Dagster
Shares rank 9 of 12 workflow engines by recommenders
People recommend Dagster as an easy-to-use orchestrator for data workflows, citing its developer experience and suggesting it for orchestration problems.
People recommend Dagster as an easy-to-use orchestrator for data workflows, citing its developer experience and suggesting it for orchestration problems.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Easy developer experience
“I've used Dagster but I can't compare to airflow. But in terms of DX, I've found Dagster pretty easy to use.”
Comment from 4 May 2026 in “DAG Workflow Engine” Recommended for workflow orchestration
“It helps to use an orchestrator to handle all of this - my current recommendation is Dagster”
Comment from 23 Aug 2026 in “A self hosted AI software factory” “Agree with other response, look at Dagster for this.”
Comment from 5 May 2026 in “DAG Workflow Engine”
Other workflow engines people recommend
The four most recommended other workflow engines, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temporal | 138 | 43 | 76% | 12 | 1 yr13 owners | Approved |
| DBOS | 39 | 9 | 81% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Apache Airflow | 18 | 5 | 78% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Restate | 16 | 3 | 84% | 10 | — | Approved |
| DagsterThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
3 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It helps to use an orchestrator to handle all of this - my current recommendation is Dagster”
“Agree with other response, look at Dagster for this.”
“I've used Dagster but I can't compare to airflow. But in terms of DX, I've found Dagster pretty easy to use.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.