Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Mage
Mage clearly comes out ahead of Ascend.io on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Neither lists a free tier. Paid plans start at $100/mo for Mage and $35/mo for Ascend.io.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | ai tool | saas tool |
| Company | Mage | Ascend.io |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentSales & CRM | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentSales & CRM |
| Categories | ai-codingdata-engineering | data-engineering |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | mage | ascendio |
|---|---|---|
| 1+ Cluster | ||
| 1 Automated Deployment | ||
| 100+ Workspaces | ||
| 1 Builder | ||
| 10M Ai Tokens | ||
| 150 Ascend Credits | ||
| 15+ Workspaces | ||
| 2 Automated Deployments | ||
| 2+ Clusters | ||
| 375 Ascend Credits | ||
| 2+ Workspaces | ||
| 50 Ascend Credits | ||
| 200K Block Runs | ||
| 500 Ascend Credits | ||
| 235K Gb Hours | ||
| 8 Builders | ||
| 250K Ai Tokens | ||
| Access To Premium Support & Services | ||
| 2M Ai Tokens | ||
| Advanced Security | ||
| 3+ Clusters | ||
| Ai Data Engineering Agents | ||
| 32.5K Core Hours | ||
| Community Support | ||
| 46.5K Gb Hours | ||
| Dataops Agents + Agentic Error Handling | ||
| 50K Ai Tokens | ||
| Everything In Adventurer | ||
| 50M Ai Tokens | ||
| Everything In Developer |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Mage comes out ahead overall, though Ascend.io can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Mage's paid plans start at $100/mo and Ascend.io's start at $35/mo, so Ascend.io is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Mage is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
