# Prefect vs Stitch

| Attribute | Prefect | Stitch |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 70 (76% (high)) | 68.1 (70% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 98 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 767 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 23,966 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 2,710,819 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A workflow orchestration platform where you define workflows as plain Python functions, and Prefect handles scheduling, retries, caching, and recovery automatically. You can run workflows on Prefect's managed cloud infrastructure or deploy workers to your own infrastructure. It is indexed under Data Engineering Tools.","source":"https://www.prefect.io/pricing","question":"What is Prefect?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Prefect is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $100 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.prefect.io/pricing","question":"Is Prefect free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Prefect supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.prefect.io/pricing","question":"What platforms does Prefect support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Prefect can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.prefect.io/pricing","question":"Can Prefect be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 12 integrations for Prefect, including Pydantic AI, OpenAI, AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, dbt, Slack, Snowflake and Redis, plus 4 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.prefect.io/pricing","question":"What does Prefect integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Prefect. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Prefect not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.prefect.io/security","question":"What security certifications does Prefect have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. Prefect is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect","question":"Is Prefect open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Data Engineering Tools.","source":"https://www.stitchdata.com/pricing/","question":"What is Stitch?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Stitch offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $100 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.stitchdata.com/pricing/","question":"Is Stitch free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Stitch. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.stitchdata.com/pricing/","question":"What platforms does Stitch support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Stitch, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.stitchdata.com/pricing/","question":"Can Stitch be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 11 integrations for Stitch, including Datadog, PagerDuty, Slack, Talend Cloud, AWS, Google, Microsoft and Snowflake, plus 3 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.stitchdata.com/pricing/","question":"What does Stitch integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Stitch. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Stitch not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.stitchdata.com/platform/security/","question":"What security certifications does Stitch have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Stitch is available in the United Kingdom, the United States, the EU, Brazil and Singapore. Its primary market is the United Kingdom. The vendor is headquartered in the United Kingdom.","source":"https://www.stitchdata.com","question":"Where is Stitch available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A Python-native workflow automation platform that handles scheduling, retries, caching, and recovery for data pipelines and AI agent workflows, with both cloud-managed and self-hosted execution options. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"role":"orchestrator","lineage":true,"paradigm":"batch","dbt_native":true,"python_first":true,"managed_cloud":true,"connector_count":"Not specified","self_hosted_oss":true,"incremental_runs":true,"distributed_executor":true}` | `{"role":"elt","paradigm":"batch","elt_pushdown":true,"python_first":true,"managed_cloud":true,"connector_count":"130+","incremental_runs":true}` |
| integrations.count | 6 | 130 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Pydantic AI"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"AWS Secrets Manager"},{"name":"HashiCorp Vault"},{"name":"dbt"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat"},{"name":"Snowflake","native":true},{"name":"Redis","native":true},{"name":"Kubernetes","native":true},{"name":"Amazon ECS","native":true},{"name":"Docker","native":true},{"name":"Google Cloud Run","native":true},{"name":"GitHub","native":true},{"name":"AWS","native":true}]` | `[{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Talend Cloud"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Google"},{"name":"Microsoft"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"SAP"},{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"Cloudera"}]` |
| language.primary | Python | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"GB","primaryMarkets":["GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":["GB","US","EU","BR","SG"],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Hobby","features":["Workflow scheduling","Up to 5 deployments","500 minutes of Prefect Serverless","Workflow observability","Logging & alerting","7 days run retention"],"minSeats":2,"description":"Deploy workflows instantly. Scale when ready.","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","features":["All Hobby features","Up to 20 deployments","75 hours of Prefect Serverless","Bring your own compute","Webhooks","1,250 API requests/min"],"minSeats":3,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":100,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Team","features":["All Starter features","Up to 100 deployments","225 hours of Prefect Serverless","Service accounts","24 hour audit log"],"minSeats":4,"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["All Team features","SSO (SAML/OIDC)","RBAC + ACLs","Multiple workspaces","Directory Sync (SCIM)","IP allowlisting & PrivateLink","Unlimited deployments"],"minSeats":5,"contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free Hobby tier. Starter from $100/month. Team per-user monthly pricing. Enterprise custom quote.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.prefect.