# Dagster: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 64 judge labels across 3 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/dagster

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Workflow orchestration](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/workflow-orchestration/index.md) | 15% | 2 | 4% | 50 |
| [ETL and ELT](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/etl-and-elt/index.md) | 0% | 17 | 8% | 12 |
| [ML platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/ml-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 43 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Winner: Dagster (or Prefect) ... Dagster Cloud or Prefect Cloud are the top recommendations over traditional Apache Airflow." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Orchestration)
- "Start with Dagster (specifically Dagster Plus/Apache Dagster) if you are building a greenfield stack today." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Orchestration)
- "Prefect or Dagster strike a good balance between ease of use, scalability, and observability" (Mistral Small, Orchestration)
- "Dagster — Modern, developer-friendly, software-defined assets, better observability" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Orchestration)

## And against it

- "Many current open core tools like Kestra and Dagster keep essential enterprise features ... locked behind their enterprise versions." (Muse Glimmer 30B, Orchestration)
- "These are orchestrators, not complete extraction and loading platforms." (Perplexity Sonar, ETL)
- "Dagster has a younger ecosystem with fewer integrations than Airflow" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Orchestration)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Dagster, from 121 of the 153 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- getorchestra.io: 46
- github.com: 37
- kestra.io: 36
- zapier.com: 34
- skyvia.com: 30
- ones.com: 23
- prefect.io: 23
- airbyte.com: 19
- linkedin.com: 18
- hevodata.com: 17

### Pages cited

- https://zapier.com/blog/workflow-orchestration-tools: 28
- https://skyvia.com/blog/best-data-orchestration-tools: 20
- https://github.com/ismanf/just-system-design/blob/main/17-big-data/data-pipelines.md: 18
- https://kestra.io/resources/infrastructure/workflow-orchestration-tools: 16
- https://pracdata.io/p/state-of-workflow-orchestration-ecosystem-2025: 15
- https://cflowapps.com/best-workflow-orchestration-tools: 12
- https://ajelix.com/ai/workflow-orchestration-tools: 11
- https://cognism.com/blog/data-orchestration-tools: 10

## In its own words

What Dagster's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: AI-native DataOps platform (https://dagster.io/)
- For: engineers (https://dagster.io/)
- Price stated: free tier (https://dagster.io/)
- Starting price: $10 (https://dagster.io/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Get started for free; free 30 day trial (https://dagster.io/)
- Integrations claimed: 200 (https://dagster.io/integrations)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA
- Hosting: Cloud, on-prem, hybrid, EU
- Customers named: Flo Energy, Magenta Telekom, smava, Ayersio Services Limited, Chainalysis

## What it publishes

Every page dagster.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1943 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 186 pages, 6 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-17
- case study: 33 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-04
- conference or event: 58 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 215 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-08
- comparison: 12 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-08
- glossary or explainer: 733 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-05-17
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-02
- news or press: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-17 blog: The data plane is yours dagster hybrid on kubernetes and azure https://dagster.io/blog/the-data-plane-is-yours-dagster-hybrid-on-kubernetes-and-azure
- Recent: 2026-09-08 comparison: Dagster vs airflow https://dagster.io/vs/dagster-vs-airflow
- Recent: 2026-09-08 report or ebook: How to build data platforms ebook https://dagster.io/how-to-build-data-platforms-ebook
- Recent: 2026-08-12 blog: Community showcase part 3 https://dagster.io/blog/community-showcase-part-3
- Recent: 2026-08-12 blog: Orchestration is more than scheduling declarative automation in dagster https://dagster.io/blog/orchestration-is-more-than-scheduling-declarative-automation-in-dagster
- Recent: 2026-08-04 case study: Flo energys data platform for critical energy data https://dagster.io/customers/flo-energys-data-platform-for-critical-energy-data

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.