# Census vs dlt

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Census

| Attribute | Census | dlt |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 79.7 (74% (medium)) | 64.7 (46% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 36 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 23 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 5,969 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Fivetran ingests data from SaaS applications, databases, and ERPs into data warehouses and lakes, applies SQL-based transformations on schedule, and activates the data for analytics and business operations. It is indexed under Data Engineering Tools.","source":"https://www.getcensus.com","question":"What is Census?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Census offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $5 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.getcensus.com/pricing","question":"Is Census free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Census. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.getcensus.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does Census support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Not fully, on what we have confirmed. Census is offered as cloud / SaaS and hybrid, and a hybrid deployment usually means some components can run on your own infrastructure while the rest stays vendor-hosted. We have not confirmed a completely self-hosted option, so check with the vendor if that is a requirement.","source":"https://www.getcensus.com","question":"Can Census be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 14 integrations for Census, including Snowflake, Google BigQuery, Salesforce, Databricks, AWS Redshift, Azure Synapse, Marketo and HubSpot, plus 6 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.getcensus.com","question":"What does Census integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Census. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Census not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.getcensus.com/security","question":"What security certifications does Census have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Census is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States and the EU. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://www.getcensus.com/pricing","question":"Where is Census available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"A hosted service combining the open-source dlt Python library with managed infrastructure, observability, data quality testing, and team collaboration features for building and running data pipelines. It is indexed under Data Engineering Tools.","source":"https://dlthub.com/pricing","question":"What is dlt?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"dlt is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $0.80. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://dlthub.com/pricing","question":"Is dlt free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"dlt supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://dlthub.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does dlt support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. dlt can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://dlthub.com/pricing","question":"Can dlt be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 28 integrations for dlt, including Salesforce, PostgreSQL, HubSpot, Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, MotherDuck and DuckDB, plus 20 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://dlthub.com/pricing","question":"What does dlt integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for dlt. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as dlt not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://dlthub.com/privacy-policy","question":"What security certifications does dlt have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. dlt is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt","question":"Is dlt open source?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"dlt is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Germany.","source":"https://dlthub.com/pricing","question":"Where is dlt available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Fivetran ingests data from SaaS applications, databases, and ERPs into data warehouses and lakes, applies SQL-based transformations on schedule, and activates the data for analytics and business operations. | A managed platform that enables teams to build, deploy, and monitor data pipelines with AI assistance, built on the open-source dlt library. It provides runtime management, observability, data quality monitoring, and team collaboration features for moving data from any source to any destination. |
| features.capabilities | `{"cdc":true,"role":"elt","lineage":false,"paradigm":"both","dbt_native":true,"data_quality":false,"elt_pushdown":true,"python_first":false,"managed_cloud":true,"connector_count":"900+ sources and destinations","self_hosted_oss":false,"incremental_runs":true,"reverse_etl_addon":true,"distributed_executor":true,"schema_drift_handling":true,"managed_cloud_available":true}` | `{"cdc":true,"role":"elt","lineage":true,"paradigm":"both","dbt_native":true,"data_quality":true,"elt_pushdown":true,"python_first":true,"managed_cloud":true,"connector_count":"5,000+","self_hosted_oss":true,"incremental_runs":true,"reverse_etl_addon":true,"custom_connector_sdk":true,"schema_drift_handling":true,"self_hosted_available":true,"managed_cloud_available":true,"pii_masking_at_ingestion":true}` |
| integrations.count | 900 | 5,000 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Google BigQuery"},{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"AWS Redshift"},{"name":"Azure Synapse"},{"name":"Marketo"},{"name":"HubSpot"},{"name":"Zendesk"},{"name":"Braze"},{"name":"Facebook Ads"},{"name":"Google Ads"},{"name":"Postgres"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"dbt Core","native":true},{"name":"SAP","native":true,"category":"erp"}]` | `[{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"HubSpot"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"BigQuery"},{"name":"MotherDuck"},{"name":"DuckDB"},{"name":"SQLite"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure"},{"name":"SFTP"},{"name":"Parquet"},{"name":"Apache Delta"},{"name":"Apache Iceberg"},{"name":"DuckLake"},{"name":"Pydantic Logfire"},{"name":"Arize"},{"name":"Langfuse"},{"name":"LangChain"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Apache Airflow"},{"name":"Dagster"},{"name":"AWS Lambda"},{"name":"Marimo"},{"name":"Hugging Face"},{"name":"Postgres","native":true,"category":"database","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Redshift","native":true,"category":"data_warehouse","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Athena","native":true,"category":"query_engine","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Azure Storage","native":true,"category":"cloud_storage","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Delta Lake","native":true,"category":"data_format","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Claude Code","native":true,"category":"agentic_development","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Codex","native":true,"category":"agentic_development","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Cursor","native":true,"category":"ide","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"communication","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"GitHub","native":true,"category":"version_control","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"LanceDB","native":false,"category":"vector_database","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"DataHub","native":false,"category":"metadata_platform","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Amazon Athena","native":true,"category":"data_warehouse","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Microsoft SQL Server","native":true,"category":"database","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"ClickHouse","native":true,"category":"database","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Airflow","native":true,"category":"orchestration","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Claude","native":true,"category":"ai_assistant","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Streamlit","native":true,"category":"app_framework","direction":"outbound"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":["US","CA","GB","AU","IN","SG"],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Starter","description":"For small teams with low data volumes","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","description":"For organizations with database sources, 15-minute sync frequencies, or REST API needs","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","description":"High-volume replication with timely support and granular role-based access control","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Business Critical","description":"For global enterprise teams with strict data residency and compliance requirements","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Usage-based (pay per monthly active record). Free tier: 5,000 model runs monthly on all plans. 