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Available worldwide · Popular in: US

What is dbt Core?

dbt Core is a data engineering tools tool. We're still gathering a full overview; visit the site for now.

dbt Core pricing

Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
from $100/moHybridFree tier14-day trial

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

Developer

Free
Free
min 1 seats

The fastest way to get started with dbt

seats
1
projects
1
successful_models_per_month
3,000
  • Browser-based IDE
  • Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
  • Job scheduling
  • Keep on the latest dbt release

Starter

$100/seat/month
min 5 seats

Pay as you go pricing for your first dbt project

seats
5
projects
1
queried_metrics_per_month
5,000
successful_models_per_month
15,000
  • All Developer features
  • dbt Catalog basic
  • dbt Semantic Layer basic
  • dbt Copilot code generation
  • API access

Enterprise

Contact sales
Contact sales
projects
30
queried_metrics_per_month
20,000
successful_models_per_month
100,000
  • All Starter features
  • dbt Catalog advanced
  • dbt Semantic Layer advanced
  • dbt Copilot
  • dbt Canvas
  • dbt Insights
  • dbt Mesh Enterprise

Enterprise+

Contact sales
Contact sales
projects
Unlimited
queried_metrics_per_month
20,000
successful_models_per_month
100,000
  • All Enterprise features
  • PrivateLink
  • IP Restrictions
  • Rollback
  • Hybrid projects

What dbt Core does

The capabilities that matter for data engineering tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Core
Tool role
Transformation
Processing paradigm
Batch
Connectivity
Connector count
-
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)
-
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • CLI
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS
  • Self-hosted

Integrations (6)

Independently observed
  • Tableau
  • Fivetran
  • OpenAI
  • Snowflake
  • Azure AI
  • Databricks

dbt Core alternatives

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The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for dbt Core, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 62 / 100
medium · 59%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Package Downloads950.1514.5✓
Pricing Transparency1000.099.4✓
Capabilities810.097.6✓
Github Activity630.106.6✓
Release Cadence990.065.7✓
Integrations240.174.3✓
Reliability500.084.1✓
Github Stars780.032.3✓
Security Posture250.082.1✓
Price Level250.061.5✓
Stackoverflow Activity00.070.0-

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All data & sourcesshow ↓

Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d100mediumsource · 2026-07-31 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars13,551highsource · 2026-07-31 · 90%
Package downloads weekly21,005,917highsource · 2026-07-31 · 85%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
Capabilities{"role":"transform","lineage":true,"paradigm":"batch","dbt_native":true,"data_quality":true,"elt_pushdown":true,"python_first":false,"managed_cloud":true,"self_hosted_oss":true}mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count6mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryRustmediumsource · 2026-07-31 · 63%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxApache-2.0highsource · 2026-07-31 · 95%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
Availability{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 50%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Modelfreemiummediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Price levelhighmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Starting gbp100mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days2mediumsource · 2026-07-31 · 70%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Iso27001Yeshighsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%