Dagger lets you write CI/CD pipelines in Python, TypeScript, or Go and run them locally or in any CI environment. No more maintaining different configs for every CI provider. AI features help generate pipeline code.
How Dagger compares with its closest alternatives
4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Dagger does. Among the 2 that list a starting price, the cheapest is CircleCI at $15 a month and the median is $32. All 5 offer an API, as Dagger does. Dagger offers a command-line tool. Of the 4 alternatives with platforms on record, 2 offer a command-line tool. Dagger was founded in 2019; the alternatives were founded between 2011 and 2022, 1 of them earlier. Dagger is based in San Francisco, United States; all the 2 alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States too.
Market position · Coding
How Dagger compares in Coding
Dagger has low opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 501 live Coding tools on FalcoScan. Across Coding, the average opportunity score is 60.4 and the average saturation score 44.4. FalcoScan rates Dagger's own market position as contested. 154 of the 501 operating Coding tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 16 shutdowns in the category.
The closest alternatives to Dagger that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Doppler, Infisical, and Coherence.
Is Dagger still running?
Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Dagger as operating at dagger.io.
Where is Dagger based?
Dagger is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.
Does Dagger have an API?
Yes. Dagger offers an API.
Who is Dagger for?
Dagger is built for developers.
How do I sign in to Dagger?
Sign in on Dagger's own website, dagger.io. FalcoScan reviews Dagger but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Dagger directly.