Singer

singer.io
Data Integration
Few Days

Simple, Composable, Open Source ETL

How to Replace Singer

Overview

Singer is an open-source standard for writing scripts that move data between sources and destinations. It powers data extraction and consolidation for organizations by defining how data extraction scripts (taps) and data loading scripts (targets) should communicate, allowing them to be used in any combination to move data from any source to any destination.

Features

7 features across 5 categories

Architecture(1)

Unix-Inspired Architecture

Simple applications composed with pipes—no daemons or complicated plugins needed

Data Extraction(3)

Incremental Data Extraction

Supports efficient incremental extraction with state maintenance

State Management

Makes it easy to maintain state between invocations to support incremental extraction

Tap Connectors

Extract data from any source and write it to a standard stream in JSON-based format

Also in: Bardeen, Price2Spy

Data Format(1)

JSON-Based Communication

Singer applications communicate with JSON, making them easy to work with and implement in any programming language

Data Loading(1)

Target Connectors

Consume data from taps and load it into files, APIs, or databases

Data Structure(1)

JSON Schema Support

Supports JSON Schema to provide rich data types and rigid structure when needed

Cost Calculator

Pricing data not available for Singer. Check their website for current pricing.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a Singer alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 7 features.

Buy Singer

Better Value
Monthly costContact Sales
3-year totalVaries
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$12,000
Maintenance$180/mo
3-year total$18,480
Dev time~1 months

Buying Singer saves ~$18,480 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 7 features and a BuildScore of 4/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

109 known integrations

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