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Comparison

Dagger vs Nx

No leader: the top candidate Nx has only 0.30 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Dagger full profile →Nx full profile →
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Dagger54
Nx59
Score
vioscaleAI score
Dagger54 / 100medium · 67%
Nx59 / 100low · 30%
Pricing
Free tier
Dagger✓
Nx✓
Model
Price level
Daggermid
Nxmid
Starting price
Dagger$50
Nx$29
Transparent
Dagger✓
Nx✓
Integrations
Count
Dagger6
Nx18
Security
Gdpr
Dagger✓
Nx–
Scorecard
Dagger5.1
Nx–
Soc2
Dagger✓
Nx–
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Dagger✓
Nx✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Dagger17
Nx–
Github stars
Dagger16,339
Nx–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Dagger100
Nx–
Release
History
Dagger20 items
Nx–
License
Spdx
DaggerApache-2.0
Nx–
Language
Primary
DaggerGo
Nx–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ci/cd tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deployment
Hosting
DaggerCloud + self-hosted
NxCloud + self-hosted
Self-hosted runners
Dagger✓
Nx✓
Core
Config-as-code pipelines
Dagger✗
Nx✓
Matrix / parallel builds
Dagger-
Nx✓
Build
Container-native builds
Dagger✓
Nx✓
Performance
Build caching
Dagger✓
Nx✓
Security
Secrets management
Dagger✓
Nx✓
Delivery
Deployment environments & approvals
Dagger✓
Nx✓
Ecosystem
Reusable actions / marketplace
Dagger✓
Nx✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Dagger

A platform for automating software delivery that enables teams to define build, test, and deployment workflows as code in multiple programming languages. Pipelines execute consistently across local machines, CI systems, and cloud infrastructure with built-in caching, tracing, and container orchestration.

Independently observed

Nx

Nx is a build system and CI platform optimized for monorepos and polyglot codebases. It accelerates builds through intelligent caching and task deduplication, distributes work across machines, and provides integrated CI with security features.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Dagger

from $50/moHybridFree tier14-day trial

Free for individuals. $50/month for teams (up to 10 users, 2-week free trial).

  • IndividualFree
    • Pipeline visualization
    • Local and cloud execution
  • Team$50/month for up to 10 users, 2-week free trial
    • Centralized control plane
    • Pipeline telemetry and visualization
    • Distributed cache orchestration
as of verify ↗

Nx

from $29/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Paid plans from $29/month with usage-based add-ons.

  • HobbyFree
    • 50,000 monthly credits
    • 5 complimentary contributors
    • 10 concurrent CI connections
    • All Nx Agents resource types
    • Basic analytics
    • +1 more
  • Team$29/month
    • All Hobby features
    • $29 monthly usage credit included
    • Email support
    • Additional credits at $5.50 per 10,000
    • Additional contributors at $19 each
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • All Team features
    • Conformance rules and circular dependency detection
    • Cross-repository visibility
    • CI observability and premium analytics
    • Dedicated support with SLAs
    • +3 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Dagger✗
Nx✓
macOS
Dagger✓
Nx✗
Windows
Dagger✓
Nx✗
Linux
Dagger✓
Nx✗
CLI
Dagger✓
Nx✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Dagger✓
Nx✓
Self-hosted
Dagger✓
Nx✓
On-premise
Dagger✗
Nx✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (2)
  • GitHub
  • GitLab

Dagger

10 total - 8 not shared
  • Docker
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • Kubernetes
  • Terragrunt
  • Istio
  • Jaeger
  • Honeycomb
  • OpenTelemetry
Independently observed

Nx

25 total - 23 not shared
  • Cursor
  • GitHub Copilot
  • JetBrains
  • GitHub Actions
  • Azure DevOps
  • Bitbucket
  • VS Code
  • JetBrains IntelliJ
  • Claude
  • Vite
  • Webpack
  • Jest
  • ESLint
  • Gradle
  • Vitest
  • Maven
  • .NET
  • Go
  • Angular
  • React
  • Python
  • Rust
  • PHP
Independently observed
Still deciding?

Dagger or Nx: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.