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 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
Dagster Pipelines you start on Solo at $10/month (30-day trial) or OSS $0
Mage Managed orchestration plus $0.50 CPU-hours
Free plan
Dagster $0 · you run the orchestrator
Mage No free plan
Lowest paid
Dagster Not published by the vendor
Mage Extra AI $0.12
Next step up
Dagster
Mage Starter $29/mo
Watch out
Dagster Solo is 1 user and 1 code location
Mage $29 does not include compute
Last checked
Dagster 2026-10-22 · dagster.io/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