# Dagster vs Hevo Data

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Dagster

| Attribute | Dagster | Hevo Data |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 70.4 (68% (medium)) | 65.2 (58% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 81 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 286 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 16,066 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 2,176,853 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | Hevo is an end-to-end ELT platform that automates data movement from 150+ sources into warehouses with built-in dbt-based transformations and real-time operational visibility. It handles schema changes automatically, recovers from failures without manual intervention, and scales to process petabytes of data monthly. |
| features.capabilities | `{"cdc":false,"role":"orchestrator","lineage":true,"paradigm":"batch","dbt_native":true,"data_quality":true,"elt_pushdown":false,"python_first":true,"managed_cloud":true,"self_hosted_oss":true,"incremental_runs":true,"distributed_executor":true}` | `{"cdc":true,"role":"elt","lineage":false,"paradigm":"both","dbt_native":true,"data_quality":false,"elt_pushdown":true,"python_first":false,"managed_cloud":true,"connector_count":"150+","self_hosted_oss":false,"incremental_runs":true,"distributed_executor":true}` |
| integrations.count | 14 | 150 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"dbt"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Spark"},{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Airbyte"},{"name":"Tableau"},{"name":"Soda"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Python"}]` | `[{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"SQL Server"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"Oracle"},{"name":"Redshift"},{"name":"BigQuery"},{"name":"MariaDB"},{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"HubSpot"},{"name":"Zendesk"},{"name":"Shopify"},{"name":"Google Ads"},{"name":"Facebook Ads"},{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Azure Blob"},{"name":"SFTP"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Google Cloud"},{"name":"dbt Core"}]` |
| language.primary | Python | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Solo","summary":"$120/month with 7.5k credits/month included; overages at $0.040/credit","features":["1 User","1 Code location","1 Deployment","Core orchestration","Asset-based orchestration","Data quality checks","Asset metadata and lineage","Email/Slack/Teams alerts","Serverless compute","SOC 2 Type II","GDPR"],"minSeats":1,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":120,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"credit"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.04,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Personal projects and simple pipelines","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"7.5k/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$1200/month with 30k credits/month included; overages at $0.035/credit","features":["Up to 3 Users","5 Code locations","1 Deployment","Catalog search","Column-level lineage","Data quality checks","Asset health status","Cost tracking for BigQuery/Snowflake","PagerDuty/Datadog integration","Role-based access control","Hybrid deployments","SSO","Audit logs"],"minSeats":3,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":1200,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"credit"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.035,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Production pipelines for small teams with role-based access control and catalog search","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"30k/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro/Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing; contact sales","features":["Unlimited code locations","Unlimited deployments","Custom serverless compute pricing","Cost tracking and insights","Personalized onboarding support","Private Slack channel","Uptime SLAs","Custom security questionnaires","SAML/SCIM provisioning (Okta, Entra ID)","AI-native features (Dagster+ AI chat, auto-remediation)","EU data residency","HIPAA compliance","Webhook and advanced alerting"],"description":"Large-scale enterprise data platforms with custom requirements","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $120/month. 30-day free trial. Subscription with metered credits (asset materializations and ops executed); serverless compute charged separately.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://dagster.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T15:27:01.773Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"amount":0.01,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free, up to 1M events/month","features":["1-hour scheduling","Up to 5 users"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Free forever for limited connectors","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"events":"1M/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$299/month (monthly) or $265/month (annual, 12% off)","features":["Everything in Free, plus","Up to 10 users","150+ connectors","dbt integration","SSH/SSL","24/7 email and live chat support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":299,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":265,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"events":"5M-50M/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Professional","summary":"$849/month (monthly) or $750/month (annual, 12% off)","features":["Everything in Starter, plus","Unlimited users","Hevo APIs for Pipeline automation","Reverse SSH","Add-ons available"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":849,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":750,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Best value","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"events":"20M-100M/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business Critical","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Everything in Professional, plus","Streaming Pipelines","Role Based Access Control","Single sign-on","Multiple Workspaces","VPC Peering","Advanced security certificates"],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $0 (Free). Starter $265–$299/month. Professional $750–$849/month. Custom plans available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://hevodata.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T14:25:36.545Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":265,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 7 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.19","date":"2026-08-21T15:53:20Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.19"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.18","date":"2026-08-14T19:59:51Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.18"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.17","date":"2026-08-07T19:12:58Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.17"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.16","date":"2026-07-30T17:24:09Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.15","date":"2026-07-23T15:59:52Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.14","date":"2026-07-16T18:39:10Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.13","date":"2026-07-09T17:39:15Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.12","date":"2026-07-02T16:27:40Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.11","date":"2026-06-25T18:23:24Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.10","date":"2026-06-18T19:23:58Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.9","date":"2026-06-11T19:16:52Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.8","date":"2026-06-04T18:11:04Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.7","date":"2026-05-28T17:18:25Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.6","date":"2026-05-22T18:17:05Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.5","date":"2026-05-15T16:40:58Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.4","date":"2026-05-14T15:31:55Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.3","date":"2026-04-30T20:46:18Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.2","date":"2026-04-23T18:30:38Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.1","date":"2026-04-17T19:33:16Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/dagster-io/dagster/releases/tag/1.13.0","date":"2026-04-09T18:57:35Z","type":"stable","version":"1.13.0"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.scorecard | 4.8 | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.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"}` | - |

## Capabilities (Data Engineering Tools)

| Capability | Dagster | Hevo Data |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool role | Orchestrator | ELT / ingestion |
| Processing paradigm | Batch | Batch + streaming |
| **Connectivity** |  |  |
| Connector count | - | 150+ |
| 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: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:12:53.557Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*