Is Kogito or Stitch better?

Neither clearly leads. Kogito starts at Free and Stitch at $100/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Kogito or Stitch?

Kogito has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Kogito and $100/month for Stitch.

Does Kogito or Stitch run on more platforms?

Kogito runs on Linux, Docker, Kubernetes. Stitch runs on Web, Cloud.

Can I use Kogito for free?

Yes. Kogito has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Stitch starts at $100/month.

What is Kogito best used for?

Kogito is most often used for a quarkus microservice that must expose a dmn decision model as a rest endpoint with millisecond start-up, serverless deployment of business rules where a traditional bpm server would be far too heavy, a red hat shop that wants the upstream of red hat process automation with the option of a supported build later, replacing hand-coded conditional logic with dmn tables that business analysts can review and amend. Of those, a quarkus microservice that must expose a dmn decision model as a rest endpoint with millisecond start-up and serverless deployment of business rules where a traditional bpm server would be far too heavy are not what Stitch is typically brought in for.

What can Kogito do that Stitch cannot?

Kogito covers Build-time code generation, Quarkus and Spring Boot support, DMN decision services, Drools rules engine. Stitch covers Data replication, Schema detection, Data transformation, Real-time sync.

Automation Integration · head to head

Kogito vs Stitch

Kogito

Automation Integration

Cloud-native business automation for Quarkus, now an Apache KIE component

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

Stitch

Automation Integration

Simple, powerful ETL built for data teams

From: $100/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Kogito has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: Kogito kogito is a developer framework, not a product, so there is no equivalent of Camunda Operate for business users and any process monitoring interface has to be built or bought separately.; Stitch the Standard plan allows a single destination, so loading the same data into two warehouses requires the $1,500 a month Advanced plan
They diverge on capability: Kogito covers Build-time code generation, Stitch covers Data replication.
Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Kogito and Stitch actually diverge.

Attributes where Kogito and Stitch differ
Attribute	Kogito	Stitch
Starting price	Free	$100/month
Pricing model	Open source, no licence fee	usage-based
Free tier	Yes	No
Platforms	Linux, Docker, Kubernetes	Web, Cloud
Founded	Unknown	2014

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Automation Integration).

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 Kogito

Build-time code generation
Quarkus and Spring Boot support
DMN decision services
Drools rules engine
Serverless workflow
Kubernetes operator

Only in Stitch

Data replication
Schema detection
Data transformation
Real-time sync
Monitoring
Error handling
Incremental updates
200+ connectors

What people use each for

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

Kogito

A Quarkus microservice that must expose a DMN decision model as a REST endpoint with millisecond start-upnot Stitch
Serverless deployment of business rules where a traditional BPM server would be far too heavynot Stitch
A Red Hat shop that wants the upstream of Red Hat process automation with the option of a supported build laternot Stitch
Replacing hand-coded conditional logic with DMN tables that business analysts can review and amendnot Stitch

Stitch

Data integration and ETL (Extract, Transform, Load)not Kogito
Data pipeline managementnot Kogito
Cloud data warehouse loadingnot Kogito
Real-time data synchronizationnot Kogito

Where each one falls short

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

Kogito

Kogito is a developer framework, not a product, so there is no equivalent of Camunda Operate for business users and any process monitoring interface has to be built or bought separately.
Long-running stateful processes need external persistence and messaging that you configure and operate yourself, which removes much of the convenience a BPM server normally provides.
It sits inside the Apache KIE incubator, and incubating status means graduation is not guaranteed and the project name and artefact coordinates have already changed once.
Red Hat is by far the dominant contributor despite ASF stewardship, so the roadmap follows Red Hat product priorities rather than community demand.
Documentation is spread across legacy JBoss sites, the old Kogito site and the new Apache KIE site, and search results routinely land on outdated versions, which costs real time during adoption.

