# Load data using a third-party application

Partner connectors such as
[Informatica](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/bigquery-ready-partners#informatica) and Fivetran
let you ingest data from external databases and cloud storage into
BigQuery. Starting these third-party integrations from
BigQuery helps you centralize external data for analysis without
building custom ingestion pipelines.

## Load data using Informatica

To load data using Informatica Data Loader, follow these steps:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the **BigQuery** page.

   [Go to BigQuery](https://console.cloud.google.com/bigquery)
2. In the **Data** pane, click
   **Add data**.

   The **Add data** dialog opens.
3. Click a data source, for example, **Amazon S3** or **Google Cloud AlloyDB**.

4. Click the **Informatica Data Loader** solution card.

5. If you agree to the terms in the **You're leaving Google** dialog, click
   **Confirm**.

6. On the Informatica login page, sign in to your Informatica account.

7. To load data into BigQuery, follow the steps in
   your Informatica account.

## Load data using Fivetran

To load data using Fivetran Data Pipelines, follow these steps:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the **BigQuery** page.

   [Go to BigQuery](https://console.cloud.google.com/bigquery)
2. In the **Data** pane, click
   **Add data**.

   The **Add data** dialog opens.
3. Click a data source, for example, **Amazon S3** or **Google Cloud AlloyDB**.

4. Click the **Fivetran Data Pipelines** solution card.

5. If you agree to the terms in the **You're leaving Google** dialog, click
   **Confirm**.

6. On the Fivetran login page, sign in to your Fivetran account.

7. To load data into BigQuery, follow the steps in
   your Fivetran account.

## What's next

- Learn how to [work with BigQuery connections](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/working-with-connections).
- Learn about [Informatica](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/bigquery-ready-partners#informatica).