diff --git a/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.ElasticSearch/Extensions/FlowtideElasticsearchReadWriteFactoryExtensions.cs b/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.ElasticSearch/Extensions/FlowtideElasticsearchReadWriteFactoryExtensions.cs
index 20444fcba..b75bcdc90 100644
--- a/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.ElasticSearch/Extensions/FlowtideElasticsearchReadWriteFactoryExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.ElasticSearch/Extensions/FlowtideElasticsearchReadWriteFactoryExtensions.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public static ReadWriteFactory AddElasticsearchSink(
                 }
                 transform?.Invoke(writeRel);
 
-                var sink = new ElasticSearchSink(writeRel, options, Operators.Write.ExecutionMode.OnCheckpoint, opt);
+                var sink = new ElasticSearchSink(writeRel, options, options.ExecutionMode, opt);
                 sink.CreateIndexAndMappings();
                 return sink;
             });
diff --git a/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.ElasticSearch/FlowtideElasticsearchOptions.cs b/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.ElasticSearch/FlowtideElasticsearchOptions.cs
index ce5f73011..c516adee1 100644
--- a/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.ElasticSearch/FlowtideElasticsearchOptions.cs
+++ b/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.ElasticSearch/FlowtideElasticsearchOptions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using FlowtideDotNet.Substrait.Relations;
+using FlowtideDotNet.Core.Operators.Write;
+using FlowtideDotNet.Substrait.Relations;
 using Nest;
 
 namespace FlowtideDotNet.Connector.ElasticSearch
@@ -24,5 +25,7 @@ public class FlowtideElasticsearchOptions
         /// This function can be used for instance to create an alias to the index.
         /// </summary>
         public Func<IElasticClient, WriteRelation, string, Task>? OnInitialDataSent { get; set; }
+
+        public ExecutionMode ExecutionMode { get; set; } = ExecutionMode.Hybrid;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.MongoDB/Extensions/FlowtideMongoDbReadWriteFactoryExtensions.cs b/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.MongoDB/Extensions/FlowtideMongoDbReadWriteFactoryExtensions.cs
index 6a8aa6daf..0e44a9a50 100644
--- a/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.MongoDB/Extensions/FlowtideMongoDbReadWriteFactoryExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.MongoDB/Extensions/FlowtideMongoDbReadWriteFactoryExtensions.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public static ReadWriteFactory AddMongoDbSink(this ReadWriteFactory factory, str
                 }
                 transform?.Invoke(writeRel);
 
-                return new MongoDBSink(options, writeRel, Core.Operators.Write.ExecutionMode.OnCheckpoint, opt);
+                return new MongoDBSink(options, writeRel, options.ExecutionMode, opt);
             });
             return factory;
         }
diff --git a/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.MongoDB/FlowtideMongoDBSinkOptions.cs b/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.MongoDB/FlowtideMongoDBSinkOptions.cs
index a7874043c..9b0bf2d8f 100644
--- a/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.MongoDB/FlowtideMongoDBSinkOptions.cs
+++ b/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.MongoDB/FlowtideMongoDBSinkOptions.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 using FlowtideDotNet.Base;
+using FlowtideDotNet.Core.Operators.Write;
 using MongoDB.Bson;
 using MongoDB.Driver;
 
@@ -41,5 +42,7 @@ public class FlowtideMongoDBSinkOptions
         /// Set the amount of batches that will be sent in parallel to mongodb.
         /// </summary>
         public int ParallelBatches { get; set; } = 10;
+
+        public ExecutionMode ExecutionMode { get; set; } = ExecutionMode.Hybrid;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.OpenFGA/Extensions/OpenFGAReadWriteFactoryExtensions.cs b/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.OpenFGA/Extensions/OpenFGAReadWriteFactoryExtensions.cs
index b3525ab34..954bb6de8 100644
--- a/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.OpenFGA/Extensions/OpenFGAReadWriteFactoryExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.OpenFGA/Extensions/OpenFGAReadWriteFactoryExtensions.cs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public static ReadWriteFactory AddOpenFGASink(
                 }
                 transform?.Invoke(writeRel);
 
