# Dagster vs Rivery

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Rivery

| Attribute | Dagster | Rivery |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 70 (68% (medium)) | 78.6 (74% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 286 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 16,269 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 2,028,283 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A unified orchestration and observability platform that manages data pipelines through assets, tracks dependencies and lineage, enforces data quality, and integrates with existing tools like dbt, Snowflake, and Spark. Supports both self-hosted open-source and managed cloud deployment. It is indexed under Data Engineering Tools.","source":"https://dagster.io/pricing","question":"What is Dagster?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Dagster offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.01. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://dagster.io/pricing","question":"Is Dagster free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Dagster supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://dagster.io/pricing","question":"What platforms does Dagster support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Dagster can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://dagster.io/pricing","question":"Can Dagster be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 14 integrations for Dagster, including dbt, Snowflake, Spark, Databricks, Azure, AWS, Airbyte and Tableau, plus 6 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://dagster.io/pricing","question":"What does Dagster integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Dagster. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Dagster not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://dagster.io/security","question":"What security certifications does Dagster have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. Dagster 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/dagster-io/dagster","question":"Is Dagster open source?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"Dagster is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://dagster.io/pricing","question":"Where is Dagster available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"Cloud ELT platform for building end-to-end data pipelines with data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, reverse ETL, and CDC replication. Supports no-code and custom Python code for analytics and AI use cases. It is indexed under Data Engineering Tools.","source":"https://rivery.io","question":"What is Rivery?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Rivery does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 4 plans (Base, Professional, Pro Plus and Enterprise), so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://rivery.io","question":"How much does Rivery cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Rivery. 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://rivery.io","question":"What platforms does Rivery support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Rivery, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://rivery.io","question":"Can Rivery be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 9 integrations for Rivery, including Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Tableau, Snowflake, BigQuery, Amazon Redshift and Azure Synapse Analytics, plus 1 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://rivery.io","question":"What does Rivery integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Rivery. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Rivery not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://rivery.io","question":"What security certifications does Rivery have?","confidence":0.6}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"cdc":false,"role":"orchestrator","lineage":true,"paradigm":"batch","dbt_native":true,"data_quality":true,"elt_pushdown":false,"python_first":true,"managed_cloud":true,"connector_count":"28+","self_hosted_oss":true,"incremental_runs":true,"distributed_executor":true}` | `{"cdc":true,"role":"elt","paradigm":"both","data_quality":true,"elt_pushdown":true,"python_first":true,"managed_cloud":true,"connector_count":"200+","incremental_runs":true,"reverse_etl_addon":true,"custom_connector_sdk":true,"self_hosted_available":false}` |
| integrations.count | 28 | 200 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"dbt"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Spark"},{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Airbyte"},{"name":"Tableau"},{"name":"Soda"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Python"},{"name":"dbt Cloud","native":true,"category":"transformation","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Fivetran","native":true,"category":"ingestion","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"AWS S3","category":"storage","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"AWS Redshift","category":"data_warehouse"},{"name":"AWS EMR","category":"compute"},{"name":"AWS Glue","category":"transformation"},{"name":"AWS Athena","category":"analytics"},{"name":"AWS CloudWatch","category":"monitoring","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Salesforce","category":"crm","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Looker","category":"analytics"},{"name":"Power BI","category":"analytics"},{"name":"Sigma","category":"analytics"},{"name":"Clickhouse","category":"storage"},{"name":"Ray","category":"compute"},{"name":"lakeFS","category":"data_management"},{"name":"OpenMetadata","category":"metadata"},{"name":"Cube","category":"semantic_layer"},{"name":"SFTP","category":"file_transfer"},{"name":"Microsoft SharePoint","category":"collaboration"},{"name":"Slurm","category":"compute"},{"name":"AWS Secrets Manager","category":"security"},{"name":"AWS SSM Parameter Store","category":"configuration"},{"name":"AWS ECR","category":"container_registry"},{"name":"Airflow","native":true,"category":"orchestration","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Singer","native":true,"category":"ingestion","direction":"inbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"HubSpot"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Tableau"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"BigQuery"},{"name":"Amazon Redshift"},{"name":"Azure Synapse Analytics"},{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"NetSuite","native":true,"category":"erp","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"dbt","native":true,"category":"transformation","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Airflow","native":true,"category":"orchestration","direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| language.primary | Python | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Solo","summary":"$10/month + $0.04/credit + $0.01/minute serverless compute","features":["Core and asset-based