Dagster Pricing: Plans, Costs & What You Actually Pay
Dagster+ charges a small platform fee plus a per-credit usage rate: Solo is $10 per month with credits at $0.040, Starter is $100 per month with credits at $0.035. A credit counts one asset materialisation or one executed op.
Quick answer
Dagster publishes its prices. A monthly platform fee plus pay-as-you-go credits. One credit is the sum of asset materialisations and ops executed in your pipeline. Serverless compute is billed separately at $0.010 per minute; hybrid deployments carry no compute charge..
Free option: No permanent free tier. Access to everything Dagster+ offers is free for 30 days, after which a plan is required.
Trial: A 30-day free trial gives access to the full Dagster+ feature set; the page states this explicitly in its pricing FAQ.
Plans at a glance
| Plan | Price | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Solo | $10/mo + $0.040 per credit | Personal projects and simple pipelines. 1 user, 1 code location, 1 deployment. Serverless compute $0.010 per minute. |
| Starter | $100/mo + $0.035 per credit | Up to 3 users, 5 code locations, 1 deployment, catalog search. The page marks this tier as recommended. |
| Pro | Contact Sales | Custom serverless compute, unlimited code locations and deployments, cost tracking and insights, personalised onboarding, private Slack channel, uptime SLAs and custom security questionnaires. |
How billing works
The billing metric is: A monthly platform fee plus pay-as-you-go credits. One credit is the sum of asset materialisations and ops executed in your pipeline. Serverless compute is billed separately at $0.010 per minute; hybrid deployments carry no compute charge..
Fees that are easy to miss
- Serverless compute is metered at $0.010 per minute on top of credits. Hybrid deployments on ECS, Kubernetes, Docker, Azure or local infrastructure incur no compute charge from Dagster.
- Credits are consumed by asset materialisations and op executions, so a pipeline that runs often costs more than one that runs rarely, even at identical infrastructure size.
- Custom invoicing and ACH are available only to Pro customers; Solo and Starter pay by card.
How the vendor frames its pricing
- Dagster separates the platform fee from usage: the subscription buys seats and structure, credits buy execution.
- The Starter tier is ten times the Solo fee, but the credit rate drops from $0.040 to $0.035, so the crossover depends entirely on volume.
- Hybrid deployment is the cost lever. Running the agent on your own infrastructure removes the per-minute serverless charge and leaves only credits.
Before you sign: what actually moves the price
- Estimate credits from pipeline frequency, not from data size. Every asset materialisation and every op execution counts as one credit regardless of how much data moves.
- Three users is the Starter cap. A fourth seat forces either Pro or a second Solo subscription, so count the team before choosing.
- If you already run Kubernetes or ECS, choose hybrid: serverless compute at $0.010 per minute is the largest variable cost for a busy schedule.
- The credit rate improves by only $0.005 between Solo and Starter. Unless you clear roughly 18,000 credits a month, the $90 platform-fee increase is not repaid by the rate difference.
- There is no self-enrolment discount for nonprofits, which the FAQ states directly; a Pro plan is the only route for a discounted structure.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Dagster+ cost?
Solo is $10 per month plus $0.040 per credit and Starter is $100 per month plus $0.035 per credit. Pro is priced through sales.
What counts as a credit?
A credit is the sum of asset materialisations and ops executed. Every asset materialised counts as one credit, and every op executed counts as one credit, whether it runs inside a job or as part of an asset.
Is serverless compute included in the plan fee?
No. Serverless compute is billed at $0.010 per minute on top of credits. Hybrid deployments carry no compute charge from Dagster.
Is there a free plan?
No permanent free tier. Dagster offers a 30-day free trial with access to everything Dagster+ offers.
Can I get an annual discount?
Customised purchase structures are available for Pro customers. Solo and Starter are monthly, paid by card.
Where this data comes from
Primary source: https://dagster.io/pricing — retrieved 2026-10-22.
Prices change. Every figure here is a snapshot taken on the retrieval date shown on each page. Confirm with the vendor before signing.