# Dagster vs. Airflow

DevFeed: [Dagster vs. Airflow](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/dagster-vs-airflow-83631.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://dagster.io/blog/dagster-airflow>)

Author: Alex Noonan

Published: 2024-09-23T00:00:00Z

Content type: comparison

Language: en

Sources: [Dagster](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dagster.md>)

Topics: [Orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/orchestration.md>), [self-hosted databases vs managed services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-hosted-databases-vs-managed-services.md>), [DataOps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dataops.md>), [CI/CD](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cicd.md>), [Developer experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-experience.md>)

Tags: [access-control](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/access-control.md>), [airflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/airflow.md>), [apache](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apache.md>), [apache-airflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apache-airflow.md>), [audit-logs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audit-logs.md>), [bottlenecks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bottlenecks.md>), [bugs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bugs.md>), [build](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build.md>), [builds](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/builds.md>), [ci-cd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci-cd.md>), [ci-cd-pipeline](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci-cd-pipeline.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cloud-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-native.md>), [dagster](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dagster.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/orchestration.md>)

## AI overview

The article compares Apache Airflow and Dagster for data orchestration. It argues that Airflow's task focused architecture can make local development, debugging, data lineage, isolation, containerization, and CI/CD harder, while Dagster emphasizes data assets and supports local pipeline development, structured logs, lineage visibility, scalable execution, and deployment workflows. It also describes Dagster+ features for data operations and notes that Dagster can run alongside existing Airflow installations.

## Source excerpt

Get the tale of the tape between the two orchestration giants and see why Dagster stands tall as the superior choice.