrate.io +1.7pp (27.4% → 29.1%)
  • ▼Hevo -1pp (35.5% → 34.5%)
Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026
  • ▲ INApache Airflow entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTIntegrate.io left the top 10 (#10 → #14)
  • ▼Integrate.io moved #10 → #14
  • ▲Apache Airflow moved #12 → #10
  • ▲Fivetran moved #2 → #1
  • ▼Airbyte moved #1 → #2
  • ▲BigQuery moved #8 → #7
  • ▼Snowflake moved #7 → #8
  • ▲dbt +3.2pp (50% → 53.2%)
  • ▲Airflow +3.2pp (35.5% → 38.7%)
  • ▲Stitch +2.9pp (34.2% → 37.1%)
  • ▼Integrate.io -2.9pp (30.3% → 27.4%)
  • ▲Fivetran +2.7pp (76.3% → 79%)
  • ▲Apache Airflow +2pp (30.3% → 32.3%)
  • ▲Airbyte +1.4pp (77.6% → 79%)
  • ▲Hevo +1.3pp (34.2% → 35.5%)
  • ▲BigQuery +1pp (32.9% → 33.9%)
Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026
  • ▲ INIntegrate.io entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTTalend left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
  • ▲Airflow moved #7 → #4
  • ▼Hevo moved #4 → #6
  • ▼Snowflake moved #5 → #7
  • ▲Airbyte moved #2 → #1
  • ▼Fivetran moved #1 → #2
  • ▲Stitch moved #6 → #5
  • ▲Integrate.io moved #11 → #10
  • ▼Talend moved #10 → #11
  • ▼Hevo -3.5pp (37.7% → 34.2%)
  • ▼Snowflake -3.5pp (37.7% → 34.2%)
  • ▼BigQuery -3.3pp (36.2% → 32.9%)
  • ▼Matillion -3.2pp (34.8% → 31.6%)
  • ▼Talend -3pp (33.3% → 30.3%)
  • ▼dbt -2.2pp (52.2% → 50%)
  • ▼Stitch -2pp (36.2% → 34.2%)
  • ▼Integrate.io -1.6pp (31.9% → 30.3%)
Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4 → 4-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

  • ▲ INTalend entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTIntegrate.io left the top 10 (#8 → #11)
  • ▲Snowflake moved #10 → #5
  • ▼Matillion moved #6 → #9
  • ▼Integrate.io moved #8 → #11
  • ▼Stitch moved #5 → #6
  • ▲BigQuery moved #9 → #8
  • ▲Talend moved #11 → #10
  • ▼dbt -8.2pp (60.4% → 52.2%)
  • ▼Hevo -6.1pp (43.8% → 37.7%)
  • ▼Integrate.io -5.6pp (37.5% → 31.9%)
  • ▼Stitch -5.5pp (41.7% → 36.2%)
  • ▼Matillion -4.8pp (39.6% → 34.8%)
  • ▼Airflow -3.4pp (39.6% → 36.2%)
  • ▼Fivetran -2.4pp (79.2% → 76.8%)
  • ▼Airbyte -2.4pp (79.2% → 76.8%)
  • ▼BigQuery -1.3pp (37.5% → 36.2%)
Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026
  • ▲Integrate.io moved #10 → #8
  • ▲Hevo moved #5 → #4
  • ▼Stitch moved #4 → #5
  • ▼BigQuery moved #8 → #9
  • ▼Snowflake moved #9 → #10
  • ▲Hevo +7pp (36.8% → 43.8%)
  • ▲Integrate.io +5.1pp (32.4% → 37.5%)
  • ▲dbt +4.5pp (55.9% → 60.4%)
  • ▲Matillion +4.3pp (35.3% → 39.6%)
  • ▲Airflow +4.3pp (35.3% → 39.6%)
  • ▲Airbyte +4.2pp (75% → 79.2%)
  • ▲BigQuery +2.2pp (35.3% → 37.5%)
  • ▲Snowflake +2.2pp (35.3% → 37.5%)
  • ▲Fivetran +1.3pp (77.9% → 79.2%)
Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

The ranking, date by date

Top 10 on each archived date, exactly as published. Cite a date and it stays true: snapshots are append-only, and a correction appends a new revision rather than overwriting the original.