orchestration","Local development (dg CLI)","Partitions and backfills","Branch deployments","Asset checks","dbt integration","Asset lineage","Email and Slack alerts"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"credit"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.04,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Personal projects and simple pipelines","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"1","deployments":"1","code_locations":"1"}},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$100/month + $0.035/credit","features":["All Solo features","Workflow-based orchestration","Freshness policies","Data column lineage","BI tool integration","Cost tracking for BigQuery and Snowflake","Catalog search","SAML SSO","Granular RBAC","PagerDuty and Datadog integration"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":100,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"credit"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.035,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Small teams running production pipelines","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"up to 3","code_locations":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"Custom pricing; contact sales","features":["All Starter features","Custom serverless compute","Cost tracking and insights","Personalized onboarding support","Private Slack channel","Uptime SLAs","Custom security questionnaires","AI proactive monitoring","SCIM provisioning (Okta, Entra ID)","Audit logs","Hybrid deployments (Kubernetes, ECS, Docker, Azure)","EU data residency","SIEM log export"],"description":"Building and scaling an enterprise data platform","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"deployments":"Unlimited","code_locations":"Unlimited"}}],"summary":"From $10/month. Free 30-day trial. Subscription plus metered usage model.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://dagster.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T15:14:18.877Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$0.75 per RPU (PAYG), lower rate with annual commitment","features":["Basic ETL functionality","Unlimited users","Orchestration workflows"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"RPU"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.75,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"For smaller businesses with smaller data volumes","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Professional","summary":"$1.20 per RPU (PAYG or annual)","features":["Advanced transformation capabilities","Unlimited users","Multiple workflows"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"RPU"},"kind":"metered","amount":1.2,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"For fast-growing organizations needing advanced transformation capabilities","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Unlimited users, environments, workspaces","SSO, VPN","Built-for-you connectors","Dedicated solutions engineers"],"description":"For advanced data teams handling large data loads, migrations, strict security needs","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"High Sync Frequency"}],"summary":"From $0.75 per RPU. Usage-based pricing (100MB data = 1 RPU). Free tier available. Annual and pay-as-you-go options.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://rivery.io/blog/rivery-unlimited-pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-06T22:12:35.460Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"RPU","amount":0.75,"currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":10,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":0.75,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 7 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.26","date":"2026-10-09T23:08:50Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.26"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.25","date":"2026-10-01T18:17:43Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.25"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.24","date":"2026-09-21T23:53:17Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.24"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.23","date":"2026-09-16T21:25:17Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.23"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.22","date":"2026-09-11T16:59:11Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.22"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.21","date":"2026-09-03T20:03:16Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.21"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.20","date":"2026-08-27T16:50:54Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.20"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.19","date":"2026-08-21T15:53:20Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.19"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.18","date":"2026-08-14T19:59:51Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.18"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.17","date":"2026-08-07T19:12:58Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.17"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.16","date":"2026-07-30T17:24:09Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.15","date":"2026-07-23T15:59:52Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.14","date":"2026-07-16T18:39:10Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.13","date":"2026-07-09T17:39:15Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.12","date":"2026-07-02T16:27:40Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.11","date":"2026-06-25T18:23:24Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.10","date":"2026-06-18T19:23:58Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.9","date":"2026-06-11T19:16:52Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.8","date":"2026-06-04T18:11:04Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.7","date":"2026-05-28T17:18:25Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.7"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99 |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO/IEC 27001","level":"2013","status":"active"},{"name":"HIPAA","status":"active"},{"name":"GDPR","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 5.1 | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://dagster.io/security | https://rivery.io/product/security-policy/ |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":3,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=dagster&per_page=100","last_12m":1,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` | - |

## Capabilities (Data Engineering Tools)

| Capability | Dagster | Rivery |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool role | Orchestrator | ELT / ingestion |
| Processing paradigm | Batch | Batch + streaming |
| **Connectivity** |  |  |
| Connector count | 28+ | 200+ |
| 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 2026-10-16T17:47:40.814Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*