Our take
Pick Dagger if platform teams who will run the OSS engine at $0 while they write a first function, then start Starter’s Try for free and land on $20/month (1 user, 1-month traces) — or Scale at $200/month when they need unlimited users and 1-year traces. Pick Depot if teams who will take the 7-day trial, then stay on Developer at $20 / month while they run a first job graph — and will jump to Startup at $200 / month
Best for
Dagger A pipeline you start at $20
Depot Docker / Actions minutes you start at $20
Free plan
Dagger No free plan
Depot No free plan
Lowest paid
Dagger Starter $20/mo
Depot Overage $0.006
Next step up
Dagger Scale $200/mo
Depot Developer $20
Runs where
Dagger Hosted
Depot Local or hosted
Watch out
Dagger $20 is 1 user and 1-month traces
Depot Developer is 1 user and 500 container minutes
Last checked
Dagger 2026-10-22 · dagger.io/pricing
Depot 2026-10-23 · depot.dev/pricing
platform teams who will run the OSS engine at $0 while they write a first function, then start Starter’s Try for free and land on $20/month (1 user, 1-month traces) — or Scale at $200/month when they need unlimited users and 1-year traces.
Read the Dagger pageteams who will take the 7-day trial, then stay on Developer at $20 / month while they run a first job graph — and will jump to Startup at $200 / month when they need 20,000 Actions minutes.
Read the Depot page