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Astro by Astronomer pros and cons

Vendor: Astronomer
4.1 out of 5

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PROS

Astro by Astronomer enhances organizational efficiency by streamlining Airflow component deployment, significantly saving time.
Astro by Astronomer improves productivity and reduces manual effort, offering faster deployments, better reliability, and quicker troubleshooting.
Astro by Astronomer facilitates time-saving DAG development, suggesting optimal operators and ensuring faster delivery.
Astro by Astronomer supports multi-cloud and on-premise use, enabling seamless integration with platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Astro by Astronomer automates ingestion pipelines and transformations, dramatically reducing downtime and cloud spending, achieving high ROI.

CONS

Astro by Astronomer pricing is considered high compared to other tools, especially for large-scale enterprise editions.
Importing data from external sources can be more expensive than using existing tools.
Governance and security improvements are needed for Astro by Astronomer AI capabilities.
Astro by Astronomer documentation can be overly specific and challenging for newcomers lacking prerequisite knowledge.
The CLI and log readability in Astro by Astronomer present challenges in ease of use and accessibility.
 

Astro by Astronomer Pros review quotes

FS
Data Platform Engineer at Babbel
Jul 8, 2026
If you want a one-stop solution for your orchestration, I think Astro by Astronomer is the best place to look.
Sovik Sarkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Project Development at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Jul 5, 2026
Previously, developing DAGs took days and sometimes a sprint, now I can deliver within a couple of hours.
MANISH KUMAR TYAGI - PeerSpot reviewer
MLOps | Senior Data Engineer at Walmart Global Tech India
Jul 23, 2026
The return on investment has been remarkable, with savings exceeding seventy-five percent compared to previous manual cron job management.
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reviewer2879685 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Data Platform Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Jul 26, 2026
Astro by Astronomer has positively impacted my organization by significantly improving developer productivity, reducing downtimes, alleviating overhead associated with upgrades, and delivering nearly a 45% reduction in cloud spending, translating to a high return on investment.
FA
Senior Cloud Data Engineer at Euronext
Jul 22, 2026
Astro by Astronomer has positively impacted my organization because it continuously follows the latest version of Airflow as an open-source project.
DK
Data Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Jul 13, 2026
From a business perspective, we have achieved faster deployments, reduced manual effort, improved reliability, and faster troubleshooting.
reviewer2873649 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jul 18, 2026
I think that Astro by Astronomer is a good example of how data orchestration is important to the company when we think about big data and ingestion from many external companies or external institutions that bring to us data that is important to provide final products that can provide to the company the best decision-making in the future for the company regarding revenue, costs, and guidelines for the company that want to grow at a very fast pace.
Gopinath Sundarraj - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Analyst at Tata Consultancy
Jul 17, 2026
Astro by Astronomer has positively impacted my organization because it is reliable, allowing me to depend on it for managing the Airflow instances along with the infrastructure and error handling.
Rodrigoschneider I Do - PeerSpot reviewer
data engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 14, 2026
Astro by Astronomer has positively impacted my organization because it is open source code, so we can use it in AWS, Azure, GCP, or on servers that we have on-premise, ensuring we can use it in every situation.
Angel Oropeza - PeerSpot reviewer
Ingeniero En Machine Learning at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jul 14, 2026
My experience with customer support has been quite pleasant, as we always get a response.
 

Astro by Astronomer Cons review quotes

FS
Data Platform Engineer at Babbel
Jul 8, 2026
There is room for improvement around having an improved UI and also integration with other tools.
Sovik Sarkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Project Development at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Jul 5, 2026
I believe my experience with pricing, setup, cost, and licensing could be better.
MANISH KUMAR TYAGI - PeerSpot reviewer
MLOps | Senior Data Engineer at Walmart Global Tech India
Jul 23, 2026
One area for improvement is the recent change in the UI with task groups introduced in version two point three and above.
Learn what your peers think about Astro by Astronomer. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: September 2026.
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reviewer2879685 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Data Platform Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Jul 26, 2026
Astro by Astronomer is doing great, and while improvement opportunities exist, particularly around the cost model, which can occasionally feel steep, I generally find it quite favorable.
FA
Senior Cloud Data Engineer at Euronext
Jul 22, 2026
There are some downsides to the event-driven scheduling features since it is new.
DK
Data Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Jul 13, 2026
Overall, my experience with Astro by Astronomer was very positive, but there are a few areas where it could improve.
reviewer2873649 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jul 18, 2026
Astro by Astronomer can be improved always by integrating and being in attention with the capabilities that are emerging in the technology as well.
Gopinath Sundarraj - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Analyst at Tata Consultancy
Jul 17, 2026
I believe there is a need for improvement in Astro by Astronomer, especially regarding the strict limitation of 10 DBT deployments.
Rodrigoschneider I Do - PeerSpot reviewer
data engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 14, 2026
I think Astro by Astronomer can be improved for newcomers, especially regarding the installation, making it more friendly for Windows users, as we use WSL update.
Angel Oropeza - PeerSpot reviewer
Ingeniero En Machine Learning at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jul 14, 2026
I think Astro by Astronomer could improve by providing more visibility and webinars about the new features they are releasing for Airflow, as since we migrated to Astro, we have not had the opportunity to fully utilize or have considered that we are not using the latest up-to-date features.