Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Prefect
Prefect clearly comes out ahead of Astronomer on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Prefect has a free tier; Astronomer does not. Prefect's paid plans start at $100/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | saas tool |
| Company | Prefect Technologies | Astronomer |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentHealthcareSales & CRMSaaS & Cloud | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentCybersecurity & InfoSecSales & CRMSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | data-engineering | data-engineering |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | prefect | astronomer |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Users | ||
| 24/7 Committer-Led Support | ||
| 24X7 Support | ||
| 24X5 Support Availability | ||
| 3 Developer Seats | ||
| 24X7 Support Availability (1 Hour Sla) | ||
| 500 Minutes Serverless Compute/Mo | ||
| Ai-Powered Dag Authoring & Debugging | ||
| 75 Hours Serverless Compute/Mo | ||
| Air-Gapped Deployment Support | ||
| Advanced Governance | ||
| Api Access | ||
| Audit Logs | ||
| Audit Logging (7-Day Retention) | ||
| Bring Your Own Compute | ||
| Audit Logging (90-Day Retention) | ||
| Event-Driven Automations | ||
| Ci/Cd Enforcement | ||
| Everything In Hobby | ||
| Cross-Region Disaster Recovery (Add-On) | ||
| Everything In Pro | ||
| Custom Rbac | ||
| Everything In Starter | ||
| Deployment Isolation | ||
| Everything In Team | ||
| Deployment Rollbacks | ||
| Managed Infrastructure | ||
| Dynamic Resources Management | ||
| Multiple Workspaces | ||
| End-To-End Observability & Data Quality |
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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, Prefect comes out ahead overall, though Astronomer can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Prefect offers a free tier; Astronomer does not currently list one.
Astronomer scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Prefect is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