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-05T11:05:17.530Z","startingPrice":{"amount":100,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"From $100/month for 5M rows. Usage scales with row volume.","features":["7-day historical sync","7-day extraction log retention","SOC 2 Type II compliance","ISO 27001 compliance","Notification extensibility","Post-load webhooks (add-on)","Advanced scheduling (add-on)","Connect API access (add-on)","HIPAA BAA signing (add-on)","Site-to-site VPN (add-on)","AWS private link (add-on)","Reverse SSH tunnel (add-on)","VPC peering AWS (add-on)"],"minSeats":5,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":100,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Usage-based plan for individuals and small teams beginning data integration","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"5","sources":"10 (standard)","destinations":"1","rows_per_month":"5-300 million","log_retention_days":"7","historical_sync_days":"7"}},{"free":false,"name":"Advanced","summary":"$1,500/month (billed annually, $18,000/year)","features":["60-day extraction log retention","SOC 2 Type II compliance","ISO 27001 compliance","Notification extensibility","Post-load webhooks","Advanced scheduling","Connect API access","HIPAA BAA signing","Site-to-site VPN","AWS private link","Reverse SSH tunnel","VPC peering AWS"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":1500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Fixed-cost plan for teams requiring advanced features and more sources","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"users":"unlimited","sources":"unlimited (enterprise)","destinations":"3","rows_per_month":"100 million","log_retention_days":"60","historical_sync_days":"7"}},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","summary":"$3,000/month (billed annually, $36,000/year)","features":["60-day extraction log retention","SOC 2 Type II compliance","ISO 27001 compliance","Notification extensibility","Post-load webhooks","Advanced scheduling","Connect API access","HIPAA BAA signing","Site-to-site VPN","AWS private link","Reverse SSH tunnel","VPC peering AWS"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":3000,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"High-volume plan for fast-growing organizations with mission-critical data needs","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"users":"unlimited","sources":"unlimited (enterprise)","destinations":"5","rows_per_month":"1 billion","log_retention_days":"60","historical_sync_days":"7"}},{"free":false,"name":"Stitch Platform","summary":"Custom pricing for agencies","features":["Isolated data pipelines per client","Advanced settings and features","99% uptime SLA","Mission-critical support"],"description":"Multi-tenant platform for agencies managing client data pipelines","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional rows"},{"name":"Additional destinations"},{"name":"HIPAA (BAA signing)"},{"name":"Site-to-site VPN"},{"name":"AWS private link"},{"name":"Reverse SSH tunnel"},{"name":"VPC peering (AWS)"}],"summary":"From $100/month (Standard, usage-based). 14-day free trial. Annual contracts for Advanced ($18k/year) and Premium ($36k/year).","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.stitchdata.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T22:39:47.504Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":100,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | high | high |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":100,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 1 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.8.dev3","date":"2026-10-02T08:19:49Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.8.dev3"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.8.dev2","date":"2026-10-01T08:21:27Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.8.dev2"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.8.dev1","date":"2026-09-30T08:20:43Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.8.dev1"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.7","date":"2026-09-26T23:41:44Z","type":"stable","version":"3.8.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.7.dev7","date":"2026-09-26T08:18:02Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.7.dev7"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.7.dev6","date":"2026-09-23T08:19:42Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.7.dev6"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.7.dev5","date":"2026-09-22T08:19:45Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.7.dev5"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.7.dev4","date":"2026-09-19T08:16:49Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.7.dev4"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.7.dev3","date":"2026-09-18T08:18:58Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.7.dev3"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.7.dev2","date":"2026-09-16T08:19:54Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.7.dev2"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.7.dev1","date":"2026-09-15T08:20:02Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.7.dev1"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.6","date":"2026-09-14T14:18:53Z","type":"stable","version":"3.8.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.6.dev5","date":"2026-09-12T08:16:39Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.6.dev5"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.6.dev4","date":"2026-09-11T08:19:03Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.6.dev4"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.6.dev3","date":"2026-09-10T08:19:23Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.6.dev3"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.6.dev2","date":"2026-09-09T08:19:24Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.6.dev2"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.6.dev1","date":"2026-09-05T08:16:23Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.6.dev1"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.5","date":"2026-09-03T21:25:46Z","type":"stable","version":"3.8.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/3.8.5.dev6","date":"2026-09-03T08:19:56Z","type":"prerelease","version":"3.8.5.dev6"},{"url":"https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/releases/tag/2.20.26","date":"2026-09-02T18:17:41Z","type":"stable","version":"2.20.26"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | 99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.fedramp | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 6.9 | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.prefect.io/security | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":8,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=prefect&per_page=100","last_12m":6,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` | - |

## Capabilities (Data Engineering Tools)

| Capability | Prefect | Stitch |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool role | Orchestrator | ELT / ingestion |
| Processing paradigm | Batch | Batch |
| **Connectivity** |  |  |
| Connector count | Not specified | 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) | ✓ | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:59:08.289Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*