Apache Airflow
Programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows as code
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- 43,922
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- Apache-2.0
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- 11 hours ago
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Best Workflow Orchestration Tools Tools
Explore leading tools in the Workflow Orchestration Tools category, including open-source options and SaaS products. Compare features, use cases, and find the best fit for your workflow.
10+ open-source projects · 4 SaaS products
Top open-source Workflow Orchestration Tools
These projects are active, self-hostable choices for knowledge management teams evaluating alternatives to SaaS tools.
Conductor
Scalable orchestration engine for resilient microservice workflows
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- 31,571
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last commit
- 1 day ago
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Kestra
Event-Driven Declarative Orchestration Platform for Modern Workflows
- Stars
- 26,261
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last commit
- 16 hours ago
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Prefect
Pythonic workflow engine for resilient, observable data pipelines
- Stars
- 21,379
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last commit
- 11 hours ago
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- 15,562
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- 13 hours ago
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Dagster
Cloud-native orchestrator for developing and maintaining data assets
- Stars
- 14,779
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last commit
- 10 hours ago
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Programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows as code
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Write reliable, stateful workflows with language SDKs, run locally with a dev server, and deploy to any infrastructure while maintaining production parity and secure HTTPS triggers.
Popular SaaS Platforms to Replace
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Astronomer
Managed Apache Airflow service for orchestrating and monitoring data pipelines in the cloud
Workflow Orchestration Tools
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15 alternatives
Dagster
Data orchestration framework for building reliable pipelines
Workflow Orchestration Tools
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15 alternatives
ServiceNow
Enterprise workflow and IT service management
Workflow Orchestration Tools
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Temporal
Durable execution workflow platform for orchestrating reliable microservices
Workflow Orchestration Tools
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Astronomer is a managed workflow orchestration platform built on Apache Airflow, providing a cloud service for scheduling and monitoring data pipelines. It offers enhanced observability, scalability, and a control plane for Airflow, allowing data engineering teams to easily deploy and manage their Airflow DAGs with enterprise support and less infrastructure overhead.
Leading hosted platforms
Frequently replaced when teams want private deployments and lower TCO.
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