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 n8n if technical ops, DevOps, and automation engineers who need to connect SaaS apps, internal APIs, and LLM tools — especially teams that want self-host / data residency. Skip n8n if
Best for
Dagster Pipelines you start on Solo at $10/month (30-day trial) or OSS $0
n8n Wiring tools together
Free plan
Dagster $0 · you run the orchestrator
n8n $0 · no license fee. You run Docker or npm. Choose n8n describes a free Registered Community email unlock (folders, debug in editor, custom execution data). SSO, Git, environments, and similar extras need a paid Business/Enterprise license key
Lowest paid
Dagster Not published by the vendor
n8n Cloud Starter €20/mo yearly
Next step up
Dagster
n8n Cloud Pro €50/mo yearly
Coding agent
Dagster
n8n AI agents on the canvas
Runs where
Dagster
n8n Local; you host it
Watch out
Dagster Solo is 1 user and 1 code location
n8n You operate the graph
Last checked
Dagster 2026-10-22 · dagster.io/pricing
n8n 2026-10-19 · n8n.io/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick n8n if
technical ops, DevOps, and automation engineers who need to connect SaaS apps, internal APIs, and LLM tools — especially teams that want self-host / data residency.
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