Pick Dagster if
data teams who will stay on OSS / Hybrid $0 compute while they materialize a first asset, or start the Solo 30-day trial and land on $10/month (1 user, 1 code location) when they want Dagster+ without a cluster.
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Our take
Pick Dagster if data teams who will stay on OSS / Hybrid $0 compute while they materialize a first asset, or start the Solo 30-day trial and land on $10/month (1 user, 1 code location) when they want Dagster+ without a cluster. Pick Kestra if data / platform teams who will stay on Open Source at $0 (unlimited flows and executions, Postgres/MySQL queue) while they ship a first Webhook Flow, then talk to sales for
Kestra
open-source orchestration desk
Best for
Dagster Pipelines you start on Solo at $10/month (30-day trial) or OSS $0
Kestra Flows you start at $0
Free plan
Dagster $0 · you run the orchestrator
Kestra $0 · unlimited flows and executions. 2,300+ plugins. Code and no-code editors. Event-driven scheduling. MCP server. Queue on PostgreSQL or MySQL. Confirmed by the Offer named “Kestra Open Source” (price 0, priceCurrency USD)
Lowest paid
Dagster Not published by the vendor
Kestra Not published by the vendor
Watch out
Dagster Solo is 1 user and 1 code location
Kestra Cloud and Enterprise have no public $
Last checked
Dagster 2026-10-22 · dagster.io/pricing
Kestra 2026-10-23 · kestra.io/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Kestra if
data / platform teams who will stay on Open Source at $0 (unlimited flows and executions, Postgres/MySQL queue) while they ship a first Webhook Flow, then talk to sales for Enterprise when they need SSO, RBAC, and a support SLA — Cloud is request-access with no public dollar on the page.
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