14-day trial per new connection. Annual contracts: automatic discounts from 5%+.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.getcensus.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-18T12:37:51.007Z","freeTrialDays":14,"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"dlt","summary":"Free, open-source Apache 2.0","features":["Open source ingestion library","Reliable ingestion and loading","Limited verified OSS connectors","AI help and community support"],"description":"Open-source Apache 2.0 licensed data loading library","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Hub","summary":"$12,000/month with 5,000 credits included. Tiered overage pricing: $1.00–$0.80 per credit depending on volume.","features":["Everything in dlt","AI Harness (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor)","Managed runtime for ingestion","Transformations & Data apps","Data quality metrics & checks","Observability dashboard","Collaboration workflows for teams","Unlimited pipelines and notebooks","Data freshness triggers","Automatic backfilling","dbt model generator","Data apps (marimo and Streamlit)","Declarative quality checks per dataset, table or row","Schema and data contracts","PII redaction before load","Runs, schemas and lineage in dashboard","Stream logs from CLI or web UI","Slack alerting","Organisation and workspace roles","Secrets management","Environment variable manager","Regional data plane selection","Role-based access control (RBAC)"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":12000,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"credit"},"kind":"metered","amount":1,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Managed platform with observability and team collaboration","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits_per_month":"5000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing. Contact sales.","features":["Custom credits and volume pricing","Enterprise security and governance controls","Role-based access control (RBAC) and audit logs","SLA and tailored support options","Custom onboarding and architecture guidance"],"description":"Custom pricing with enterprise governance and support","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Credit bundles","components":[{"kind":"one_time","amount":100,"currency":"USD"},{"kind":"one_time","amount":190,"currency":"USD"},{"kind":"one_time","amount":360,"currency":"USD"},{"kind":"one_time","amount":700,"currency":"USD"},{"kind":"one_time","amount":1360,"currency":"USD"},{"kind":"one_time","amount":2640,"currency":"USD"},{"kind":"one_time","amount":5120,"currency":"USD"},{"kind":"one_time","amount":9920,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free open-source tier. Hub plan from $12,000/month with 5,000 included credits. Tiered overage pricing. 14-day free trial.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://dlthub.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-15T20:27:28.149Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":12000,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | high |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":12000,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 12 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/releases/tag/1.31.0","date":"2026-10-07T13:21:11Z","type":"stable","version":"1.31.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/releases/tag/1.30.0","date":"2026-08-11T13:23:00Z","type":"stable","version":"1.30.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/releases/tag/1.29.1","date":"2026-07-24T11:32:31Z","type":"stable","version":"1.29.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/releases/tag/1.29.0","date":"2026-07-13T09:31:54Z","type":"stable","version":"1.29.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/releases/tag/1.28.2","date":"2026-07-10T12:29:18Z","type":"stable","version":"1.28.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/releases/tag/1.28.1","date":"2026-06-19T19:48:03Z","type":"stable","version":"1.28.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/releases/tag/1.28.0","date":"2026-06-15T16:14:02Z","type":"stable","version":"1.28.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/releases/tag/1.27.2","date":"2026-05-29T17:13:29Z","type":"stable","version":"1.27.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/releases/tag/1.27.0","date":"2026-05-19T12:55:55Z","type":"stable","version":"1.27.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/releases/tag/1.26.0","date":"2026-04-28T18:49:52Z","type":"stable","version":"1.26.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/releases/tag/1.25.0","date":"2026-04-15T07:41:56Z","type":"stable","version":"1.25.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/releases/tag/1.24.0","date":"2026-03-19T11:59:54Z","type":"stable","version":"1.24.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/releases/tag/1.23.0","date":"2026-03-06T14:47:17Z","type":"stable","version":"1.23.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/releases/tag/1.22.2","date":"2026-03-01T18:44:08Z","type":"stable","version":"1.22.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/releases/tag/1.22.1","date":"2026-02-23T20:59:59Z","type":"stable","version":"1.22.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/releases/tag/1.22.0","date":"2026-02-17T16:55:47Z","type":"stable","version":"1.22.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/releases/tag/1.21.0","date":"2026-01-20T12:11:39Z","type":"stable","version":"1.21.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/releases/tag/1.20.0","date":"2025-12-09T23:13:14Z","type":"stable","version":"1.20.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/releases/tag/1.19.1","date":"2025-12-02T22:02:07Z","type":"stable","version":"1.19.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/dlt-hub/dlt/releases/tag/1.19.0","date":"2025-12-01T15:52:25Z","type":"stable","version":"1.19.0"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=dlt&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Data Engineering Tools)

| Capability | Census | dlt |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool role | ELT / ingestion | ELT / ingestion |
| Processing paradigm | Batch + streaming | Batch + streaming |
| **Connectivity** |  |  |
| Connector count | 900+ sources and destinations | 5,000+ |
| CDC / log-based replication | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Transformation** |  |  |
| In-warehouse transformation (push-down) | ✓ | ✓ |
| dbt-native orchestration | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Self-hosted / open-source available | ✗ | ✓ |
| Managed cloud available | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Governance** |  |  |
| Data lineage / asset catalog | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Authoring** |  |  |
| Python-first authoring | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Execution** |  |  |
| Incremental / partition-aware runs | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Quality** |  |  |
| Built-in data quality / tests | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Horizontal scale (distributed executor) | ✓ | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:14:17.922Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*