Skyvia
Skyvia reviewed: no-code import, sync, replication and reverse ETL across 200+ connectors, plus backup and automation, free tier limits and pricing.
Cloud data platform for no-code integration (ETL, ELT, reverse ETL, sync), automation, backup, querying and API endpoints.
Best for
Small and mid-size teams syncing CRMs, cloud apps and databases on a schedule without writing code.
Not great for
Real-time, event-driven workflows and complex multi-step business logic.
Verdict
A practical, affordable choice for scheduled data syncs and backups. Reach for a workflow tool when you need instant triggers and branching logic.
Pros
- + 200+ prebuilt connectors
- + No-code setup for common syncs
- + Free tier for small volumes
Cons
- − Scheduled runs rather than instant event triggers on lower tiers
- − Record-based limits require volume planning
- − Limited workflow logic compared to automation platforms
Key features
- • Import, export and ETL/ELT replication
- • Bidirectional synchronization with incremental updates
- • Reverse ETL from warehouses to apps
- • Data flows and control flows for multi-step pipelines
- • Automation product for cloud-app workflows
- • Backup, SQL query and API endpoint (Connect) products
What is Skyvia?
Skyvia is a cloud data platform for moving and managing data between cloud apps, databases and data warehouses without code. Its core product, Data Integration, covers import and export, ETL and ELT replication, bidirectional synchronization, change-data ingestion, SQL transformations and reverse ETL. Around it sit four smaller products: Automation (business-process workflows between apps and databases), Backup (scheduled and on-demand backups of cloud app data), Query (SQL or visual queries in the browser) and Connect (publishing data sources as web API endpoints).
How Skyvia works
- Connections: authenticate to sources and targets from a catalog of 200+ connectors (CRMs, marketing tools, databases, file storage, warehouses).
- Integration type: pick import, replication, synchronization or export. Replication copies cloud data into a database or warehouse; synchronization keeps two systems aligned in both directions with incremental updates.
- Mapping: map fields and apply lookups, expressions or SQL transformations.
- Data flows and control flows: chain several pipelines and control their execution order for more complex jobs.
- Schedule: runs execute on a schedule; frequency limits depend on your plan.
Example: replicate Salesforce accounts and opportunities into PostgreSQL every hour for reporting, then sync a “health score” column back into Salesforce with reverse ETL.
Skyvia pricing
As of October 2026, Skyvia prices each product separately. For Data Integration:
- Free: 10K records/month, daily maximum frequency, 2 scheduled integrations, unlimited connections and users.
- Paid tiers (Basic, Standard, Professional): priced by monthly record volume, with overage charged per 1K records on Standard and Professional, and a discount for annual billing.
Skyvia’s pricing page uses an interactive calculator, so check skyvia.com/pricing for the price at your volume.
Who Skyvia is for (and not for)
Good fit: teams that need reliable scheduled syncs between a CRM and a database, reporting replicas, or SaaS backups, and that do not have data engineers.
Poor fit: event-driven automation (“when a form is submitted, enrich it, route it, notify the owner”) and processes with heavy branching, approvals or AI steps.
Skyvia alternatives
- Stitch and Fivetran for warehouse ingestion.
- Census and Hightouch for reverse ETL; see Hightouch vs Census.
- Celigo for integration-heavy ERP and ecommerce stacks.
How Skyvia compares to Automatite
Skyvia is strongest at moving records between systems on a schedule; Automatite is built for event-driven processes with triggers, webhooks, branching and error handling. If the job is “keep these two databases in sync”, Skyvia is the simpler tool. If the job is “react to this event and run a multi-step process”, use a workflow platform.
FAQ
What is Skyvia used for?
No-code data integration (import, replication, sync, reverse ETL), plus backups, SQL querying and API endpoints for cloud apps and databases.
Is Skyvia free?
There is a free tier with 10K records per month and daily scheduling. Higher volumes and frequencies need a paid plan.
Is Skyvia an ETL tool?
Yes. ETL and ELT replication are core features, alongside synchronization and reverse ETL.