Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Dagster
Dagster clearly comes out ahead of Datafold on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Datafold has a free tier; Dagster does not. Paid plans start at $10/mo for Dagster and $600/mo for Datafold.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Dagster Labs | Datafold |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Active |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentEducation & EdTechAI & Machine Learning | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | data-engineering | data-observability |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | dagster | datafold |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Code Location | ||
| Advanced Lineage | ||
| 1 Deployment | ||
| Ci/Cd Integration | ||
| 1 User | ||
| Column-Level Lineage | ||
| 30-Day Free Trial | ||
| Core Data Diff Features | ||
| 30K Credits/Month | ||
| Custom Connectors | ||
| 5 Code Locations | ||
| Dbt Integration | ||
| 7.5K Credits/Month | ||
| Dedicated Support | ||
| Catalog Search | ||
| Everything In Free | ||
| Cost Tracking And Insights | ||
| Everything In Team | ||
| Custom Security Questionnaires | ||
| Priority Support | ||
| Personalized Onboarding Support | ||
| Production Monitoring | ||
| Private Slack Channel | ||
| Rbac | ||
| Unlimited Code Locations | ||
| Sso / Saml | ||
| Unlimited Deployments | ||
| Unlimited Diffs | ||
| Up To 3 Users | ||
| Vpc / Self-Hosted Deployment |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Dagster comes out ahead overall, though Datafold can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Dagster's paid plans start at $10/mo and Datafold's start at $600/mo, so Dagster is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Datafold offers a free tier; Dagster does not currently list one.
Dagster scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Dagster is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
