Data Pipelines

Alternatives to dbt

Compare healthier or more active tools in the same use case using ToolVitals public evidence.

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  • Commit continuity, contributor activity, and delivery signals are strong.
  • Health score: 98/100.
  • Shipping score: 98/100.

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Best alternatives by need

Best overallApache Airflow

Highest organic ToolVitals fit for this use case.

Verified open/source-visibleApache Airflow, Dagster, Debezium, CocoIndex

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Ranked alternatives

Best-fit data pipelines options

12 tools
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Apache Airflow

Apache Airflow - A platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows

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Dagster

An orchestration platform for the development, production, and observation of data assets.

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Confidence90
Stars16.1k
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Debezium

Change data capture for a variety of databases. Please log issues at https://github.com/debezium/dbz/issues.

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Stars13.1k
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CocoIndex

Incremental engine for long horizon agents 🌟 Star if you like it!

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Stars11.5k
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PRQL

PRQL is a modern language for transforming data — a simple, powerful, pipelined SQL replacement

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Stars10.9k
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CloudQuery

Data pipelines for cloud config and security data. Build cloud asset inventory, CSPM, FinOps, and vulnerability management solutions. Extract from AWS, Azure, GCP, and 70+ cloud and SaaS sources.

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Stars6.5k
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Jitsu

Jitsu is an open-source Segment alternative. Fully-scriptable data ingestion engine for modern data teams. Set-up a real-time data pipeline in minutes, not days

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Confidence90
Stars5.1k
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Sail

Drop-in Apache Spark replacement written in Rust for batch and streaming workloads.

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Confidence90
Stars3.4k
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Bruin

Data pipeline platform with SQL, Python, and quality checks.

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Confidence90
Stars1.7k
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MLRun

MLRun is an open source MLOps platform for quickly building and managing continuous ML applications across their lifecycle. MLRun integrates into your development and CI/CD environment and automates the delivery of production data, ML pipelines, and online applications.

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Shipping95
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Confidence90
Stars1.7k
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