r/ETL
13k members
r/ETL is a subreddit with 13k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses etl, pipeline, etl pipeline, snowflake, and apache iceberg, and they frequently recommend/review etl tool.
This subreddit is for discussions about ETL / pipelines / workflow systems / etc...
Popular Themes in r/ETL
#1
Solution Requests
: "Honestly, what are the real Airflow alternatives in 2026? Not the 2023 blog post answers"
10 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Looking for ETL feedback on an open-source pipeline I built for my PhD research (GDELT -> Parquet)"
8 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "I built a visual ETL tool where the canvas is the same thing as the code you would write"
6 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "What is the most frustrating "software disconnect" or manual data sync in your daily workflow?"
1 post
#5
Ideas
: "Am I overengineering my thesis project? Real-time flight tracking pipeline"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/ETL
#1
Etl
: "riko: 10 years of evolving a Python Etl library"
16 posts
#2
Pipeline
: "Self healing Pipeline agents - free webinar"
10 posts
#3
Etl Pipeline
: "Advice on Etl Pipeline for large and varied files"
6 posts
#4
Snowflake
: "Moving away from Fivetran due to cost: Massive Salesforce ingestion to Snowflake at scale — what are our real alternatives?"
4 posts
#5
Apache Iceberg
: "Apache Iceberg Compaction Best Practices"
4 posts
#6
Alternative
: "Looking for a modern Alternative to Talend?"
3 posts
#7
Practices
2 posts
#8
Airflow
: "lazyflow – a kdash-style TUI for Apache Airflow 3"
2 posts
#9
Python
: "riko: 10 years of evolving a Python ETL library"
2 posts
#10
Data Quality
: "How do you check Data Quality and flag good/bad records?"
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/ETL
Etl Tool
62 reviews
#1
Pentaho
4.5★ from 6 reviews
#2
Talend
4.3★ from 4 reviews
#3
Airflow
4.3★ from 3 reviews
Member Growth in r/ETL
Yearly
+3k members(29.9%)
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Last updated: September 14, 2026