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Astro by Astronomer pros and cons

Vendor: Astronomer
4.1 out of 5

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PROS

Developing DAGs takes significantly less time, cutting down from days or a sprint to a couple of hours.
Astro by Astronomer positively impacts organizations by simplifying development and reducing time significantly.
Productivity improves with the easy setup and useful tutorials.
Offers a one-stop orchestration solution that assists in time-saving with intelligent operator suggestions.
Provides migration capabilities that save significant time and effort.

CONS

Pricing and licensing issues are noted, especially for large-scale enterprise editions, which require VPC hosted instances that increase costs.
Governance and security aspects of AI capabilities need improvement.
Documentation could be more accessible and general, rather than service-specific, to help users.
The CLI may pose challenges, and making CLI commands along with documentation more accessible would improve usability.
Astro by Astronomer needed enhancements in reliability, as it was previously slow and prone to crashes.
 

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.
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.
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reviewer2868165 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineer at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jul 5, 2026
Astro by Astronomer has positively impacted my organization as it has made a real difference.
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.
GG
Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Jul 10, 2026
Using Astro by Astronomer is definitely improving our team's productivity.
reviewer2870808 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineer at a non-profit with 1-10 employees
Jul 12, 2026
With Astro by Astronomer, we are paying less than before for MWAA, we are paying for the usage, we can offer Astro by Astronomer usage for other teams which did not have access to our AWS account, and we manage access for them, so it is also a bit easier.
GT
Data & AI Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Jul 10, 2026
I would definitely say the migration capabilities save huge amounts of time and effort.
 

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.
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.
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reviewer2868165 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineer at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jul 5, 2026
Regarding Astro by Astronomer's AI capabilities, I think its governance and security need to improve, but currently it can be used quite well, though there are some improvements needed for governance and security related to AI.
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.
GG
Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Jul 10, 2026
The documentation part of Astro by Astronomer can be made easier and more generic, not specific to the integration with each of the services.
reviewer2870808 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineer at a non-profit with 1-10 employees
Jul 12, 2026
I would recommend making it easier to read the logs in Astro by Astronomer because the logs are pretty hard to follow, especially for the pipelines that are processing much data, such as our DBT, where we have issues finding something in the logs.
GT
Data & AI Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Jul 10, 2026
Astro by Astronomer's CLI might be a little challenging, and having the CLI commands along with the documentation more readily available would be great.