Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Meltano
Meltano clearly comes out ahead of Ascend.io on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Meltano has a free tier; Ascend.io does not. Ascend.io's paid plans start at $35/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | Ascend.io | Meltano |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentSales & CRM | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentSales & CRMSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | data-engineering | data-engineering |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | ascendio | meltano |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Automated Deployment | ||
| Code Review | ||
| 1 Builder | ||
| Community Support In Slack | ||
| 150 Ascend Credits | ||
| Declarative Code-First Data Integration Engine | ||
| 2 Automated Deployments | ||
| Implementation Services For Meltano And Connectors | ||
| 375 Ascend Credits | ||
| Priority Bug Fixes | ||
| 50 Ascend Credits | ||
| Priority Issue Tagging On Github | ||
| 500 Ascend Credits | ||
| Priority Releases | ||
| 8 Builders | ||
| Priority Support With Sla | ||
| Access To Premium Support & Services | ||
| Private Office Hours | ||
| Advanced Security | ||
| Private Slack Support Channel | ||
| Ai Data Engineering Agents | ||
| Run Connectors, Data Tools, And Scripts | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Self-Managed Infrastructure | ||
| Dataops Agents + Agentic Error Handling | ||
| Technical Advisory | ||
| Everything In Adventurer | ||
| Everything In Developer | ||
| Everything In Explorer | ||
| Everything In Team |
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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, Meltano comes out ahead overall, though Ascend.io can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Meltano offers a free tier; Ascend.io does not currently list one.
Ascend.io scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Meltano is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
