Top 20 etl tools by AI search visibility (2026)
Data integration tools used to extract, transform, and load data between applications, databases, warehouses, and analytics environments. Ranked by a composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
Refreshed Jun 08, 2026At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
Hevo Data and Skyvia jointly lead the ETL tools AI visibility landscape, each scoring a composite of 31.2 — nearly double the next ranked brand, Integrate.io at 22.5, and far above the category average composite implied by a 4.4% average visibility and 23.1% average citation rate. Both entered the tracked rankings from zero previous visibility, signalling a sudden and sharp shift in how Google AI Mode surfaces these brands. The gap between the top two and the rest of the 20-brand field is substantial, meaning a buyer querying AI for ETL recommendations encounters these names disproportionately.
Integrate.io presents the clearest divergence between being named and being trusted: it holds a 75% citation rate — matching the top two brands — yet records 0.0% visibility, meaning AI is citing its content as a source while not naming it as a recommended product. Airbyte shows a similar pattern with 50% citation and 0.0% visibility. Informatica inverts this entirely, achieving 12.5% visibility with 0.0% citation, suggesting the AI names it in narrative responses but does not anchor answers in its own published content. These splits indicate that product mention and content authority are being scored independently.
Google AI Mode is the top engine for every brand in this dataset, confirming the audit is effectively a single-engine snapshot. Among the top cited sources, youtube.com and reddit.com appear alongside brand-owned domains such as hevodata.com, skyvia.com, and integrate.io, as well as third-party sites sarasanalytics.com and medium.com. The presence of domo.com — a competing analytics vendor — in the top cited sources list is notable, suggesting AI is drawing on cross-vendor comparison content when constructing ETL tool responses rather than relying solely on specialist ETL publisher or vendor documentation.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Hevo Data 0% → 12% · rank #0 → #1+12pp
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Skyvia 0% → 12% · rank #0 → #2+12pp
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Fivetran 0% → 12% · rank #0 → #4+12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
hevodata.com
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12% | 75% | Google AI Mode |
Hevo Data ties for the highest composite score of 31.2, with both visibility and citation at 12.5% and 75% respectively, rising from zero prior visibility — the sharpest single-period gain in the dataset. |
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| 2 |
skyvia.com
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12% | 75% | Google AI Mode |
Skyvia mirrors Hevo Data exactly at 31.2 composite, 12.5% visibility, and 75% citation, also entering from zero, making it an equally weighted co-leader with no differentiation between them in current scores. |
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| 3 |
integrate.io
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0% | 75% | Google AI Mode |
Integrate.io ranks third at composite 22.5 despite zero visibility, driven entirely by a 75% citation rate — the highest citation-to-visibility gap of any brand in the top ten. |
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| 4 |
fivetran.com
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12% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
Fivetran scores 16.2 composite with 12.5% visibility but only 25% citation, meaning it appears in AI-generated brand lists but its own content is rarely the source AI cites. |
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| 5 |
rivery.io
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12% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
Rivery shares an identical composite of 16.2, visibility of 12.5%, and citation rate of 25% with Fivetran and Portable, showing no current differentiation from those two peers in AI scoring. |
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| 6 |
portable.io
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12% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
estuary.dev
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12% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
airbyte.com
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0% | 50% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
informatica.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
matillion.com
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0% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
keboola.com
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0% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
stitchdata.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
cdata.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
snaplogic.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
talend.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
meltano.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
qlik.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
boomi.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
aws.amazon.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
azure.microsoft.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on etl tools, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer.
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence — different from being named.
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps.
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically.
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Frequently asked about etl tools AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in ETL tools?
Hevo Data and Skyvia jointly lead with composite scores of 31.2 each, visibility of 12.5%, and citation rates of 75%, both having risen from zero prior visibility in the most recent period.
What is the average visibility for ETL tool brands in AI search?
The category average visibility stands at just 4.4%, and average citation is 23.1%, indicating that most of the 20 tracked brands have minimal presence in Google AI Mode responses.
Which ETL brands get cited by AI but are not named as product recommendations?
Integrate.io and Airbyte are the clearest examples — Integrate.io holds a 75% citation rate with 0.0% visibility, and Airbyte holds 50% citation with 0.0% visibility, meaning their content is sourced but the brands are not surfaced as recommendations.
What sources does AI cite most for ETL tools research?
The top cited sources include youtube.com, domo.com, integrate.io, reddit.com, hevodata.com, skyvia.com, sarasanalytics.com, and medium.com, showing a mix of brand-owned, community, and third-party content.
Is any major legacy ETL vendor prominent in AI visibility?
Informatica is the only legacy enterprise vendor in the top ten, ranking ninth with 12.5% visibility but 0.0% citation, meaning it appears in AI narratives but none of its content ranks as a cited source.
Which engine dominates AI visibility for ETL tools?
Google AI Mode is the top-performing engine for every single brand in the dataset, making this effectively a Google AI Mode-only landscape with no other engine contributing meaningfully to any brand's score.