Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Prefect
Prefect clearly comes out ahead of Metaflow on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Paid plans start at $2499/mo for Metaflow and $100/mo for Prefect.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | ai tool | hybrid |
| Company | Outerbounds | Prefect Technologies |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentEducation & EdTechAI & Machine LearningSaaS & Cloud | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentHealthcareSales & CRMSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | data-engineering | data-engineering |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | metaflow | prefect |
|---|---|---|
| Rbac | ||
| 3 Compute Nodes | ||
| 2 Users | ||
| Advanced Security | ||
| 24X7 Support | ||
| Community Support | ||
| 3 Developer Seats | ||
| Dedicated Support | ||
| 500 Minutes Serverless Compute/Mo | ||
| Flexible, Fully Managed, And Secure Platform In Your Cloud | ||
| 75 Hours Serverless Compute/Mo | ||
| Full Access To Metaflow Platform | ||
| Advanced Governance | ||
| Fully Managed And Secure Platform In Your Cloud | ||
| Audit Logs | ||
| Multi-Region | ||
| Bring Your Own Compute | ||
| Self-Hosted Infrastructure Required | ||
| Event-Driven Automations | ||
| Everything In Hobby | ||
| Everything In Pro | ||
| Everything In Starter | ||
| Everything In Team | ||
| Managed Infrastructure | ||
| Multiple Workspaces | ||
| Privatelink/Ip Allowlisting | ||
| Service Accounts | ||
| Sso (Saml/Oidc) | ||
| Workflow Scheduling |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Prefect comes out ahead overall, though Metaflow can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Metaflow's paid plans start at $2499/mo and Prefect's start at $100/mo, so Prefect is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Both Metaflow and Prefect offer a free tier.
Prefect scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
