Comparison

dlt vs Mage

On the evidence we track, dlt leads this comparison with a composite score of 66/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★dlt66

Mage42

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	dltLeader	Mage
Vioscale score	66 / 100low · 49%	42 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✗
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	high
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$100
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	28	8
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=dlt&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	23	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	5,779	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	52	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	12	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Python	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ DE	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

dlt66 / 100low · 49%

Mage42 / 100high · 75%

Pricing

Free tier

dlt✓

Mage✗

Model

dltcommercial

Magecommercial

Price level

dltlow

Magehigh

Starting price

dlt–

Mage$100

Transparent

dlt✓

Mage✗

Integrations

Count

dlt28

Mage8

Security

Disclosure policy

dlt✓

Mage✓

Gdpr

dlt✓

Mage✓

Soc2

dlt–

Mage✓

Vulnerabilities

dltCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=dlt&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Mage–

Reliability

Status page

dlt✓

Mage✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

dlt23

Mage–

Github stars

dlt5,779

Mage–

Activity

Commits last 30d

dlt52

Mage–

Release

Cadence days

dlt12

Mage–

History

dlt20 items

Mage–

License

Spdx

dltApache-2.0

Mage–

Language

Primary

dltPython

Mage–

Market

Availability

dltAvailable worldwide · HQ DE

MageAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Data Engineering Tools
Capability	dlt	Mage
Core
Tool role	ELT / ingestion	Orchestrator
Processing paradigm	Batch + streaming	Batch + streaming
Connectivity
Connector count	5,000+	12+
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

dltELT / ingestion

MageOrchestrator

Processing paradigm

dltBatch + streaming

MageBatch + streaming

Connectivity

Connector count

dlt5,000+

Mage12+

CDC / log-based replication

dlt✓

Mage✓

Transformation

In-warehouse transformation (push-down)

dlt✓

Mage✗

dbt-native orchestration

dlt-

Mage✗

Deployment

Self-hosted / open-source available

dlt✓

Mage✓

Managed cloud available

dlt✓

Mage✓

Governance

Data lineage / asset catalog

dlt✓

Mage✓

Authoring

Python-first authoring

dlt✓

Mage✓

Execution

Incremental / partition-aware runs

dlt✓

Mage✗

Quality

Built-in data quality / tests

dlt✓

Mage✓

Scale

Horizontal scale (distributed executor)

dlt-

Mage✓

What each one is

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

dlt

Leader

A hosted service combining the open-source dlt Python library with managed infrastructure, observability, data quality testing, and team collaboration features for building and running data pipelines.

Independently observed

Mage

A system for constructing data processing pipelines that validates, schedules, and executes them in production environments. Supports both cloud-managed and self-hosted deployment models.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

dlt

Leader

from $0.80/moHybridFree tier14-day trial

From $1,190/month with 500 included credits. Free open-source tier. 14-day free trial with $30 credits.

dltFree
- Apache 2.0 open-source license
- Code-first ingestion library
- Reliable ingestion and loading
- Limited verified OSS connectors
- AI help and community support
- +2 more
dltHub$1,190/month base + $0.80–$1.00/credit for usage beyond 500 credits/month. 5% discount on annual commitment.
- Everything in dlt, plus:
- Managed runtime
- Hosted Marimo notebooks
- AI Workbench (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor)
- Data quality metrics and checks
- +6 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Custom credits and volume pricing
- Enterprise security and governance controls
- Role-based access control (RBAC) and audit logs
- SLA and tailored support options
- Custom onboarding and architecture guidance

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Mage

from $100/moHybrid

From $100/month + usage for cloud, custom pricing for private deployments

Mage Cloud$100/month + usage ($0.50 per cpu-hour, $0.50 per 4GB-hour)
- Workflow orchestration and scheduling
- Pipeline monitoring and observability
- Data validation and quality checks
- Unlimited users
- Development environment included
Mage ProContact sales
- Hybrid cloud deployment
- Private cloud deployment
- On-premises deployment
- Full data isolation
- Custom infrastructure configuration
- +1 more

as of 2026-08-24verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	dlt	Mage
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

dlt✓

Mage✓

CLI

dlt✓

Mage✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

dlt✓

Mage✓

Self-hosted

dlt✓

Mage✓

On-premise

dlt✗

Mage✓

Hybrid

dlt✓

Mage✓

Integrations

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

In common (3)

Salesforce
BigQuery
MySQL

dlt

Leader

28 total - 25 not shared

PostgreSQL
HubSpot
Snowflake
Databricks
MotherDuck
DuckDB
SQLite
Amazon S3
Google Cloud Storage
Microsoft Azure
SFTP
Parquet
Apache Delta
Apache Iceberg
DuckLake
Pydantic Logfire
Arize
Langfuse
LangChain
OpenAI
Apache Airflow
Dagster
AWS Lambda
Marimo
+1 more

Independently observed

Mage

13 total - 10 not shared

Apache Spark
PySpark
Kafka
Stripe
AWS EMR
Kubernetes
EHR systems
Billing platforms
Lab systems
Clinical systems

Independently observed

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