# Dagster vs Meltano

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Dagster

| Attribute | Dagster | Meltano |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 70.4 (68% (medium)) | 53.7 (41% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 81 | 61 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 286 | 42 |
| adoption.github_stars | 16,066 | 2,609 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 2,176,853 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":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. | Meltano provides a code-first approach to data integration, offering 600+ pre-built connectors with compute-time pricing and integrated governance. It enables teams to combine data extraction, loading, and transformation workflows with native dbt support and orchestration capabilities. |
| 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","paradigm":"both","dbt_native":true,"elt_pushdown":true,"managed_cloud":true,"connector_count":"600+","self_hosted_oss":true,"incremental_runs":true}` |
| integrations.count | 14 | 8 |
| 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":"Singer"},{"name":"dbt"},{"name":"Airflow"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Great Expectations"},{"name":"Dagster"},{"name":"Superset"}]` |
| language.primary | Python | Python |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":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":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Starter","features":["200 compute hours/mo","Managed infrastructure","25 workspaces","Unlimited users","600+ connectors","Reverse ETL included","AI Data engineer agent","Direct access to Meltano Engineers via Slack","Enterprise security","Best in class SLA"],"commitment":"monthly","description":"Get your first managed pipelines running in hours, not weeks","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"unlimited","connectors":"600+","workspaces":"25","compute_hours":"200/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth","features":["2000 compute hours/mo","Everything in Starter","100 workspaces","8 hours of engineering on demand/mo","Shared account management"],"commitment":"monthly","description":"Scale pipelines with real engineering support baked in","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"connectors":"600+","workspaces":"100","compute_hours":"2000/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Scale","features":["5000 compute hours/mo","Everything in Growth","Unlimited workspaces","15 hours of engineering on demand/mo","Dedicated account management","Cost monitoring workspace included"],"commitment":"monthly","description":"Dedicated support. Full platform access. Nothing held back.","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"connectors":"600+","workspaces":"unlimited","compute_hours":"5000/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Unlimited compute hours/mo","Everything in Scale","Custom connectors","Custom hours of engineering on demand/mo","Custom SLA"],"commitment":"monthly","description":"Truly custom. For organisations with serious data at scale.","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"connectors":"600+","compute_hours":"unlimited"}}],"summary":"Free open-source version. Managed cloud plans from Starter (200 compute hrs/mo) to Enterprise (unlimited). Pay for compute, not rows.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://meltano.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T14:26:46.478Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.cadence_days | 7 | 3 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 4.8 | - |
| security.soc2 | 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"}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=meltano&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Data Engineering Tools)

| Capability | Dagster | Meltano |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool role | Orchestrator | ELT / ingestion |
| Processing paradigm | Batch | Batch + streaming |
| **Connectivity** |  |  |
| Connector count | - | 600+ |
| 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 2026-09-01T16:27:34.738Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*