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Apache Airflow vs OpenText ProVision comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Apache Airflow
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
8th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
42
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OpenText ProVision
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
45th
Average Rating
6.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Architecture Management (25th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Business Process Management (BPM) category, the mindshare of Apache Airflow is 2.6%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText ProVision is 0.9%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Management (BPM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Apache Airflow2.6%
OpenText ProVision0.9%
Other96.5%
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.
reviewer1944672 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Director, Head of Process & Functional Architecture, Intelligent Automation at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees
Good attribute attachment but problems with collaboration
I primarily use OpenText ProVision to create our end-to-end process repository and library for different parts of the organization, capturing the collaboration process to get the right inputs OpenText ProVision's best feature is the capability to attach a variety of attributes and extract and…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution's UI allows me to collect all the information and see the code lines."
"Apache Airflow is easy to scale and its UI improves with each release."
"Apache Airflow has helped us orchestrate complex data pipelines for hundreds of tables, maybe more than that, and maintain them easily."
"This is a good product and I definitely recommend it."
"It's stable."
"The product integrates well with other pipelines and solutions."
"I worked on a project at a leading German bank for two years, successfully migrating large applications with hundreds of jobs."
"For low to middle scaled tasks, Apache Airflow could be a substitute for Control-M."
"OpenText ProVision's best feature is the capability to attach a variety of attributes and extract and analyze that information."
"I like that all the features come as part of a standard license and that one license covers everything."
"The stability of the product is very good."
 

Cons

"The stability and reliability of Apache Airflow cannot be praised as a great reliable application, but for small-scale solutions and small-scale use cases, we can always rely on Apache Airflow."
"We're currently using version 1.10, but I understand that there's a lot of improvements in version 2. In the earlier version that we're using, we sometimes have problems with maintenance complexity. Actually using Airflow is okay, but maintaining it has been difficult."
"One area for improvement would be to address specific functionalities removed in recent updates that were previously useful for our operations."
"Running frequent jobs, such as every minute or five minutes, is not appropriate for Airflow. It is not suitable for real-time ETL tasks."
"Apache Airflow should have better integration with cloud platforms."
"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."
"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 dashboard is connected into the BPM flow that could be improved."
"Lacks the ability to have your own in-house developments."
"My main complaint is that the solution is not open source in the sense that you can't have your own in-house developments."
"OpenText ProVision's collaboration management is quite complicated and difficult to use."
"There are a number of drawbacks. Mainly, the collaboration is lacking to some extent - at least when it comes to how we are using it."
"Integrating with or interfacing with other tools like data management tools would be very helpful."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are using the open-source version of Apache Airflow."
"I use the tool's open-source version."
"The solution is cheap."
"Apache Airflow is open-source and free of charge."
"We use a community edition of Apache Airflow. It is open source and free."
"Apache Airflow is a product that is free of licenses, meaning there is no need to buy a license."
"The pricing for the product is reasonable."
"Although Airflow is open source software, there's also commercial support for it by Astronomer. We personally don't use the commercial support, but it's always an option if you don't mind the extra cost."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Construction Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Energy/Utilities Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise25
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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?
Sometimes I feel that the scheduler in Apache Airflow does not work properly, with tasks not getting triggered. Additionally, the UI may be a bit more responsive. Logging and debugging can be enhan...
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Also Known As

Airflow
Metastorm ProVision
 

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Sample Customers

Agari, WePay, Astronomer
Delta Technology, Export Development Canada, Rompetrol, Salt River Project, AMEC, U.S. Air Force, HP Consulting & Integration
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