# Data Engineering Tools

Ranked by the Vioscale composite score: a confidence-weighted blend of independent signals, not user reviews.

| # | Software | Score | Confidence | Vendor |
|--:|---|--:|---|---|
| 1 | [Census](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/census) | 77.6 | 62% (medium) | - |
| 2 | [Prefect](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/prefect) | 74.4 | 44% (low) | - |
| 3 | [Airbyte](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/airbyte) | 73.9 | 60% (medium) | - |
| 4 | [Apache Spark](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/apache-spark) | 73.5 | 16% (low) | - |
| 5 | [Meltano](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/meltano) | 72.4 | 37% (low) | - |
| 6 | [Apache Airflow](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/apache-airflow) | 70.7 | 49% (low) | - |
| 7 | [Dagster](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/dagster) | 70.2 | 53% (medium) | - |
| 8 | [Kestra](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/kestra) | 69 | 48% (low) | - |
| 9 | [Estuary Flow](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/estuary-flow) | 68.6 | 60% (medium) | - |
| 10 | [Hevo Data](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/hevo-data) | 65.5 | 37% (low) | - |
| 11 | [Rivery](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/rivery) | 62.5 | 61% (medium) | - |
| 12 | [Apache Flink](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/apache-flink) | 62.4 | 24% (low) | - |
| 13 | [dbt Core](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/dbt-core) | 62.4 | 59% (medium) | - |
| 14 | [Apache NiFi](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/apache-nifi) | 61.1 | 16% (low) | - |
| 15 | [Stitch](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/stitch) | 59.5 | 64% (medium) | - |
| 16 | [Hightouch](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/hightouch) | 58.4 | 60% (medium) | - |
| 17 | [dlt](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/dlt) | 57.1 | 48% (low) | - |
| 18 | [Mage](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/mage) | 57 | 60% (medium) | - |
| 19 | [Mage AI](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/mage-ai) | 57 | 60% (medium) | - |
| 20 | [Talend](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/talend) | 48.4 | 30% (low) | - |
| 21 | [Matillion](https://www.vioscale.ai/software/matillion) | 35.7 | 40% (low) | - |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/categories/data-engineering).*