Comparison

dbt Core 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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dbt Core66

★Rivery79

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	dbt Core	RiveryLeader
vioscaleAI score	66 / 100medium · 73%	79 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$0.75
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	6	200
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	-	SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001, HIPAA, GDPR
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://rivery.io/product/security-policy/
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 4 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=dbt-core&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	553	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	14,028	-
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	21,005,917	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	2	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Rust	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide · Popular in US, EU
Content
Faqcontent.faq	8 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

dbt Core66 / 100medium · 73%

Rivery79 / 100medium · 74%

Pricing

Free tier

dbt Core✓

Rivery✓

Model

dbt Coreopen_source

Riveryfreemium

Price level

dbt Corefree

Riverylow

Starting price

dbt Core–

Rivery$0.75

Transparent

dbt Core✓

Rivery✓

Integrations

Count

dbt Core6

Rivery200

Security

Certifications

dbt Core–

RiverySOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001, HIPAA, GDPR

Gdpr

dbt Core✓

Rivery✓

Hipaa

dbt Core–

Rivery✓

Iso27001

dbt Core✓

Rivery✓

Scorecard

dbt Core6

Rivery–

Soc2

dbt Core–

Rivery✓

Trust center

dbt Core–

Riveryhttps://rivery.io/product/security-policy/

Vulnerabilities

dbt CoreCount: 4 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=dbt-core&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

Rivery–

Reliability

Sla pct

dbt Core–

Rivery99

Status page

dbt Core✓

Rivery✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

dbt Core553

Rivery–

Github stars

dbt Core14,028

Rivery–

Package downloads weekly

dbt Core21,005,917

Rivery–

Activity

Commits last 30d

dbt Core100

Rivery–

Release

Cadence days

dbt Core2

Rivery–

History

dbt Core20 items

Rivery–

License

Spdx

dbt CoreApache-2.0

Rivery–

Language

Primary

dbt CoreRust

Rivery–

Market

Availability

dbt CoreAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

RiveryAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, EU

Content

Faq

dbt Core8 items

Rivery6 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Data Engineering Tools
Capability	dbt Core	Rivery
Core
Tool role	Transformation	ELT / ingestion
Processing paradigm	Batch	Batch + streaming
Connectivity
Connector count	6+ named integrations with broader ecosystem	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)	-	-

Core

Tool role

dbt CoreTransformation

RiveryELT / ingestion

Processing paradigm

dbt CoreBatch

RiveryBatch + streaming

Connectivity

Connector count

dbt Core6+ named integrations with broader ecosystem

Rivery200+

CDC / log-based replication

dbt Core-

Rivery✓

Transformation

In-warehouse transformation (push-down)

dbt Core-

Rivery✓

dbt-native orchestration

dbt Core✓

Rivery-

Deployment

Self-hosted / open-source available

dbt Core✓

Rivery-

Managed cloud available

dbt Core✓

Rivery✓

Governance

Data lineage / asset catalog

dbt Core✓

Rivery-

Authoring

Python-first authoring

dbt Core-

Rivery✓

Execution

Incremental / partition-aware runs

dbt Core-

Rivery✓

Quality

Built-in data quality / tests

dbt Core✓

Rivery✓

Scale

Horizontal scale (distributed executor)

dbt Core-

Rivery-

What each one is

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

dbt Core

A data transformation framework that applies software engineering principles—such as version control, testing, and modularity—to SQL-based analytics workflows.

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.

dbt Core

from $100/moHybridFree tier14-day trial

Free Developer tier, $100/seat/month for Starter, custom pricing for Enterprise

DeveloperFree
- Browser-based IDE
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
- Job scheduling
- Keep on the latest dbt release
Starter$100/seat/month
- All Developer features
- dbt Catalog basic
- dbt Semantic Layer basic
- dbt Copilot code generation
- API access
EnterpriseContact sales
- All Starter features
- dbt Catalog advanced
- dbt Semantic Layer advanced
- dbt Copilot
- dbt Canvas
- +2 more
Enterprise+Contact sales
- All Enterprise features
- PrivateLink
- IP Restrictions
- Rollback
- Hybrid projects

as of 2026-08-05verify ↗

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 2026-10-06verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	dbt Core	Rivery
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
macOSPlatforms	✓	✗
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

dbt Core✓

Rivery✓

macOS

dbt Core✓

Rivery✗

Windows

dbt Core✓

Rivery✗

Linux

dbt Core✓

Rivery✗

CLI

dbt Core✓

Rivery✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

dbt Core✓

Rivery✓

Self-hosted

dbt Core✓

Rivery✗

Integrations

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

In common (3)

Tableau
Snowflake
Databricks

dbt Core

6 total - 3 not shared

Fivetran
OpenAI
Azure AI

Independently observed

Rivery

Leader

12 total - 9 not shared

Salesforce
HubSpot
Slack
BigQuery
Amazon Redshift
Azure Synapse Analytics
NetSuite
dbt
Airflow

Independently observed

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