Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Ascend.io
Ascend.io clearly comes out ahead of Y42 on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Neither lists a free tier. Paid plans start at $35/mo for Ascend.io and $500/mo for Y42.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | Ascend.io | Y42 |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentSales & CRM | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentSales & CRMSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | data-engineering | data-engineering |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | ascendio | y42 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Automated Deployment | ||
| Audit Logging | ||
| 1 Builder | ||
| Browser-Based Ui And Code Ide | ||
| 150 Ascend Credits | ||
| Declarative Orchestrator And Scheduler | ||
| 2 Automated Deployments | ||
| Everything In The Business Plan | ||
| 375 Ascend Credits | ||
| Native Git And Data Warehouse Integrations | ||
| 50 Ascend Credits | ||
| Orchestrate And Run Data Pipelines End-To-End | ||
| 500 Ascend Credits | ||
| Pull Requests Built For Data Developers | ||
| 8 Builders | ||
| Service Level Agreement (Sla) | ||
| Access To Premium Support & Services | ||
| Sql/Dbt Core And Python Assets | ||
| Advanced Security | ||
| Sso Using Okta, Scim And Oauth | ||
| Ai Data Engineering Agents | ||
| Time Travel For Data | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Unlimited Spaces | ||
| Dataops Agents + Agentic Error Handling | ||
| Everything In Adventurer | ||
| Everything In Developer | ||
| Everything In Explorer | ||
| Everything In Team | ||
| Standard Support |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Ascend.io comes out ahead overall, though Y42 can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Ascend.io's paid plans start at $35/mo and Y42's start at $500/mo, so Ascend.io is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Ascend.io scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
