Hasura
Kestra
| Feature | Hasura | Kestra |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free / from $99/mo | Free / from $100/mo |
| Free Plan | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Rating | 4.4 / 5 | 4.4 / 5 |
| Best For | backend-developers, startups, api-developers, full-stack-teams | data-engineers, devops-teams, backend-developers, workflow-automation |
| Founded | 2017 | 2020 |
| Graphql Api | ✓ | ✗ |
| Rest Api | ✓ | ✗ |
| Real Time | ✓ | ✗ |
| Authorization | ✓ | ✗ |
| Event Triggers | ✓ | ✓ |
| Remote Schemas | ✓ | ✗ |
| Workflow Orchestration | ✗ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| Plugins | ✗ | ✓ |
| Monitoring | ✗ | ✓ |
| Secret Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Multi Tenant | ✗ | ✓ |
✓ Hasura Pros
- Instant APIs
- Real-time subscriptions
- Great developer experience
- Performance
✗ Hasura Cons
- PostgreSQL-focused
- Complex authorization
- Pricing changes
✓ Kestra Pros
- Open-source with full orchestration capabilities
- Declarative YAML workflows (GitOps friendly)
- 500+ plugins for data, cloud, and messaging services
- Real-time triggers, schedules, and event listeners
✗ Kestra Cons
- Less visual builder than no-code tools
- Learning curve for YAML workflow syntax
- Newer platform with smaller community than Airflow
The Verdict
Hasura is built for backend developers and startups, with a focus on graphql-api and rest-api. Kestra targets data engineers and devops teams and leads with workflow-orchestration and scheduling.
Pricing is close: Hasura starts at $99/mo versus $100/mo for Kestra — not a deciding factor on its own.
Both offer free plans, so you can test each with your real workflow before committing to a subscription.
Feature-wise, Kestra offers broader built-in capabilities (7 features vs 6), while Hasura takes a more focused approach — which can mean a simpler, faster onboarding experience.
Both tools are a solid fit for backend developers — in those cases, the decision often comes down to workflow style and how your team prefers to organize work.
This is a genuinely close comparison. If you can, sign up for both free trials (where available) and run a one-week test with your actual team tasks before deciding.