Data Pipelines

Alternatives to Bruin

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

Why compare

Signals behind this alternatives page

  • Maintenance and shipping signals are strong.
  • Health score: 91/100.
  • Shipping score: 98/100.

Switching guide

Best alternatives by need

Best overallDagster

Highest organic ToolVitals fit for this use case.

Healthier optionsDagster, dbt, CocoIndex, Benthos

Stronger current public-health signal than Bruin.

Verified open/source-visibleDagster, dbt, Apache Airflow, Debezium

Useful when portability and inspectability matter.

License unknown, source-visible signalsBenthos, RudderStack

Public source signals exist, but ToolVitals has not verified the license class.

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Ranked alternatives

Best-fit data pipelines options

12 tools
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Dagster

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

Active
Health100
Shipping100
Score100
Confidence100
Stars15.9k
ModeSource-visible project
02

dbt

dbt enables data analysts and engineers to transform their data using the same practices that software engineers use to build applications.

Active
Health100
Shipping100
Score100
Confidence100
Stars13.5k
ModeSource-visible project
03

Apache Airflow

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

Active
Health93
Shipping95
Score95
Confidence100
Stars46.3k
ModeSource-visible project
04

Debezium

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

Active
Health93
Shipping95
Score95
Confidence99
Stars13k
ModeSource-visible project
05

CocoIndex

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

Active
Health95
Shipping100
Score98
Confidence100
Stars11.1k
ModeSource-visible project
06

Benthos

Data streaming processor with yaml-driven pipeline configuration

Active
Health95
Shipping94
Score96
Confidence98
Stars8.7k
ModeSource-visible project
07

Unstract

LLM-Driven Extraction of Unstructured Data — Built for API Deployments & ETL Pipeline Workflows

Active
Health96
Shipping89
Score95
Confidence100
Stars6.9k
ModeSource-visible project
08

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

Active
Health92
Shipping98
Score96
Confidence100
Stars4.8k
ModeSource-visible project
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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.

Active
Health93
Shipping100
Score97
Confidence100
Stars1.7k
ModeSource-visible project
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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.

Active
Health87
Shipping95
Score93
Confidence100
Stars6.5k
ModeSource-visible project