Stitch

The Standard plan allows a single destination, so loading the same data into two warehouses requires the $1,500 a month Advanced plan
The Advanced and Premium plans are billed annually only
The jump from Standard to Advanced is from $100 a month to $1,500
Standard is limited to 10 sources and 5 users
HIPAA support and private connectivity options such as VPN, AWS PrivateLink and VPC peering are excluded from Standard
Published prices are US only, with international pricing available on request

Pricing, plan by plan

Kogito

Free

KogitoFree
- Apache 2.0 licence
- Apache KIE incubating project
- No usage limits

Stitch

$100/month

Standard$100/month
- 5-300 million rows per month (configurable)
- 1 destination
- 10 standard sources
Advanced$1500/month
- 100 million rows per month
- 3 destinations
- Unlimited enterprise sources
Premium$3000/month
- 1 billion rows per month
- 5 destinations
- Unlimited enterprise sources

Which should you pick?

Choose Kogito if

You need build-time code generation.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Linux, Docker, Kubernetes.
You also want quarkus and spring boot support.

Kogito review

Choose Stitch if

You need data replication.
You work on Web, Cloud.
You also want schema detection.

Stitch review

Questions people ask

Is Kogito or Stitch better?: Neither clearly leads. Kogito starts at Free and Stitch at $100/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Kogito or Stitch?: Kogito has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Kogito and $100/month for Stitch.
Does Kogito or Stitch run on more platforms?: Kogito runs on Linux, Docker, Kubernetes. Stitch runs on Web, Cloud.
Can I use Kogito for free?: Yes. Kogito has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Stitch starts at $100/month.
What is Kogito best used for?: Kogito is most often used for a quarkus microservice that must expose a dmn decision model as a rest endpoint with millisecond start-up, serverless deployment of business rules where a traditional bpm server would be far too heavy, a red hat shop that wants the upstream of red hat process automation with the option of a supported build later, replacing hand-coded conditional logic with dmn tables that business analysts can review and amend. Of those, a quarkus microservice that must expose a dmn decision model as a rest endpoint with millisecond start-up and serverless deployment of business rules where a traditional bpm server would be far too heavy are not what Stitch is typically brought in for.
What can Kogito do that Stitch cannot?: Kogito covers Build-time code generation, Quarkus and Spring Boot support, DMN decision services, Drools rules engine. Stitch covers Data replication, Schema detection, Data transformation, Real-time sync.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Kogito: Is Kogito still maintained?

Yes. It is an Apache KIE incubating project with active commits, with Red Hat as the dominant contributor.

Stitch: How much does Stitch cost?

Stitch's usage-based pricing starts at $100/month for the Standard plan. Advanced tier is $1,500/month (annual billing), and Premium is $3,000/month (annual billing). Pricing is based on rows per month and data destinations.

Source

Kogito: How does it differ from jBPM?

Kogito compiles process and rule definitions into application code at build time; jBPM was a runtime engine that loads definitions.

Stitch: Does Stitch offer a free trial?

Yes, Stitch provides a 14-day free trial with no credit card required.

Source

Kogito: Does it need Quarkus?

It is designed for Quarkus and supports Spring Boot; both are Java frameworks rather than a standalone server.

Stitch: How many rows can I process with each Stitch plan?

Standard plan is configurable from 5 to 300 million rows per month. Advanced includes 100 million rows per month. Premium includes 1 billion rows per month. Additional rows are available for customization.

Source

Kogito: Is there commercial support?

Not from Apache. Red Hat sells supported builds of this lineage as part of its subscriptions.

Stitch: Is Stitch pricing available outside the US?

Stitch publishes pricing for US customers only. International pricing requires contacting Stitch sales directly.

Source

Kogito vs Stitch

Kogito

Stitch

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Kogito

Only in Stitch

What people use each for

Kogito

Stitch

Where each one falls short

Kogito

Stitch

Pricing, plan by plan

Kogito

Stitch

Which should you pick?

Choose Kogito if

Choose Stitch if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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