HelloStack
Kestra logo

Open Source Declarative Data Orchestration Platform

Website
kestra.io

About Kestra

Kestra is an open-source declarative data orchestration platform. It’s designed for cross-functional teams to build, run, and govern data pipelines, infrastructure automation, and AI workflows from a single engine.

Kestra screenshot

Key Features

For teams running multi-tool data pipelines and automation across clouds, Kestra acts as the central workflow engine with governance and observability:

Declarative YAML Workflows

Define, version, review, and ship workflows in YAML so changes are trackable and repeatable.

Plugins & integrations

Access 2000+ plugins to connect sources, sinks, and services (dbt, Airbyte, Spark, Terraform, Ansible, cloud providers), with language-agnostic task definitions.

Deployment options

Cloud or self-hosted deployment with API-first access for automation and governance.

End-to-end data pipeline orchestration

Run ingestion, transformations, quality checks, and orchestration for dbt, Airbyte, Spark in a single engine.

Summary

Best for infrastructure engineering, data engineering, and AI/automation teams building cross-cloud data pipelines and business automation.

Plans and prices as listed on kestra.io as of Sep 24, 2026.

Kestra Enterprise Edition

Contact Sales / Annual Subscription

  • SSO, LDAP & SCIM
  • Role-Based Access Control
  • Policies
  • Promote
  • Audit Logs & Cases
  • Multi-Tenant & Storage Isolation
  • Worker Groups
  • Task Runners on Containers or VMs
  • Queue: Postgres, MySQL, Kafka, Redis, AMQP
  • Plugin Versioning
  • Log Shipper & External Log Data Store
  • Secrets Manager
  • Enterprise Plugins
  • Agentic AI Copilot on Any LLM
  • Apps & Reusable Inputs
  • Customer Success Program & Enterprise Support with SLA

Kestra Cloud

Pay only for what you use / Pay-as-you-scale Model

  • Fully Managed Platform (Hosting, Upgrades, Monitoring)
  • Automatic Scaling
  • Built-in Security and Governance Features
  • Enterprise Plugins Included
  • Fast Onboarding and Guided Experience
  • Zero Maintenance Overhead
  • SOC2 Compliant
  • Pay-as-you-scale Model
  • Fast Onboarding & Deployment
  • Security & Access Control

Alternatives to Kestra

See all →