Comparison

Dagster vs Stitch

No clear leader: Dagster (70.4) 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

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Dagster	Stitch
Vioscale score	70 / 100medium · 68%updating	68 / 100medium · 72%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	high
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	14	130
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	4.8	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.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	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	286	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	16,066	-
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	2,176,853	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	81	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	7	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Python	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

Dagster70 / 100medium · 68%updating

Stitch68 / 100medium · 72%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Dagster✓

Stitch✓

Model

Dagsterfreemium

Stitchfreemium

Price level

Dagsterlow

Stitchhigh

Transparent

Dagster✓

Stitch✓

Integrations

Count

Dagster14

Stitch130

Security

Disclosure policy

Dagster✓

Stitch✓

Fedramp

Dagster–

Stitch✓

Gdpr

Dagster✓

Stitch✓

Hipaa

Dagster✓

Stitch✓

Iso27001

Dagster–

Stitch✓

Scorecard

Dagster4.8

Stitch–

Soc2

Dagster✓

Stitch✓

Vulnerabilities

DagsterCount: 3 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=dagster&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: HIGH

Stitch–

Reliability

Sla pct

Dagster–

Stitch99

Status page

Dagster–

Stitch✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Dagster286

Stitch–

Github stars

Dagster16,066

Stitch–

Package downloads weekly

Dagster2,176,853

Stitch–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Dagster81

Stitch–

Release

Cadence days

Dagster7

Stitch–

History

Dagster20 items

Stitch–

License

Spdx

DagsterApache-2.0

Stitch–

Language

Primary

DagsterPython

Stitch–

Market

Availability

DagsterAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

StitchAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Data Engineering Tools
Capability	Dagster	Stitch
Core
Tool role	Orchestrator	ELT / ingestion
Processing paradigm	Batch	Batch
Connectivity
Connector count	-	130+
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)	✓	-

Core

Tool role

DagsterOrchestrator

StitchELT / ingestion

Processing paradigm

DagsterBatch

StitchBatch

Connectivity

Connector count

Dagster-

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

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.

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 $0.01/moSubscription30-day trial

From $120/month. 30-day free trial. Subscription with metered credits (asset materializations and ops executed); serverless compute charged separately.

Solo$120/month with 7.5k credits/month included; overages at $0.040/credit
- 1 User
- 1 Code location
- 1 Deployment
- Core orchestration
- Asset-based orchestration
- +6 more
Starter$1200/month with 30k credits/month included; overages at $0.035/credit
- Up to 3 Users
- 5 Code locations
- 1 Deployment
- Catalog search
- Column-level lineage
- +8 more
Pro/EnterpriseContact sales
- Unlimited code locations
- Unlimited deployments
- Custom serverless compute pricing
- Cost tracking and insights
- Personalized onboarding support
- +8 more

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

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 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Dagster	Stitch
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Dagster✓

Stitch✓

CLI

Dagster✓

Stitch✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Dagster✓

Stitch✓

Self-hosted

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

14 total - 8 not shared

dbt
Spark
Azure
Airbyte
Tableau
Soda
Microsoft Teams
Python

Independently observed

Stitch

11 total - 5 not shared

Talend Cloud
Google
Microsoft
SAP
Cloudera

Independently observed

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