Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: SkyPilot
SkyPilot clearly comes out ahead of Metaflow on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Metaflow's paid plans start at $2499/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | ai tool | ai tool |
| Company | Outerbounds | UC Berkeley (Sky Computing Lab) |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentEducation & EdTechAI & Machine LearningSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | data-engineering | devops |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | metaflow | skypilot |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Compute Nodes | ||
| Automatic Cluster Cleanup | ||
| Advanced Security | ||
| Automatic Cost Optimization Across Clouds/Regions | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Managed Spot Instance Support | ||
| Dedicated Support | ||
| Multi-Cloud And Multi-Region Support | ||
| Flexible, Fully Managed, And Secure Platform In Your Cloud | ||
| Unified Interface For Ml And Data Science Batch Jobs | ||
| Full Access To Metaflow Platform | ||
| Fully Managed And Secure Platform In Your Cloud | ||
| Multi-Region | ||
| Rbac | ||
| Self-Hosted Infrastructure Required |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, SkyPilot comes out ahead overall, though Metaflow can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Metaflow and SkyPilot offer a free tier.
SkyPilot scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