-                var sink = new FlowtideOpenFgaSink(options, writeRel, ExecutionMode.OnCheckpoint, opt);
+                var sink = new FlowtideOpenFgaSink(options, writeRel, options.ExecutionMode, opt);
                 return sink;
             });
             return factory;
diff --git a/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.OpenFGA/OpenFGASinkOptions.cs b/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.OpenFGA/OpenFGASinkOptions.cs
index 0bd68285f..0cd8ed3f6 100644
--- a/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.OpenFGA/OpenFGASinkOptions.cs
+++ b/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.OpenFGA/OpenFGASinkOptions.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 using FlowtideDotNet.Base;
+using FlowtideDotNet.Core.Operators.Write;
 using OpenFga.Sdk.Client;
 using OpenFga.Sdk.Client.Model;
 using OpenFga.Sdk.Model;
@@ -72,5 +73,7 @@ public class OpenFgaSinkOptions
         /// will be deleted after the initial loading of data has completed.
         /// </summary>
         public Func<OpenFgaClient, IAsyncEnumerable<TupleKey>>? DeleteExistingDataFetcher { get; set; }
+
+        public ExecutionMode ExecutionMode { get; set; } = ExecutionMode.Hybrid;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.SpiceDB/Extensions/SpiceDbReadWriteFactoryExtensions.cs b/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.SpiceDB/Extensions/SpiceDbReadWriteFactoryExtensions.cs
index 850d2e72d..b6916bbda 100644
--- a/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.SpiceDB/Extensions/SpiceDbReadWriteFactoryExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.SpiceDB/Extensions/SpiceDbReadWriteFactoryExtensions.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public static ReadWriteFactory AddSpiceDbSink(this ReadWriteFactory factory, str
                     return null;
                 }
                 transform?.Invoke(writeRel);
-                return new SpiceDbSink(spiceDbSinkOptions, writeRel, Core.Operators.Write.ExecutionMode.OnCheckpoint, opt);
+                return new SpiceDbSink(spiceDbSinkOptions, writeRel, spiceDbSinkOptions.ExecutionMode, opt);
             });
             return factory;
         }
diff --git a/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.SpiceDB/SpiceDbSinkOptions.cs b/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.SpiceDB/SpiceDbSinkOptions.cs
index bb385e8ff..70786b84c 100644
--- a/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.SpiceDB/SpiceDbSinkOptions.cs
+++ b/src/FlowtideDotNet.Connector.SpiceDB/SpiceDbSinkOptions.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 using Authzed.Api.V1;
 using FlowtideDotNet.Base;
+using FlowtideDotNet.Core.Operators.Write;
 using Grpc.Core;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
@@ -58,5 +59,7 @@ public class SpiceDbSinkOptions
         public Func<Task>? OnInitialDataSentFunc { get; set; }
 
         public int MaxParallellCalls { get; set; } = 4;
+
+        public ExecutionMode ExecutionMode { get; set; } = ExecutionMode.Hybrid;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/FlowtideDotNet.Core/Operators/Write/SimpleGroupedWriteOperator.cs b/src/FlowtideDotNet.Core/Operators/Write/SimpleGroupedWriteOperator.cs
index 09e6bba60..89bcea2ec 100644
--- a/src/FlowtideDotNet.Core/Operators/Write/SimpleGroupedWriteOperator.cs
+++ b/src/FlowtideDotNet.Core/Operators/Write/SimpleGroupedWriteOperator.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ public MetadataResult(IReadOnlyList<int> primaryKeyColumns)
     public enum ExecutionMode
     {
         OnCheckpoint = 0,
-        OnWatermark = 1
+        OnWatermark = 1,
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Hybrid mode starts with on checkpoint and then switches to on watermark after initial data
+        /// </summary>
+        Hybrid = 2
     }
 
     public readonly struct SimpleChangeEvent
@@ -81,7 +85,8 @@ protected SimpleGroupedWriteOperator(ExecutionMode executionMode, ExecutionDataf
         protected override async Task<SimpleWriteState> Checkpoint(long checkpointTime)
         {
             Debug.Assert(_state != null);
-            if (m_executionMode == ExecutionMode.OnCheckpoint)
+            if (m_executionMode == ExecutionMode.OnCheckpoint ||
+                (m_executionMode == ExecutionMode.Hybrid && !_state.SentInitialData))
             {
                 await SendData();
             }
@@ -215,8 +220,10 @@ protected virtual IAsyncEnumerable<RowEvent> GetExistingData()
 
         protected override Task OnWatermark(Watermark watermark)
         {
+            Debug.Assert(_state != null);
             _latestWatermark = watermark;
-            if (m_executionMode == ExecutionMode.OnWatermark)
+            if (m_executionMode == ExecutionMode.OnWatermark ||
+                (m_executionMode == ExecutionMode.Hybrid && _state.SentInitialData))
             {
                 return SendData();
             }