Pick Airbyte if
teams who will burn the 14-day Cloud trial (400 credits, ~100 GB) or stay on Core $0, then buy Standard at $20/month when they want hosted hourly syncs without standing up Docker.
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Our take
Pick Airbyte if teams who will burn the 14-day Cloud trial (400 credits, ~100 GB) or stay on Core $0, then buy Standard at $20/month when they want hosted hourly syncs without standing up Docker. Pick Mage if solo data engineers who will use the 7-day trial (no card), then buy Starter at $29/month + $0.50/CPU-hour when they want 50 AI credits and one managed environment.
Mage
**pipeline desk
Best for
Airbyte Move data on a schedule you can self-host
Mage Managed orchestration plus $0.50 CPU-hours
Free plan
Airbyte $0 · community Slack/GitHub support. You run the metal
Mage No free plan
Lowest paid
Airbyte Standard $20/mo
Mage Extra AI $0.12
Next step up
Airbyte Plus $189/mo
Mage Starter $29/mo
Runs where
Airbyte Local; you host it
Mage
Watch out
Airbyte Standard is $20 plus leftover credits
Mage $29 does not include compute
Last checked
Airbyte 2026-10-22 · airbyte.com/pricing
Mage 2026-10-22 · mage.ai/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Mage if
solo data engineers who will use the 7-day trial (no card), then buy Starter at $29/month + $0.50/CPU-hour when they want 50 AI credits and one managed environment.
Read the Mage page