Dolt comparisons
Dolt is compared head-to-head with lakeFS, DataLad and git-annex and more: 7 head-to-heads in Data Version Control Tools, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Dolt head-to-head
- Dolt vs lakeFS
- Dolt vs DataLad
- Dolt vs git-annex
- Dolt vs Apache Paimon
- Dolt vs Oxen
- Dolt vs Project Nessie
- Dolt vs Apache Iceberg
Dolt vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Data scope | Dataset branching | Point-in-time rollback | Snapshot granularity | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dolt | Yes | Free | Tables | Yes | Yes | Table | 9.2 |
| 1 | lakeFS | Yes | 9.4 | |||||
| 3 | DataLad | Yes | Free | Files | Yes | Yes | File | 9.0 |
| 4 | git-annex | Free | Files | Yes | Yes | File | 8.8 | |
| 5 | Apache Paimon | Yes | Free | Tables | Yes | Yes | Table | 8.7 |
| 6 | Oxen | Yes | $30/mo | Files_and_tables | Yes | Yes | File_and_table | 8.6 |
| 7 | Project Nessie | Free | Tables | Yes | Yes | Table | 8.5 | |
| 8 | Apache Iceberg | Free | Tables | Yes | Yes | Table | 8.4 |
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