We performed a comparison between Apache Airflow and Camunda Platform based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Camunda Platform has an edge over Apache Airflow in this comparison. It is easier to deploy and is scalable and robust. However, Apache Airflow users are overall more satisfied with the pricing of the product.
"The user interface for monitoring and managing workflows has been excellent, particularly in the latest version. c"
"Every feature in Apache Airflow is valuable. The number of operators and features I've used are mainly related to connectivity services and integrated services because I primarily work with GCP."
"I found the following features very useful: DAG - Workload management and orchestration of tasks using."
"Its user-friendly interface makes it straightforward to operate, offering a plethora of features for data preparation, buffering, and format conversion."
"The solution is quite configurable so it is easy to code within a configuration kind of environment."
"Apache Airflow is in Python language, making it easy to use and learn."
"Since the solution is programmatic, it allows users to define pipelines in code rather than drag and drop."
"Since it's widely adopted by the community, Apache Airflow is a user-friendly solution."
"The visibility – the diagrams you create – and then being able to automate based on them are valuable features. It's easy to explain and comprehend, and the integration aspects are valuable."
", Camunda can be a powerful tool to work with when used in an optimized and well-implemented manner."
"We are documenting all of the processors and VPN. Then we are sharing it with our business users."
"I like everything about the entire BPM that comes with the BPM suite."
"Easy to use and easy to integrate into the products and applications we provide for our customers."
"Having knowledge of the BPM and monitoring process has proven to be very beneficial, as I am currently engaged in documenting processes for Clientele."
"The flexibility characteristic in a BPMS, through BPMN and DMN, is undoubtedly the most interesting feature for our business."
"We have been able to save costs using this solution compared to the product we used before."
"It would be beneficial to improve the pricing structure."
"I would like to see it more friendly for other use cases."
"The solution could be improved by simplifying the integration process."
"The scalability of the solution itself is not as we expected. Being on the cloud, it should be easy to scale, however, it's not."
"The dashboards could be enhanced."
"For admins, there should be improved logging capabilities because Apache Airflow does have logging, but it's limited to some database data."
"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."
"UI can be improved with additional user-friendly features for non-programmers and for fewer coding practitioner requirements."
"The initial setup can be complex for business users."
"They have a migration plugin that can be used to migrate from one BPM to another BPM. It is in the beta stage since last year. If they can make it available in the market, it would be great. We are going to have a couple of migration projects for migrating from IBM BPM to Camunda, and this plugin would be useful. I have already discussed this with them two weeks ago and asked them to look into this and add it as a feature. We are expecting this plugin to be available in the next version. This is the only requirement we have at present. They keep on coming up with different features, which is helping us a lot. Its latest release that came out last month was awesome."
"I would like to have a feature for audit logging, audit logs and audit log management. And some history of use for the audit logs."
"In the future, I would definitely like to see the process administration (migration, audit, tracking) and process evaluation (optimize) features added to the community edition."
"The latency of API could be decreased."
"I have faced problems in bringing up the Cockpit in terms of GUI processes. I think that there is room for improvement in those areas."
"It would be helpful to have more readily available use cases on the internet. Camunda's documentation feels less comprehensive."
"While it's very scalable, it would be great if auto-scaling capabilities were added to it... one area that really could help out would be to have dynamic resizing of the cluster. Right now, you have to do capacity planning."
Apache Airflow is ranked 2nd in Business Process Management (BPM) with 31 reviews while Camunda is ranked 1st in Business Process Management (BPM) with 69 reviews. Apache Airflow is rated 8.0, while Camunda is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Apache Airflow writes "Enable seamless integration with various connectivity and integrated services, including BigQuery and Python operators ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Camunda writes "Open-source, easy to define new processes, and easy to transition to new business process definitions". Apache Airflow is most compared with Informatica Cloud API and App Integration, IBM BPM, IBM Business Automation Workflow, AWS Step Functions and Bizagi, whereas Camunda is most compared with Bizagi, Pega BPM, IBM BPM, Appian and Bonita. See our Apache Airflow vs. Camunda report.
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