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Comparison

Dagster vs Stitch

No clear leader: Dagster (70.0) and Stitch (68.1) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Dagster70
Stitch68
Score
vioscaleAI score
Dagster70 / 100medium · 68%
Stitch68 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tier
Dagster✓
Stitch✓
Model
Dagsterfreemium
Stitchfreemium
Price level
Dagsterlow
Stitchhigh
Starting price
Dagster$10
Stitch–
Transparent
Dagster✓
Stitch✓
Integrations
Count
Dagster28
Stitch130
Security
Certifications
DagsterSOC 2 Type II
Stitch–
Disclosure policy
Dagster✓
Stitch✓
Fedramp
Dagster–
Stitch✓
Gdpr
Dagster✓
Stitch✓
Hipaa
Dagster✓
Stitch✓
Iso27001
Dagster–
Stitch✓
Scorecard
Dagster5.1
Stitch–
Soc2
Dagster✓
Stitch✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Dagster–
Stitch99
Status page
Dagster–
Stitch✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Dagster286
Stitch–
Github stars
Dagster16,269
Stitch–
Package downloads weekly
Dagster2,028,283
Stitch–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Dagster100
Stitch–
Release
Cadence days
Dagster7
Stitch–
History
Dagster20 items
Stitch–
License
Spdx
DagsterApache-2.0
Stitch–
Language
Primary
DagsterPython
Stitch–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Dagster8 items
Stitch7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Tool role
DagsterOrchestrator
StitchELT / ingestion
Processing paradigm
DagsterBatch
StitchBatch
Connectivity
Connector count
Dagster28+
Stitch130+
CDC / log-based replication
Dagster✗
Stitch-
Transformation
In-warehouse transformation (push-down)
Dagster✗
Stitch✓
dbt-native orchestration
Dagster✓
Stitch-
Deployment
Self-hosted / open-source available
Dagster✓
Stitch-
Managed cloud available
Dagster✓
Stitch✓
Governance
Data lineage / asset catalog
Dagster✓
Stitch-
Authoring
Python-first authoring
Dagster✓
Stitch✓
Execution
Incremental / partition-aware runs
Dagster✓
Stitch✓
Quality
Built-in data quality / tests
Dagster✓
Stitch-
Scale
Horizontal scale (distributed executor)
Dagster✓
Stitch-

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

Stitch

An ELT service that ingests data from 130+ cloud and on-premises applications and data sources, automatically replicating it to data warehouses, data lakes, and lakehouses. It handles extraction, scheduling, monitoring, and loading with minimal configuration required.

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 ↗

Stitch

from $100/moUsage-basedFree tier14-day trial

From $100/month (Standard, usage-based). 14-day free trial. Annual contracts for Advanced ($18k/year) and Premium ($36k/year).

  • StandardFrom $100/month for 5M rows. Usage scales with row volume.
    • 7-day historical sync
    • 7-day extraction log retention
    • SOC 2 Type II compliance
    • ISO 27001 compliance
    • Notification extensibility
    • +8 more
  • AdvancedContact sales
    • 60-day extraction log retention
    • SOC 2 Type II compliance
    • ISO 27001 compliance
    • Notification extensibility
    • Post-load webhooks
    • +7 more
  • PremiumContact sales
    • 60-day extraction log retention
    • SOC 2 Type II compliance
    • ISO 27001 compliance
    • Notification extensibility
    • Post-load webhooks
    • +7 more
  • Stitch PlatformContact sales
    • Isolated data pipelines per client
    • Advanced settings and features
    • 99% uptime SLA
    • Mission-critical support
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

In common (6)
  • Snowflake
  • Databricks
  • AWS
  • Slack
  • PagerDuty
  • Datadog

Dagster

39 total - 33 not shared
  • dbt
  • Spark
  • Azure
  • Airbyte
  • Tableau
  • Soda
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Python
  • dbt Cloud
  • Fivetran
  • AWS S3
  • AWS Redshift
  • AWS EMR
  • AWS Glue
  • AWS Athena
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • Salesforce
  • Looker
  • Power BI
  • Sigma
  • Clickhouse
  • Ray
  • lakeFS
  • OpenMetadata
  • +9 more
Independently observed

Stitch

11 total - 5 not shared
  • Talend Cloud
  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • SAP
  • Cloudera
Independently observed
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Dagster or Stitch: 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.

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