Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Elementary
Elementary clearly comes out ahead of Datafold on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Datafold has a free tier; Elementary does not. Datafold's paid plans start at $600/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Datafold | Elementary Data |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Active | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | data-observability | data-observability |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | datafold | elementary |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Lineage | ||
| Advanced Deployment Options | ||
| Ci/Cd Integration | ||
| Ai Agents | ||
| Column-Level Lineage | ||
| All Enterprise Features | ||
| Core Data Diff Features | ||
| All Features In Scale | ||
| Custom Connectors | ||
| Anomaly Detection | ||
| Dbt Integration | ||
| Automated Monitors | ||
| Dedicated Support | ||
| Bi Integrations | ||
| Everything In Free | ||
| Catalog | ||
| Everything In Team | ||
| Column Level Lineage | ||
| Priority Support | ||
| Custom Enterprise Features | ||
| Production Monitoring | ||
| Data Health Scores | ||
| Rbac | ||
| Data Tests | ||
| Sso / Saml | ||
| Dedicated Cs Engineer | ||
| Unlimited Diffs | ||
| External Catalog Integrations | ||
| Vpc / Self-Hosted Deployment | ||
| Incident Management |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Elementary comes out ahead overall, though Datafold can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Datafold offers a free tier; Elementary does not currently list one.
Elementary scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Elementary is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
