Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow vs Tidal by Redwood comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Tidal Software by Redwood are both solutions in the Workload Automation category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #20 with an average rating of 6.0, while Tidal Software by Redwood is ranked #11 with an average rating of 9.2. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 1.3% mindshare in WA, compared to Tidal Software by Redwood’s 4.6% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of Tidal Software by Redwood users are willing to recommend the solution.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 15, 2025

Tidal by Redwood and Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow are competing in the orchestration space, each with distinct benefits. Tidal by Redwood holds an advantage in customer support and pricing, while Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow offers more features and integrations.

Features: Tidal offers ease of integration, customizable workflows, and robust customer support. Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow provides compatibility with AWS services, a comprehensive feature set, and an extensive ecosystem.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Tidal features an intuitive deployment model ideal for non-technical staff with dedicated support. Amazon requires more experienced personnel for deployment but benefits from AWS's strong infrastructure.

Pricing and ROI: Tidal is cost-effective with competitive initial pricing and low ongoing costs. Amazon demands a higher initial investment but offers ROI through integration with AWS services and automation.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon Managed Workflows fo...

Ranking in Workload Automation

20th

Average Rating

6.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

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Tidal by Redwood

Ranking in Workload Automation

11th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

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Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Workload Automation category, the mindshare of Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow is 1.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tidal by Redwood is 4.6%, up from 3.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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reviewer2499300

Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Manages multiple version changes during development, but the user interface needs improvement

The deployment process could have been more straightforward. It involved enabling the service and choosing between small, medium, or large configurations, followed by reading the documentation to determine the best fit for our use case. However, the documentation provided is good. The installation of the service itself takes only a few minutes.

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Steve Mikula

IT Scheduling Manager at Paychex, Inc.

Very reliable processing engine, and scheduling is flawless—crucial elements in our financial transaction processing

Because we've been on it for 20 years, it's pretty easy for us to automate jobs with Tidal at this point. It has become second nature. It's pretty simplistic to set up and get going, although there are different levels of complexity you can have within the product. It depends on how simple you want to keep it. If you just keep it: Job A, Job B, Job C, Job D, that becomes pretty simple. But when you start integrating some complex calendars that use sub-calendars—and you can go three, four, or five deep to set up schedules—it becomes more complicated. The beauty of it is you can go as deep as you need to. We can get really complex or we can keep it simple. We have some use cases for both scenarios. The thing that I like the most is the reliability of the engine. The actual scheduling part of the product is pretty much flawless, but the stability of the product is what I find to be reassuring. We are a financial company, we move billions of dollars a day, and if we don't have our transactions processed in a timely manner we can be penalized and our clients can be penalized. It can have a serious financial impact.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"One of the product's main strengths is that it is well-suited for a DevOps pattern, allowing us to automate our CI/CD pipeline."

"Tidal Automation is very efficient and can quickly automate most manual and repetitive tasks."

"Tidal Automation software provides real-time monitoring and alerts, allowing users to track job progress and identify potential issues before they cause delays or errors."

"I like the fact that I have control, and I am able to monitor. If there is an issue, I would be able to respond to any jobs that may fail. With any other scheduler that I know of, a lot of times, when I have a very complex script, if there is an issue in the middle of it, I have to let the whole process fail and then figure out a way to recover from it, whereas Tidal will stop the process, and I can resolve that issue. Once I resolve the issue, I can continue the process. This is very important for invoicing, accounts payable, accounts receivable, or any kind of financial reporting. It allows you to recover from an issue much more effectively than anything else that I have seen."

"Tidal Automation’s most valuable feature is customization. It can work and connect with any app."

"The data management on offer was valuable."

"The versatility of being able to run on many different types of servers is valuable. There is also a versatility of different services that you could run jobs on. It's highly versatile. You can run a lot of different types of scripts on a lot of different types of servers. It interfaces with all of them."

"We had a number of different schedulers in this organization and we've been porting everything that was running out of these other, unrelated schedulers into this scheduler. That has afforded us the ability to set up direct dependencies between processes that couldn't talk to one another before. Over the 15 years, we've definitely gained a lot from that. What had been manual controls have become automated controls..."

"With the varied features in the varied adapters provided, we use Tidal Enterprise Scheduler because we want everything to be scheduled in one place. Tidal provides that for us with its tools and varying platforms in our organization. Tidal provides all the connectors to the platforms. This is very useful because we don't want to look for another scheduler for scheduling certain jobs. We don't want to look at those schedules manually between platforms."

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Cons

"The documentation provided is good."

"I'm still hoping with Explorer to be able to see end-to-end job streams. That's not really something that's easy to see today in the web client. However, I haven't worked with Explorer yet. One of the things that we have found frustrating is not being able to see an end-to-end job stream across multiple applications within Tidal. We use jobs for that right now, but I have high hopes that we'll be able to see that in Explorer."

"The UI might have the potential to provide a more polished and user-centric encounter, promoting seamless engagements and simplifying the navigation process for individuals interacting with the software."

"The biggest improvement they need to work on is doing better QA checks before they release new patches and service packs. We do find that you can't trust getting the new product right away, as they have to get some bug fixes out. They do tend to have some bugs in the first iteration."

