Choose your data workflow

Different tools.
Different starting points.

Renart brings data movement, SQL and Python pipelines, notebooks and dashboards into one local workspace. These guides explain where that approach fits, where another tool fits better, and what to evaluate before switching.

Features at a glance.

The main focus, and where each part of the workflow lives.

Included
Paid offering
Separate tool or service
Not offered

Features and product focus: Renart, Bruin, Hex, dlt
Feature	RenartPipelines + analysisLocal · public alpha	BruinPipeline engineeringCLI + VS Code	HexCollaborative analyticsHosted · plan-dependent	dltPython data ingestionOpen-source library
Local use, no account	Included: Local workspace	Included: CLI + VS Code	Not offered: Hex account required	Included: Python library
Data ingestion	Included: Load + API assets	Included: Connector assets	Included: Files + Python code	Included: Python sources
SQL + Python	Included: Pipeline assets	Included: Pipeline assets	Included: Notebook cells	Included: Python + SQL access
Editing experience	Included: Types + completion	Included: VS Code extension	Included: Notebook editor	Separate tool or service: Your Python editor
Notebooks	Included: SQL + Python	Separate tool or service: External notebook tool	Included: SQL + Python	Separate tool or service: Marimo
Dashboards + apps	Included: Local dashboards	Separate tool or service: Bruin Cloud	Included: Published apps	Separate tool or service: Marimo / dltHub
Scheduled runs	Included: Your Renart server	Separate tool or service: Cloud / scheduler	Paid offering: Paid Hex plans	Separate tool or service: Scheduler / dltHub
Git versioning	Included: Live project files	Included: Project files	Paid offering: Export on publish	Included: Python project files
Managed hosting	Not offered: Not offered	Separate tool or service: Bruin Cloud	Included: Hosted workspace	Paid offering: dltHub

Scroll across to compare all four tools. Feature names stay in view.

Each cell links to its documentation. $ marks a paid offering; ↗ marks a separate tool or service. Availability does not imply equal scope. Feature scope reviewed 11 September 2026; paid availability checked 18 September 2026.

Renart vs Bruin

A visual workspace, a CLI and editor extension, or a managed platform: choose how you want to build and operate pipelines.

Compare the workflows

Renart vs Hex

Explore the tradeoffs between pipelines and analysis in your repository and a shared analytical workspace in Hex.

Compare pipelines and analysis

Renart vs dlt

Decide whether you need a Python ingestion library or a workspace that connects loading, transformation and analysis.

Compare ingestion workflows

Start with the work you need to do.

Replacing one tool rarely means replacing an entire data stack. Start with the part that is difficult today: authoring a pipeline, bringing in a new source, reviewing a change, keeping a job running, or sharing an answer with your team.

If you want to move between those tasks in a visual workspace with definitions kept in Git, take a look inside Renart. If you mainly need a particular connector or managed team service, use the comparisons to check that requirement directly.

These guides are written by Renart, with links to the other products' documentation. They distinguish local and hosted editions and explain Renart's public-alpha status.

Try the workflow

Start with one local pipeline.

The DuckDB quickstart takes you from installation to inspected results.

Build your first pipeline