Sep 8, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7
  • #1Airbyte75%
  • #2Fivetran71.4%
  • #3dbt32.1%
  • #4Salesforce28.6%
  • #5Snowflake28.6%
  • #6Airflow28.6%
  • #7BigQuery25%
  • #8Talend25%
  • #9Apache Airflow25%
  • #10Stitch21.4%
Sep 7, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7
  • #1Airbyte75%
  • #2Fivetran71.4%
  • #3dbt32.1%
  • #4Salesforce28.6%
  • #5Snowflake28.6%
  • #6Airflow28.6%
  • #7BigQuery25%
  • #8Talend25%
  • #9Apache Airflow25%
  • #10Stitch21.4%
Sep 6, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v7
  • #1Airbyte75%
  • #2Fivetran71.4%
  • #3dbt32.1%
  • #4Salesforce28.6%
  • #5Snowflake28.6%
  • #6Airflow28.6%
  • #7BigQuery25%
  • #8Talend25%
  • #9Apache Airflow25%
  • #10Stitch21.4%
Sep 5, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v7
  • #1Airbyte75%
  • #2Fivetran71.4%
  • #3dbt32.1%
  • #4Salesforce28.6%
  • #5Snowflake28.6%
  • #6Airflow28.6%
  • #7BigQuery25%
  • #8Talend25%
  • #9Apache Airflow25%
  • #10Stitch21.4%
Sep 4, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v7
  • #1Airbyte75%
  • #2Fivetran71.4%
  • #3dbt32.1%
  • #4Salesforce28.6%
  • #5Snowflake28.6%
  • #6Airflow28.6%
  • #7BigQuery25%
  • #8Talend25%
  • #9Apache Airflow25%
  • #10Stitch21.4%
Sep 3, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v7
  • #1Airbyte75%
  • #2Fivetran71.4%
  • #3dbt32.1%
  • #4Salesforce28.6%
  • #5Snowflake28.6%
  • #6Airflow28.6%
  • #7BigQuery25%
  • #8Talend25%
  • #9Apache Airflow25%
  • #10Stitch21.4%
Sep 2, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v4-7
  • #1Fivetran75%
  • #2Airbyte75%
  • #3dbt47.9%
  • #4Stitch37.5%
  • #5Hevo37.5%
  • #6Airflow35.4%
  • #7Talend33.3%
  • #8Apache Airflow31.3%
  • #9Integrate.io31.3%
  • #10Matillion29.2%
Sep 1, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v4-7
  • #1Fivetran75%
  • #2Airbyte75%
  • #3dbt47.9%
  • #4Stitch37.5%
  • #5Hevo37.5%
  • #6Airflow35.4%
  • #7Talend33.3%
  • #8Apache Airflow31.3%
  • #9Integrate.io31.3%
  • #10Matillion29.2%
Aug 31, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v4-7
  • #1Fivetran75%
  • #2Airbyte75%
  • #3dbt47.9%
  • #4Stitch37.5%
  • #5Hevo37.5%
  • #6Airflow35.4%
  • #7Talend33.3%
  • #8Apache Airflow31.3%
  • #9Integrate.io31.3%
  • #10Matillion29.2%
Aug 30, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v4-7
  • #1Fivetran76.4%
  • #2Airbyte76.4%
  • #3dbt49.1%
  • #4Stitch36.4%
  • #5Airflow34.5%
  • #6Hevo34.5%
  • #7Apache Airflow29.1%
  • #8Matillion29.1%
  • #9Talend29.1%
  • #10Integrate.io29.1%
Aug 29, 202662 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v4-7
  • #1Fivetran79%
  • #2Airbyte79%
  • #3dbt53.2%
  • #4Airflow38.7%
  • #5Stitch37.1%
  • #6Hevo35.5%
  • #7BigQuery33.9%
  • #8Snowflake33.9%
  • #9Matillion32.3%
  • #10Apache Airflow32.3%
Aug 28, 202662 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v4-7
  • #1Fivetran79%
  • #2Airbyte79%
  • #3dbt53.2%
  • #4Airflow38.7%
  • #5Stitch37.1%
  • #6Hevo35.5%
  • #7BigQuery33.9%
  • #8Snowflake33.9%
  • #9Matillion32.3%
  • #10Apache Airflow32.3%
Aug 27, 202662 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v4-7
  • #1Fivetran79%
  • #2Airbyte79%
  • #3dbt53.2%
  • #4Airflow38.7%
  • #5Stitch37.1%
  • #6Hevo35.5%
  • #7BigQuery33.9%
  • #8Snowflake33.9%
  • #9Matillion32.3%
  • #10Apache Airflow32.3%
