Apache Airflow comparisons
Apache Airflow is compared head-to-head with AWS Step Functions, Camunda and Google Cloud Workflows and more: 6 head-to-heads in Workflow Orchestration Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Apache Airflow head-to-head
- Apache Airflow vs AWS Step Functions
- Apache Airflow vs Camunda
- Apache Airflow vs Google Cloud Workflows
- Apache Airflow vs BMC Control-M
- Apache Airflow vs Temporal
- Apache Airflow vs jBPM
Apache Airflow vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Visual workflow builder | Event triggers | Automatic retries | Execution observability | Deployment model | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Apache Airflow | Yes | None | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Self-hosted | 7.7 |
| 1 | AWS Step Functions | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cloud | 9.0 |
| 2 | Camunda | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.9 |
| 4 | Google Cloud Workflows | Yes | — | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cloud | 7.4 |
| 6 | BMC Control-M | No | $2,400/mo | — | — | — | — | Hybrid | 7.2 |
| 7 | Temporal | Yes | — | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hybrid | 7.2 |
| 8 | jBPM | — | None | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Self-hosted | 7.1 |
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