Comparison

Dagster vs Rivery

On the evidence we track, Rivery leads this comparison with a composite score of 79/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Dagster70
★Rivery79
Score
vioscaleAI score
Dagster70 / 100medium · 68%
Rivery79 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Dagster✓
Rivery✓
Model
Dagsterfreemium
Riveryfreemium
Price level
Dagsterlow
Riverylow
Starting price
Dagster$10
Rivery$0.75
Transparent
Dagster✓
Rivery✓
Integrations
Count
Dagster28
Rivery200
Security
Disclosure policy
Dagster✓
Rivery–
Gdpr
Dagster✓
Rivery✓
Hipaa
Dagster✓
Rivery✓
Iso27001
Dagster–
Rivery✓
Scorecard
Dagster5.1
Rivery–
Soc2
Dagster✓
Rivery✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Dagster–
Rivery99
Status page
Dagster–
Rivery✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Dagster286
Rivery–
Github stars
Dagster16,269
Rivery–
Package downloads weekly
Dagster2,028,283
Rivery–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Dagster100
Rivery–
Release
Cadence days
Dagster7
Rivery–
History
Dagster20 items
Rivery–
License
Spdx
DagsterApache-2.0
Rivery–
Language
Primary
DagsterPython
Rivery–
Content
Faq
Dagster8 items
Rivery6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for data engineering tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Tool role
DagsterOrchestrator
RiveryELT / ingestion
Processing paradigm
DagsterBatch
RiveryBatch + streaming
Connectivity
Connector count
Dagster28+
Rivery200+
CDC / log-based replication
Dagster✗
Rivery✓
Transformation
In-warehouse transformation (push-down)
Dagster✗
Rivery✓
dbt-native orchestration
Dagster✓
Rivery-
Deployment
Self-hosted / open-source available
Dagster✓
Rivery-
Managed cloud available
Dagster✓
Rivery✓
Governance
Data lineage / asset catalog
Dagster✓
Rivery-
Authoring
Python-first authoring
Dagster✓
Rivery✓
Execution
Incremental / partition-aware runs
Dagster✓
Rivery✓
Quality
Built-in data quality / tests
Dagster✓
Rivery✓
Scale
Horizontal scale (distributed executor)
Dagster✓
Rivery-

What each one is

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

Dagster

An orchestration and observability platform that models data assets, manages their dependencies, and integrates lineage tracking, quality monitoring, and data cataloging for managing pipelines from development to production.

Independently observed

Rivery

Leader

Rivery is a SaaS ELT platform that enables users to extract data from multiple sources (apps, databases, APIs) and load it into data warehouses with SQL or Python transformations. It includes reverse ETL capabilities to push processed data back into business applications.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Dagster

from $10/moHybridFree tier30-day trial

From $10/month. Free 30-day trial. Subscription plus metered usage model.

  • Solo$10/month + $0.04/credit + $0.01/minute serverless compute
    • Core and asset-based orchestration
    • Local development (dg CLI)
    • Partitions and backfills
    • Branch deployments
    • Asset checks
    • +3 more
  • Starter$100/month + $0.035/credit
    • All Solo features
    • Workflow-based orchestration
    • Freshness policies
    • Data column lineage
    • BI tool integration
    • +5 more
  • ProContact sales
    • All Starter features
    • Custom serverless compute
    • Cost tracking and insights
    • Personalized onboarding support
    • Private Slack channel
    • +8 more
as of verify ↗

Rivery

Leader
from $0.75/RPUUsage-basedFree tier

From $0.75 per RPU. Usage-based pricing (100MB data = 1 RPU). Free tier available. Annual and pay-as-you-go options.

  • Starter$0.75 per RPU (PAYG), lower rate with annual commitment
    • Basic ETL functionality
    • Unlimited users
    • Orchestration workflows
  • Professional$1.20 per RPU (PAYG or annual)
    • Advanced transformation capabilities
    • Unlimited users
    • Multiple workflows
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Unlimited users, environments, workspaces
    • SSO, VPN
    • Built-for-you connectors
    • Dedicated solutions engineers
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Dagster✓
Rivery✓
CLI
Dagster✓
Rivery✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Dagster✓
Rivery✓
Self-hosted
Dagster✓
Rivery✗
On-premise
Dagster✓
Rivery✗
Hybrid
Dagster✓
Rivery✗

Integrations

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

In common (7)
  • dbt
  • Snowflake
  • Databricks
  • Tableau
  • Slack
  • Salesforce
  • Airflow

Dagster

39 total - 32 not shared
  • Spark
  • Azure
  • AWS
  • Airbyte
  • Soda
  • Microsoft Teams
  • PagerDuty
  • Datadog
  • Python
  • dbt Cloud
  • Fivetran
  • AWS S3
  • AWS Redshift
  • AWS EMR
  • AWS Glue
  • AWS Athena
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • Looker
  • Power BI
  • Sigma
  • Clickhouse
  • Ray
  • lakeFS
  • OpenMetadata
  • +8 more
Independently observed

Rivery

Leader
12 total - 5 not shared
  • HubSpot
  • BigQuery
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • NetSuite
Independently observed
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