Dagster
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How to Replace DagsterOverview
Features
41 features across 15 categories
AI/ML(3)
Accelerate ML development with pipelines that streamline data prep, model training, and experiment tracking
AI-powered assistant for Dagster questions
Turn warehouse data into instant, trustworthy answers for every stakeholder, right inside Slack and other tools they already use
Automation(1)
Trigger pipelines based on events
Compliance(1)
Independently audited and compliant with SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA standards
Cost Management(1)
Track and analyze costs for BigQuery and Snowflake compute
Data Governance(6)
View and manage asset metadata through the user interface
Track data lineage at the asset level
Simplified catalog view for less technical stakeholders
Search and discover assets in the data catalog
Track data lineage at the column level
Empower teams to discover and understand datasets with clear ownership, lineage, and auto-generated documentation that stays current
Data Integration(1)
Build reliable pipelines to move data from SaaS apps and APIs to warehouses like Snowflake or BigQuery
Data Processing(3)
Rerun historical data through pipelines
Orchestrate dbt, Databricks, or Python transformations to produce clean, modeled data that powers analytics and BI
Partition data and pipelines for scalability
Data Quality(2)
Monitor and ensure asset data freshness
Define and monitor data quality checks at the asset level
Deployment(4)
Deploy and test pipeline branches in isolated environments
Run Dagster on your cloud or theirs, with support for North American and European regions
Keep code and data isolated with multi-tenant code deployments
Deploy pipelines on serverless compute infrastructure
Development(1)
Development environment for local pipeline development
Integration(1)
Integrate dbt tests into Dagster pipelines
Monitoring(7)
Alert system for pipeline events and issues
Define and track custom metrics
See everything, catch issues fast, and keep your data trusted with built-in lineage, alerting, and real-time health metrics
Create alerts based on custom metrics
Stay ahead of data incidents with intelligent alerts in Slack, and streamlined resolution workflows with AI-powered debugging and impact analysis
Comprehensive metrics on platform and pipeline performance
Track freshness, performance, costs, and reliability to keep pipelines healthy and stakeholders confident in their data
Orchestration(2)
Core framework for defining and orchestrating data assets
Traditional workflow-based orchestration capabilities
Security(5)
Track all activity and changes made to the system
Granular RBAC permissions for users and teams
SAML-based authentication for SSO
Sync user groups and roles via SAML
Single Sign-On and SCIM user provisioning support
Support(3)
Direct communication channel with Dagster team
Dedicated onboarding assistance from Dagster team
Priority support from Dagster experts
Pricing
Solo Plan
- ✓7.5k credits/month
- ✓1 User
- ✓1 Code location
- ✓1 Deployment
- ✓30-day free trial
- ✓Asset-based orchestration
- ✓Workflow-based orchestration
- ✓Local dev workflow
- ✓Event-based automations
- ✓Alerts
- ✓Partitions
- ✓Backfills
- ✓Asset metadata in UI
- ✓Asset-level lineage
- ✓Platform and pipeline metrics
- ✓Metrics-based alerts
- ✓Serverless deployments
- ✓Ask-AI (Dagster community)
Starter Plan
- ✓30k credits/month
- ✓Up to 3 Users
- ✓5 Code locations
- ✓1 Deployment
- ✓Catalog Search
- ✓30-day free trial
- ✓Asset-based orchestration
- ✓Workflow-based orchestration
- ✓Local dev workflow
- ✓Branch deployments
- ✓Event-based automations
- ✓Alerts
- ✓Partitions
- ✓Backfills
- ✓Asset quality checks
- ✓Asset freshness checks
- ✓Integration with dbt tests
- ✓Asset metadata in UI
- ✓Asset-level lineage
- ✓Catalog search
- ✓Catalog focus-mode for less technical stakeholders
- ✓Platform and pipeline metrics
- ✓Metrics-based alerts
- ✓Cost tracking for BigQuery and Snowflake
- ✓Role based access control (per deployment)
- ✓Billing support
- ✓Serverless deployments
Pro Plan
Popular- ✓Unlimited code locations
- ✓Unlimited deployments
- ✓Cost Tracking and Insights
- ✓Personalized Onboarding Support
- ✓Support Private Slack channel
- ✓Uptime SLAs
- ✓Custom Security Questionnaires
- ✓Asset-based orchestration
- ✓Workflow-based orchestration
- ✓Local dev workflow
- ✓Branch deployments
- ✓Event-based automations
- ✓Alerts
- ✓Partitions
- ✓Backfills
- ✓Asset quality checks
- ✓Asset freshness checks
- ✓Integration with dbt tests
- ✓Asset metadata in UI
- ✓Asset-level lineage
- ✓Column-level lineage
- ✓Catalog search
- ✓Catalog focus-mode for less technical stakeholders
- ✓Platform and pipeline metrics
- ✓Metrics-based alerts
- ✓Custom metrics
- ✓Cost tracking for BigQuery and Snowflake
- ✓Role based access control (per project)
- ✓Audit logs
- ✓SAML integration
- ✓SAML sync
- ✓Personalized onboarding support
- ✓Dedicated Slack or Microsoft Teams channel
- ✓Premium support
- ✓Serverless deployments
- ✓Customized compute resourcing
Enterprise Plan
- ✓SSO, RBAC and SCIM provisioning
- ✓SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and beyond
- ✓Flexible deployment options
- ✓Multi-tenant instances
- ✓Audit logs and retention policies
- ✓Enterprise support
- ✓All Pro plan features
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Total Cost Comparison
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Buying Dagster saves ~$33,360 over 3 years vs building.
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Integrations
10 known integrations