Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: SQLMesh
SQLMesh clearly comes out ahead of Dataform on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Tobiko Data (Fivetran) | |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentSales & CRM | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | data-engineering | data-engineering |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
SQLMesh
freemium
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| Feature | dataform | sqlmesh |
|---|---|---|
| Automated Data Quality Testing | ||
| Advanced Column-Level Impact Analysis | ||
| Data Documentation | ||
| Built-In Auditing | ||
| Dependency Management | ||
| Cloud Project Management | ||
| Integration With Bigquery | ||
| Compile-Time Sql Validation | ||
| Sql-Based Data Transformation | ||
| Data Diffing | ||
| Version Control With Git | ||
| Fine-Grained Dependency Tracking | ||
| Managed Sqlmesh Service | ||
| Python Macros | ||
| Secure Credential Handling | ||
| Virtual Data Environments |
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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, SQLMesh comes out ahead overall, though Dataform can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Dataform and SQLMesh offer a free tier.
