AWS Step Functions comparisons
AWS Step Functions is compared head-to-head with Apache Airflow, BMC Control-M and jBPM and more: 7 head-to-heads in Workflow Orchestration Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
AWS Step Functions head-to-head
- AWS Step Functions vs Apache Airflow
- AWS Step Functions vs BMC Control-M
- AWS Step Functions vs jBPM
- AWS Step Functions vs Camunda
- AWS Step Functions vs Apache DolphinScheduler
- AWS Step Functions vs Google Cloud Workflows
- AWS Step Functions vs Temporal
AWS Step Functions vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Visual workflow builder | Event triggers | Automatic retries | Execution observability | Deployment model | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS Step Functions | Yes | $1/unit usage-based | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cloud | 9.3 |
| 2 | Apache Airflow | Yes | Free | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Self-hosted | 9.2 |
| 3 | BMC Control-M | No | $2,400/mo | Hybrid | 9.1 | ||||
| 4 | jBPM | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Self-hosted | 9.0 | |
| 5 | Camunda | Yes | 8.9 | ||||||
| 6 | Apache DolphinScheduler | Free | Yes | Yes | Self-hosted | 8.9 | |||
| 7 | Google Cloud Workflows | Yes | $0.01/unit/mo | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cloud | 8.9 |
| 8 | Temporal | Yes | $500/mo | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hybrid | 8.8 |
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