"For the most part, the drill-down and the logging are really good. But if we take an Informatica job, for example: We have the ability, and the operators have the ability, to actually drill down and see, at a session level, where the failure is. There is, unfortunately, no way to extract that into an actual output email or failure email. It's not that that information is not available, but extracting it into an email would be a nice-to-have."

"I know they are working on it, but there needs to be better reporting. Currently, there are only three or four reports that we can get off of the system. That needs to be improved. They already have a solution to this in the new version. I.e., a schedule of all the jobs running for one day, specifically calling out what dependencies that job relies on. It would be like a flow chart of how the day's jobs would run."

"The user interface is the place that needs the most work. If and when we find issues with the product, they are usually in that area. If I had to choose, that's where I'd want issues, as opposed to in the engine. But the UI is average. It's a little sluggish at times and there are some bugs in it."

"One area for improvement is the command-line interface and the API to bulk-load jobs. It's a little bit kludgy, but we still manage without it. They're working on it and it's getting better all the time. In addition, the documentation for their API for creating jobs needs to be updated. It's a bit of a learning curve."

"To better fit their unique needs, the solution should give more customization options."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is not an inexpensive solution but it is less expensive than other options."

"This solution is a bit expensive in the current world where everybody is trying to cut down on certain things."

"The new prices that we've received seem reasonable and comparable to the marketplace."

"The pricing is pretty reasonable. That seems to help a lot versus other companies. There are no other fees aside from the standard licensing fees. There are other products out there where you pay based on how many jobs you run and so on, and I know that's very frustrating for users."

"They work with you on licensing. So, it has been great. Everybody has different licensing, but I've had good luck with the licensing. They've been very accommodating. You basically need to buy a license for each physical server, but then you're allowed an unlimited number of virtual servers."

"Tidal is a low-cost tool and not expensive in comparison to other tools."

"If you are willing to shop around to other vendors, you can possibly get a good price on your support license."

"The licensing model's flexibility is awesome. The way it's licensed for us is that it's licensed per master and then per agent. We have an enterprise agreement, so we have unlimited agents, and we have it on 500 devices."

"I have had no issues with the licensing."

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow?

I rate the product pricing a five. It is not an inexpensive solution but it is less expensive than other options like Control M.

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What needs improvement with Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow?

We encounter challenges transitioning from a graphical user interface like Control M to a code-based approach. It does not have a user interface for building or configuring schedules, which makes i...

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What advice do you have for others considering Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow?

One of the product's main strengths is that it is well-suited for a DevOps pattern, allowing us to automate our CI/CD pipeline. The scheduling as code feature works efficiently to promote changes t...

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What do you like most about Tidal Automation?

Tidal Automation by Redwood is a user-friendly solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tidal Automation?

The price is reasonable in terms of the product’s functionality.

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What needs improvement with Tidal Automation?

Initially, it is complicated to understand the functionalities as there is limited product documentation. The setup and configuration of the software is a bit complicated. Providing the training vi...

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Overview

Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow helps businesses orchestrate complex data processing tasks, automate workflows, and manage data pipelines with seamless integration into AWS services.

This service is designed to streamline data engineering operations, supporting scheduling and management of data pipelines. Its ease of setup, flexibility, and scalability make it a favored choice among firms. Clients value its ability to automate workflows, handle ETL tasks, and facilitate seamless data movement across multiple environments. Integration with other AWS services and features like automatic updates, ease of migration, and strong security contribute to its appeal. Despite some feedback regarding initial setup complexities, stability during high-demand operations, and documentation improvements, the overall user experience remains positive.

What are the key features?

Seamless AWS Integration: Easily connects with existing AWS services for smooth operations.
Scalability: Capable of handling complex workflows, ensuring robust performance.
Automatic Updates: Keeps the service up-to-date without manual intervention.
Ease of Use: Reduces maintenance overhead with user-friendly features.
Security Features: Provides comprehensive security options for data protection.
Detailed Documentation: Offers extensive resources for quick adoption and minimal learning curves.

What are the benefits and ROI?

Efficiency Improvement: Streamlines data engineering operations, saving time and effort.
Flexibility: Adapts to changing needs with its versatile configuration options.
Reduced Maintenance: Lowers operational burden with managed services and automatic updates.
Enhanced Productivity: Facilitates seamless automation, allowing focus on higher-value tasks.
Cost Savings: Offers scalable solutions, optimizing cost based on workload demands.

In industries like finance, healthcare, and e-commerce, Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow plays a crucial role in enhancing data processing efficiencies. Financial institutions use it for real-time data analytics and reporting, healthcare providers for managing clinical data workflows, and e-commerce platforms for optimizing data pipelines and inventory management.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Tidal Software is a leading provider of enterprise workload automation solutions that orchestrate the execution of complex workflows across systems, applications and IT environments. With a comprehensive portfolio of products and services, Tidal optimizes mission-critical business processes, increases IT cost efficiencies and satisfies legal and regulatory compliance requirements. Hundreds of customers around the world count on Tidal for modernizing their workload automation and driving their digital transformation. Tidal Software is headquartered in Chicago with offices in Houston, London, Minsk, Belarus and Chennai, India. For more information, visit tidalsoftware.com.

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