Unlocking ROI isn’t just about moving data faster — it’s about driving measurable business outcomes. With Fivetran, enterprises aren’t investing in a tool, they’re gaining a fully managed data movement platform that lowers total cost of ownership (TCO), frees up engineering capacity, and accelerates analytics and AI initiatives.
In this blog, we highlight 4 leading companies — Oldcastle Infrastructure, Red Ventures, Saks, and Paylocity — that turned to Fivetran and saw tangible returns: from saving hundreds of thousands in IT costs, to reclaiming engineering time for innovation, to scaling analytics without adding headcount. Their results prove that with Fivetran, data integration becomes a force multiplier for ROI.
Oldcastle Infrastructure achieves multimillion-dollar ROI
CRH company Oldcastle Infrastructure needed a scalable, automated way to centralize data across its on-prem SQL Server and cloud-based NetSuite ERP to gain clearer insights into sales, production, and margins. Early internal efforts to connect these systems were time-consuming and highlighted the need for a scalable, automated approach — so the company turned to Fivetran.
With Fivetran, Oldcastle replicated every table and field from both ERPs in just 10 business days, saving $360,000 in setup and maintenance. By centralizing and automating ingestion, Fivetran freed hundreds of hours of manual work and reduced IT costs, creating a repeatable model for other CRH subsidiaries. The result is a repeatable, enterprise-wide model that accelerates analytics and drives measurable ROI.
Teams can now focus on high-value work, from analyzing sales and production metrics to identifying opportunities for higher margins and revenue growth. By eliminating pipeline maintenance, Oldcastle projects multi-million-dollar returns while scaling operations efficiently.
Key results:
- Saved up to $750,000 in IT costs every 4 years by eliminating engineering-intensive pipeline work.
- Grew operating profit 21.5%.
- Projected multi-million-dollar ROI, higher margins, and stronger sales over the next 12-18 months.
“We’ve unlocked millions in ROI across the enterprise with Fivetran. We’ve saved time, cut costs, and have given our teams the insights they need to drive better business decisions.”
— Nick Heigerick, IT Manager of BI at Oldcastle Infrastructure
Read the full case study: Oldcastle Infrastructure sees multiple millions of dollars in ROI with a modern data stack
Red Ventures supports 30% more clients without new headcount
Red Ventures (RV) is a leading digital marketing and technology company that partners with brands across industries to drive customer acquisition and engagement. Its Red Digital division focuses specifically on building data-driven marketing solutions for enterprise clients.
Managing data across multiple client environments had become a bottleneck, with engineers spending more than 100 hours per integration just to get data flowing. By adopting Fivetran, Red Ventures automated data integration, standardized transformations, and centralized analytics. Fivetran’s prebuilt connectors and fully managed pipelines eliminated manual scripting, reduced troubleshooting, and allowed engineers to focus on higher-value work such as machine learning (ML)-driven campaign optimization and client strategy.
As a result, jobs that previously took weeks now finish in hours and data processing time has dropped 80%, freeing data engineers to work on high-value projects. These gains let Red Ventures serve 30% more clients without additional headcount while delivering more targeted, AI-driven marketing campaigns — highlighting the measurable value Fivetran brings to efficiency and revenue.
Key results:
- Saved 100 hours per integration and an estimated $5,800 per project.
- Reduced data processing time by 80% and troubleshooting by 30%.
- Freed engineers to focus on AI, analytics, and experimentation, enabling Red Ventures to scale client services without adding headcount.
“[With Fivetran], we can use data and AI in ways that help us reach the right customers with our clients’ marketing campaigns and deliver better results for their investment.”
— Brandon Beidel, Director of Product Management at Red Ventures
Read the full case study: Red Ventures supports 30% more clients without new headcount
Saks scales analytics and improves customer experiences with AI
Saks, the iconic luxury retailer, set out to become a digital-first company capable of delivering highly personalized experiences at scale. But legacy ETL pipelines slowed innovation, requiring weeks or months to onboard new sources and distracting engineers from high-value work. Saks needed a modern data foundation that could deliver speed, agility, and AI-driven personalization.
With Fivetran, Saks rebuilt its data ecosystem in just 6 months and now ingests more than 35 sources in real time. Fivetran helps power advanced AI initiatives — large language models (LLMs) that guide customer service agents with real-time recommendations and sentiment analysis, predictive insights that improve delivery KPIs like on-time packages, and data marts that feed brand partners with actionable insights. Freed from pipeline maintenance, Saks’ lean team can focus on testing and scaling these AI applications instead of firefighting ETL.
Today, Saks treats data as a growth engine. Fivetran enables the company to experiment with new models in weeks instead of months, deliver consistently reported KPIs across the business, and offer richer, more personalized customer experiences.
Key results:
- Accelerated AI initiatives, including LLM-powered customer service recommendations and sentiment analysis.
- Enabled AI/ML experimentation in weeks instead of months with a lean data team.
- Consistent KPI reporting across Saks and brand partners for faster, data-driven decisions.
“Fivetran gave us the speed and flexibility to experiment with AI in ways we never could before. We can onboard new sources in hours, power LLMs that improve customer experiences, and deliver consistent insights to the entire business.”
— Mike Hite, CTO at Saks
Read the full case study: Saks achieves data efficiency and enables AI with Fivetran
Paylocity saves 6 figures while achieving a single source of truth
As Paylocity grew rapidly into a 5,000+ employee enterprise, the company recognized that its data infrastructure needed to evolve to match its scale. Manual processes and custom pipelines provided a foundation but limited how quickly teams could optimize marketing spend, track the sales funnel, and deliver insights across the business. A major CRM migration from Microsoft Dynamics to Salesforce further underscored the need for a more agile, automated approach.
Fivetran provided that acceleration. With automated connectors feeding sales and marketing data into BigQuery, Paylocity reduced pipeline build times by 90% and cut customer acquisition costs by 20%. The Salesforce migration — a project that often takes more than a year — was completed in under a month. By eliminating pipeline maintenance, Paylocity avoided 6 figures in engineering and tooling costs while scaling data access to every go-to-market team.
Today, with Fivetran in place, Paylocity operates with a single source of truth for customer data, giving teams real-time visibility to optimize campaigns, sharpen targeting, and drive more efficient growth.
Key results:
- Cut customer acquisition costs by 20% through better funnel visibility and optimization.
- Avoided 6-figure engineering and tooling costs while achieving a single source of truth for customer data.
- Reduced pipeline development time by 90%.
"Fivetran has been a core part of allowing us to scale and a force multiplier in our data-driven processes across the organization. We would have spent 6 figures on other tooling and resources to achieve the same single source of truth for customer data that Fivetran enables."
— Andrew Wahl, Director of Marketing Analytics and Operations at Paylocity
Read the full case study: Paylocity transforms its go-to-market strategy with Fivetran
Multiply impact and maximize ROI with Fivetran
Across these customer wins, one theme is clear: Fivetran multiplies what data teams can accomplish. By eliminating pipeline maintenance, companies can scale without adding engineers, saving hundreds of thousands — and sometimes millions — in IT costs. Companies like Oldcastle, Red Ventures, Saks, and Paylocity demonstrate the power of this model. With Fivetran, their teams reclaimed high-value work, from enterprise reporting and advanced analytics to strategic decisions that drive measurable business outcomes.
Fivetran is more than a faster way to move data; it’s a force multiplier. By automating data movement, enterprises can accelerate innovation, scale, and extract maximum value from every data investment.
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