Comparison

Dagster vs Talend

On the evidence we track, Dagster leads this comparison with a composite score of 70/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Dagster70

Talend58

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	DagsterLeader	Talend
Vioscale score	70 / 100medium · 68%	58 / 100low · 21%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	-
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	14	7
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	-
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%

Talend58 / 100low · 21%

Pricing

Free tier

Dagster✓

Talend–

Model

Dagsterfreemium

Talendcommercial

Price level

Dagsterlow

Talend–

Transparent

Dagster✓

Talend–

Integrations

Count

Dagster14

Talend7

Security

Disclosure policy

Dagster✓

Talend–

Fedramp

Dagster–

Talend✓

Gdpr

Dagster✓

Talend–

Hipaa

Dagster✓

Talend✓

Iso27001

Dagster–

Talend✓

Scorecard

Dagster4.8

Talend–

Soc2

Dagster✓

Talend✓

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

Talend–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Dagster286

Talend–

Github stars

Dagster16,066

Talend–

Package downloads weekly

Dagster2,176,853

Talend–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Dagster81

Talend–

Release

Cadence days

Dagster7

Talend–

History

Dagster20 items

Talend–

License

Spdx

DagsterApache-2.0

Talend–

Language

Primary

DagsterPython

Talend–

Market

Availability

DagsterAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

TalendAvailable 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	Talend
Core
Tool role	Orchestrator	-
Processing paradigm	Batch	Batch + streaming
Connectivity
Connector count	-	hundreds
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

Talend-

Processing paradigm

DagsterBatch

TalendBatch + streaming

Connectivity

Connector count

Dagster-

Talendhundreds

CDC / log-based replication

Dagster✗

Talend-

Transformation

In-warehouse transformation (push-down)

Dagster✗

Talend-

dbt-native orchestration

Dagster✓

Talend-

Deployment

Self-hosted / open-source available

Dagster✓

Talend-

Managed cloud available

Dagster✓

Talend✓

Governance

Data lineage / asset catalog

Dagster✓

Talend✓

Authoring

Python-first authoring

Dagster✓

Talend-

Execution

Incremental / partition-aware runs

Dagster✓

Talend-

Quality

Built-in data quality / tests

Dagster✓

Talend✓

Scale

Horizontal scale (distributed executor)

Dagster✓

Talend-

What each one is

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

Dagster

Leader

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

Talend

A flexible data platform supporting cloud, on-premises, and hybrid deployment that integrates data from hundreds of sources, transforms it through multiple methods, and ensures quality and governance across your data infrastructure.

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

Leader

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 ↗

Talend

Pricing not documented yet.

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	Talend
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Dagster✓

Talend✓

CLI

Dagster✓

Talend✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Dagster✓

Talend✓

Self-hosted

Dagster✓

Talend✗

On-premise

Dagster✗

Talend✓

Hybrid

Dagster✓

Talend✓

Integrations

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

In common (3)

Snowflake
Databricks
AWS

Dagster

Leader

14 total - 11 not shared

dbt
Spark
Azure
Airbyte
Tableau
Soda
Slack
Microsoft Teams
PagerDuty
Datadog
Python

Independently observed

Talend

7 total - 4 not shared

Google
Microsoft
SAP
Cloudera

Independently observed

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