Aug 26, 202662 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7
  • #1Fivetran79%
  • #2Airbyte79%
  • #3dbt53.2%
  • #4Airflow38.7%
  • #5Stitch37.1%
  • #6Hevo35.5%
  • #7BigQuery33.9%
  • #8Snowflake33.9%
  • #9Matillion32.3%
  • #10Apache Airflow32.3%
Aug 25, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7
  • #1Airbyte77.6%
  • #2Fivetran76.3%
  • #3dbt50%
  • #4Airflow35.5%
  • #5Stitch34.2%
  • #6Hevo34.2%
  • #7Snowflake34.2%
  • #8BigQuery32.9%
  • #9Matillion31.6%
  • #10Integrate.io30.3%
Aug 24, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7
  • #1Fivetran76.8%
  • #2Airbyte76.8%
  • #3dbt52.2%
  • #4Hevo37.7%
  • #5Snowflake37.7%
  • #6Stitch36.2%
  • #7Airflow36.2%
  • #8BigQuery36.2%
  • #9Matillion34.8%
  • #10Talend33.3%
Aug 23, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4
  • #1Fivetran79.2%
  • #2Airbyte79.2%
  • #3dbt60.4%
  • #4Hevo43.8%
  • #5Stitch41.7%
  • #6Matillion39.6%
  • #7Airflow39.6%
  • #8Integrate.io37.5%
  • #9BigQuery37.5%
  • #10Snowflake37.5%
Aug 22, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4
  • #1Fivetran79.2%
  • #2Airbyte79.2%
  • #3dbt60.4%
  • #4Hevo43.8%
  • #5Stitch41.7%
  • #6Matillion39.6%
  • #7Airflow39.6%
  • #8Integrate.io37.5%
  • #9BigQuery37.5%
  • #10Snowflake37.5%
Aug 21, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4
  • #1Fivetran77.9%
  • #2Airbyte75%
  • #3dbt55.9%
  • #4Stitch41.2%
  • #5Hevo36.8%
  • #6Matillion35.3%
  • #7Airflow35.3%
  • #8BigQuery35.3%
  • #9Snowflake35.3%
  • #10Integrate.io32.4%
Aug 20, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4
  • #1Fivetran77.9%
  • #2Airbyte75%
  • #3dbt55.9%
  • #4Stitch41.2%
  • #5Hevo36.8%
  • #6Matillion35.3%
  • #7Airflow35.3%
  • #8BigQuery35.3%
  • #9Snowflake35.3%
  • #10Integrate.io32.4%
Aug 19, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4
  • #1Fivetran77.9%
  • #2Airbyte75%
  • #3dbt55.9%
  • #4Stitch41.2%
  • #5Hevo36.8%
  • #6Matillion35.3%
  • #7Airflow35.3%
  • #8BigQuery35.3%
  • #9Snowflake35.3%
  • #10Integrate.io32.4%
Aug 18, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4
  • #1Fivetran77.9%
  • #2Airbyte75%
  • #3dbt55.9%
  • #4Stitch41.2%
  • #5Hevo36.8%
  • #6Matillion35.3%
  • #7Airflow35.3%
  • #8BigQuery35.3%
  • #9Snowflake35.3%
  • #10Integrate.io32.4%
Aug 17, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4
  • #1Fivetran77.9%
  • #2Airbyte75%
  • #3dbt55.9%
  • #4Stitch41.2%
  • #5Hevo36.8%
  • #6Matillion35.3%
  • #7Airflow35.3%
  • #8BigQuery35.3%
  • #9Snowflake35.3%
  • #10Integrate.io32.4%
Aug 16, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4
  • #1Fivetran77.9%
  • #2Airbyte75%
  • #3dbt55.9%
  • #4Stitch41.2%
  • #5Hevo36.8%
  • #6Matillion35.3%
  • #7Airflow35.3%
  • #8BigQuery35.3%
  • #9Snowflake35.3%
  • #10Integrate.io32.4%
Aug 15, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4
  • #1Fivetran77.9%
  • #2Airbyte75%
  • #3dbt55.9%
  • #4Stitch41.2%
  • #5Hevo36.8%
  • #6Matillion35.3%
  • #7Airflow35.3%
  • #8BigQuery35.3%
  • #9Snowflake35.3%
  • #10Integrate.io32.4%
Aug 14, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4
  • #1Fivetran77.9%
  • #2Airbyte75%
  • #3dbt55.9%
  • #4Stitch41.2%
  • #5Hevo36.8%
  • #6Matillion35.3%
  • #7Airflow35.3%
  • #8BigQuery35.3%
  • #9Snowflake35.3%
  • #10Integrate.io32.4%

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