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Dagger vs Hebbia

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Dagger

Developer Tools

Programmable CI/CD engine that runs your pipeline as containers on any runner

From
Free
Free plan
Yes
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Hebbia

Business Intelligence

AI built for the rigor of finance

From
On request
Free plan
No
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The short version

  • Dagger starts at $50/mo; Hebbia prices on request.
  • Where Hebbia falls short: no pricing published on website; prospects must book a demo.
  • Prices and features on this page were last checked on 13 November 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Dagger and Hebbia actually diverge.

Attributes where Dagger and Hebbia differ
AttributeDaggerHebbia
Starting priceFreeOn request
Pricing modelPer month per team for Dagger CloudQuote
Free tierYesNo
PlatformsLinux, macOS, Windows, Self-hostedWeb
CategoryDeveloper ToolsBusiness Intelligence

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Dagger

  • Pipelines as code
  • Local and CI parity
  • Content-addressed caching
  • Dagger Functions and modules
  • CI-provider agnostic
  • Dagger Cloud traces
  • GitHub Checks integration
  • Container-native execution

Only in Hebbia

Nothing recorded that Dagger does not also cover.

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Dagger

  • A platform team maintaining near-identical build YAML across forty repositories that wants one versioned module every repository calls insteadnot Hebbia
  • An engineering organisation migrating off a CI provider that does not want to rewrite every pipeline as part of the migrationnot Hebbia
  • A team whose engineers waste hours pushing commits to debug CI-only failures and needs to reproduce the exact run locallynot Hebbia
  • A monorepo where most commits touch a small subset of services and cache-accurate step skipping cuts build minutes materiallynot Hebbia

Hebbia

  • Enterprise search and AI research platformnot Dagger

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Dagger

  • Dagger is not a CI provider, so you keep paying for GitHub Actions or GitLab runners underneath it; the Dagger Cloud subscription is an addition to your CI bill, not a replacement for it
  • Writing pipelines in Go or TypeScript raises the barrier to entry: a release engineer who could edit a YAML step now needs to read code, and the people who can fix a broken build shrink to those comfortable with the SDK
  • The engine runs as a container on the runner and needs a persistent cache volume to deliver its main benefit, so ephemeral CI runners give you correctness without the speed, and provisioning durable cache storage is extra platform work
  • The Team plan caps at ten users and ten million events per month; an organisation of any size crosses that quickly and moves to Enterprise pricing that is not published, so cost at scale is unknowable up front
  • The module ecosystem is young and thinly maintained relative to the marketplace of a mature CI provider, so integrations that exist as a one-line Action often have to be written yourself as a Dagger function

Hebbia

  • No pricing published on website; prospects must book a demo

Pricing, plan by plan

Dagger

Free
  • IndividualFree
    • One user
    • One million events per month
    • Workflow logs and function call traces
  • Team$50/mo
    • Up to ten users
    • Ten million events per month
    • Module insights and module catalogue
  • EnterpriseOn request
    • Custom user and event limits
    • SSO
    • Managed single-tenant deployment

Hebbia

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Hebbia review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Dagger if

  • You need pipelines as code.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Linux, macOS, Windows, Self-hosted.
  • You also want local and ci parity.
Dagger review

Choose Hebbia if

Nothing in the data separates Hebbia from Dagger on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Hebbia review

Questions people ask

Is Dagger or Hebbia better?
Neither clearly leads. Dagger starts at Free and Hebbia at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Dagger or Hebbia?
Dagger has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Dagger and On request for Hebbia.
Does Dagger or Hebbia run on more platforms?
Dagger runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, Self-hosted. Hebbia runs on Web.
Can I use Dagger for free?
Yes. Dagger has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Hebbia starts at On request.
What is Dagger best used for?
Dagger is most often used for a platform team maintaining near-identical build yaml across forty repositories that wants one versioned module every repository calls instead, an engineering organisation migrating off a ci provider that does not want to rewrite every pipeline as part of the migration, a team whose engineers waste hours pushing commits to debug ci-only failures and needs to reproduce the exact run locally, a monorepo where most commits touch a small subset of services and cache-accurate step skipping cuts build minutes materially. Of those, a platform team maintaining near-identical build yaml across forty repositories that wants one versioned module every repository calls instead and an engineering organisation migrating off a ci provider that does not want to rewrite every pipeline as part of the migration are not what Hebbia is typically brought in for.
What can Dagger do that Hebbia cannot?
Dagger covers Pipelines as code, Local and CI parity, Content-addressed caching, Dagger Functions and modules.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Dagger: Does Dagger replace GitHub Actions?

No. Dagger runs inside GitHub Actions or any other CI. It replaces the YAML that describes your pipeline steps, not the trigger and runner layer.

Hebbia: How much does Hebbia cost?

Hebbia does not publish pricing on its website. The company directs prospective customers to book a demo to discuss pricing and customization options.

Source
Dagger: Is the engine open source?

Yes, the Dagger engine and SDKs are open source and free. Dagger Cloud, the observability product, is what costs money.

Dagger: What is an event in the pricing?

Dagger Cloud meters pipeline telemetry events. One million per month is free; the Team plan at 50 USD per month allows ten million.

Dagger: Can I run the same pipeline on my laptop?

Yes, that is the main reason teams adopt it. The dagger CLI executes the identical graph locally, so CI-only failures become reproducible.

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