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Great Expectations alternatives
3 tools to consider instead of Great Expectations, shown against it.
| Great Expectations | Soda | Deequ | DQOps | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Vendor | GX (Great Expectations) | Soda Data NV | Amazon Web Services (AWS Labs) | DQOps | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pricing model | Free tier + paid plans | Free tier + paid plans | Open source + paid options | Subscription | ||||||||||||||||||
| Free tier | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| Deployment | Cloud, Self-hosted | Cloud, Self-hosted | Self-hosted | Cloud, Self-hosted | ||||||||||||||||||
| Open source | Yes (Apache-2.0) | No (Elastic-2.0) | Yes (Apache-2.0) | No (BSL-1.1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Best for | Data and ML engineering teams wanting code-first, version-controlled data quality tests. | Teams wanting a check-as-code data quality tool with an optional collaborative SaaS layer. | Spark-based data engineering teams on AWS wanting code-native quality checks at scale. | Data teams wanting an out-of-the-box checks library with predictable per-table pricing. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pricing | Open-source library is free; GX Cloud has a free Developer plan plus quote-based Team and Enterprise plans.
Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget. | Free plan available; Team is a flat monthly fee plus pay-as-you-go usage; Enterprise is custom.
Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget. | Free, open-source library with no vendor pricing or hosted product. Pricing has not been verified yet — see the vendor's site. | Personal and Team tiers have published monthly prices (billed annually); Enterprise is custom.
Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget. | ||||||||||||||||||
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