Every figure on this page was read from Dagster’s own pricing page on 22 Sep 2026. Prices change without notice, so confirm on the vendor’s pricing page.
The cheapest hosted orchestrator, if you read the credits
Dagster+ Solo is $10 a month plus $0.040 per credit, and Starter is $100 a month plus $0.035 per credit. The monthly fee is not the cost; the credits are. Model your run frequency before assuming Solo is a $10 decision.
Hybrid is the setting that matters
On Dagster+ Serverless, compute is billed at $0.010 a minute. On Hybrid, your code runs in your own cloud account and there is no compute charge at all, only the control plane. For most teams that already have a cloud account, Hybrid is both cheaper and easier to get through a security review, because the data never leaves your boundary.
Check the date on any comparison you read
Solo and Starter pricing changed on 1 May 2026. Any article older than that is quoting the previous rates.
What it costs by team size
| Team | Plan that fits | Monthly | Yearly |
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| Self-managed | Open source | Free plus infrastructure | Free plus infrastructure |
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| Solo developer | Dagster+ Solo | $10 plus credits | $120 plus credits |
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| Small team | Dagster+ Starter | $100 plus credits | $1,200 plus credits |
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| Production with support needs | Dagster+ Pro | Quoted | Quoted |
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Credits are the variable part and depend on your runs. Hybrid deployment removes the serverless compute charge entirely.
How we scored Dagster: 72/100
Six parts, each with its reasons. Parts we cannot measure for this tool are left out and the total rescaled, so a closed-source product is not marked down for having no public code. Computed 23 Sep 2026, method v1.0. Full methodology.
Pricing honesty
16 / 20
- entry plans priced, top plans quoted
- usable free tier or free open source
- can buy without talking to sales
- bill can be forecast from published rates
Adoption evidence
11.1 / 25
- GitHub stars: 16.2k (82% of our scale)
- PyPI downloads a week: 1.8M (61% of our scale)
- Stack Overflow questions: 171 (35% of our scale)
- review volume (G2 + Gartner): 2 (0% of our scale)
Momentum
11.5 / 15
- 14 releases in 90 days (full marks at 12, one a week)
- 272 commits in 90 days (full marks at 5k)
Openness and exit
15 / 15
- open source under an OSI licence
- you can self-host it
- your data stays in open formats or your own warehouse
- easy to replace
Practitioner sentiment
6 / 10
- G2: 4.5 from 2 reviews
- weighted 4.40 of 5 after adjusting for review count
- G2 reviews
Editorial verdict
12 / 15
- What we would start a new pipeline with in 2026; smaller ecosystem than Airflow.
