We performed a comparison between Apache Airflow and AWS Step Functions based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Business Process Management (BPM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The product integrates well with other pipelines and solutions."
"The initial setup was straightforward and it does not take long to complete."
"I found the following features very useful: DAG - Workload management and orchestration of tasks using."
"Every feature in Apache Airflow is valuable. The number of operators and features I've used are mainly related to connectivity services and integrated services because I primarily work with GCP."
"The UI is very simple and easy to learn."
"The product is stable."
"Apache Airflow is easy to use and can monitor task execution easily. For instance, when performing setup tasks, you can conveniently view the logs without delving into the job details."
"The user interface for monitoring and managing workflows has been excellent, particularly in the latest version. c"
"It's a general solution that you can adapt to your own needs and is simple to use. We like that it can be integrated with everything in the AWS suite, and that the creation of the pipeline can be done using the graphical user interface."
"The number of historical events is great."
"What I like the most about Amazon Step Functions is how easy it is to use."
"AWS Step Functions acts as a high-level layer, allowing us to seamlessly integrate with microservices."
"One can rate all the calls and that is a good feature."
"The integration capability is easy, whereas building state machines is tricky."
"It's Amazon, it's scalable."
"The solution is stable...The solution is easy to scale."
"It would be beneficial to improve the pricing structure."
"We need to develop our workflow description and notations because out of the box, Apache Airflow does not provide some features that are needed."
"Adding more automated components in Apache Airflow for basic things like exporting the data would be helpful."
"The documentation must be improved."
"One specific feature that is missing from Airflow is that the steps of your workflow are not pipelined, meaning the stageless steps of any workflow. Not every workflow can be implemented within Airflow."
"We cannot run real-time jobs in the solution."
"I would like to see some no-code capabilities and drag and drop abilities in Airflow."
"The problem with Apache Airflow is that it is an open-source tool. You have to build it into a Kubernetes container, which is not easy to maintain, and I find it to be very clunky."
"It wasn't easy to understand the licensing model. It's like if you use just a little, it's cheap, but it becomes more expensive as you use more. It's like a hook that ties you inside the Amazon ecosystem. So, it creates a dependency."
"The price and support are areas with shortcomings where the solution needs to improve."
"The solution's data size limit can be improved."
"I would like to see more data transformation features in Amazon Step Functions like additional operators and logic."
"The solution's pricing could be cheaper. It is cheaper than Airflow."
"The interface can sometimes feel limited, as we're unable to see what AWS is running behind the scenes."
"Setup took about one day. We had some errors to understand in the beginning, but now everything is working good."
"The pricing of the solution can be improved."
Apache Airflow is ranked 2nd in Business Process Management (BPM) with 31 reviews while AWS Step Functions is ranked 12th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 9 reviews. Apache Airflow is rated 8.0, while AWS Step Functions is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Apache Airflow writes "Enable seamless integration with various connectivity and integrated services, including BigQuery and Python operators ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of AWS Step Functions writes "Simplifies complex task automation and enhances development workflows while offering user-friendly interface, seamless scalability and efficient workflow orchestration". Apache Airflow is most compared with Camunda, Informatica Cloud API and App Integration, IBM BPM, IBM Business Automation Workflow and Bizagi, whereas AWS Step Functions is most compared with Camunda, IBM BPM, Pega BPM, Oracle BPM and IBM Business Automation Workflow. See our AWS Step Functions vs. Apache Airflow report.
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