Comparison
Stitch is a lightweight Singer-based data extraction tool now part of the Talend stack. Etlworks delivers full ETL plus CDC, APIs, and EDI in one platform — with on-prem deployment when you need it.
The verdict
Feature breakdown
| Capability | Etlworks | Stitch |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing & commercial | ||
| Starting price (monthly) | $300 | $100 (Standard) |
| Pricing model | Fixed per tier | Row-volume tiers |
| Integration scope | ||
| Sources | 260+ | 140+ taps |
| ETL capabilities | ETL, ELT, Reverse ETL, wildcard processing | EL only (Singer taps) |
| API management | Full | |
| On-prem deployment | ||
| CDC & Streaming | ||
| CDC engine | Debezium-compatible, built-in (no Kafka required) | Partial — primarily extraction via Singer taps |
| Database CDC sources | MySQL, Postgres, SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, DB2, others | Postgres, MySQL (basic) |
| Streaming queues | Kafka, EventHubs, Kinesis, SQS, PubSub, ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ | |
| IoT brokers | MQTT brokers | |
| Real-time replication | Log-based CDC, full, incremental | Polling-based, not log-based |
| Change tracking modes | Log-based, trigger-based, timestamp/high-watermark | Incremental keys |
| Gen AI | ||
| AI agent | Built-in agent (Simba) — builds and edits flows from chat | |
| Agent capabilities | Reads metadata, reads/samples data, writes JS & SQL, schedules, deploys, monitors | |
| Natural-language flow building | ‘Vibe-build’ — create flows by describing what you want | |
| AI-driven mapping | Auto-suggests source-to-destination mappings | |
| Built-in analytics | Agent runs analysis on flow data and pipeline behavior | |
| Chat across product | Same agent context on every screen | |
| CLI for agent | Full CLI access for run/deploy/monitor/manage | |
| Trains on customer data | Never | Not by default |