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Apache Airflow vs Beans Route comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Apache Airflow
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
41
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Beans Route
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
28th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Business Process Management (BPM) category, the mindshare of Apache Airflow is 2.7%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Beans Route is 0.3%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Management (BPM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Apache Airflow2.7%
Beans Route0.3%
Other97.0%
Business Process Management (BPM)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2754210 - PeerSpot reviewer
Administrator at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
Open workflows have simplified data ingestion and curation but still need better UI and scheduler resilience
I think there could be improvements or enhancements in Apache Airflow in terms of having a better UI experience. The UX can be done a bit better. The web interface of Apache Airflow has helped me in tracking and troubleshooting since I'm operational and part of the operational side of Apache Airflow. Mostly, I go into the logs of the web server and scheduler to check what's happening in the back-end instead of looking at the front-end. The UI can give errors related to pipelines, but it can be more improved if we get errors related to import errors and scheduling errors. These areas can be improved. Other than a better UI experience, I would want to see improvements in the scheduler. Sometimes, for user-made mistakes, the scheduler goes down. I experienced this issue and I'm not sure whether it got fixed right now or not. If a user is building a data pipeline in Apache Airflow and a user makes a mistake in their code, that makes the scheduler go down and eventually Apache Airflow goes down. That is not what is expected. If that gets fixed, then it can do wonders.
JG
Key principal at Soluciones Integrales e Innovación Tecnológica Sustentable
Provides effective real-time messaging functionality and seamless integration with third-party applications
We use the product to manage our organization's internal communication and collaboration tools across multiple teams. We operate in a hybrid work environment, and this solution has become integral to our remote working infrastructure. We rely on it to handle real-time communication, project…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This is a simple tool to automate using Python."
"The most valuable feature of Apache Airflow is creating and scheduling jobs. Additionally, the reattempt at failed jobs is useful."
"It's stable."
"The reason we went with Airflow is its DAG presentation, that shows the relationships among everything. It's more of a configuration-driven workflow."
"I like the UI rework, it's much easier."
"The user experience of Apache Airflow is good."
"The solution is quite configurable so it is easy to code within a configuration kind of environment."
"Apache Airflow's best feature is its flexibility."
"The product's most valuable features are its real-time messaging and collaboration tools."
 

Cons

"Apache Airflow could be improved by integrating some versioning principles."
"I have some issues with the solution's communication."
"I am using a Celery Executor and I find that it crashes and I can't see any logs."
"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."
"The automation capabilities could be improved; a visual workflow designer and a graphical tool to reduce coding would be very helpful. But for now, it's sufficient for our simple workflows."
"Airflow should support the dynamic drag creation."
"Programmatically, it's very good, and it doesn't have any competitors, but you cannot develop anything in Airflow UI. You need to develop everything within the program. In the market, other tools have come up recently as competitors to Airflow, and they also give graphical programming options, whereas Airflow doesn't provide that feature currently. All the DAGs you want to build need to be coded in Python."
"Apache Airflow should have better integration with cloud platforms."
"The product could benefit from improvements in its user interface, especially in simplifying navigation across different features."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"For the time being, it doesn't cost anything."
"It's open source. You can install it locally on your own system. If you are deploying it in the production system, you normally deploy it on some cloud, such as EC2 service, which would have some cost. If you are setting up a Docker container or something for Apache Airflow yourself, which is quite easy, you can do pretty much everything online."
"Apache Airflow is a cheap solution."
"Apache Airflow is open-source and free. Hyperscalers like Google (with Composer), Azure, and AWS offer managed Airflow services."
"Apache Airflow is a free solution that can be downloaded and ready for use at any moment."
"It is an open-source tool. There are no additional fees or charges associated with the product."
"The pricing is on the higher side."
"Apache Airflow is a product that is free of licenses, meaning there is no need to buy a license."
"The platform's pricing is generally competitive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise24
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Questions from the Community

Which would you choose - Camunda Platform or Apache Airflow?
Camunda Platform allows for visual demonstration and presentation of business process flows. The flexible Java-based option was a big win for us and allows for the integration of microservices very...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Apache Airflow?
We don't experience issues with pricing as Apache Airflow is part of a larger platform. It is a sub-feature and not an individual purchase.
What needs improvement with Apache Airflow?
I think there could be improvements or enhancements in Apache Airflow in terms of having a better UI experience. The UX can be done a bit better. The web interface of Apache Airflow has helped me i...
What needs improvement with Beans Route?
The product could benefit from improvements in its user interface, especially in simplifying navigation across different features. Additionally, the mobile version could be optimized for better res...
What is your primary use case for Beans Route?
We use the product to manage our organization's internal communication and collaboration tools across multiple teams. We operate in a hybrid work environment, and this solution has become integral ...
 

Comparisons

 

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Sample Customers

Agari, WePay, Astronomer
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