We performed a comparison between Apache Airflow and IBM BPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Business Process Management (BPM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is quite configurable so it is easy to code within a configuration kind of environment."
"I like the UI rework, it's much easier."
"It's stable."
"Apache Airflow is easy to use and can monitor task execution easily. For instance, when performing setup tasks, you can conveniently view the logs without delving into the job details."
"Since Apache works very well on Python, we can manage everything and create pipelines there."
"The product integrates well with other pipelines and solutions."
"Development on Apache Airflow is really fast, and it's easy to use with the newer updates. Everything is in Python, so it's not hard to understand. They also have a graphical view, so if you are not a programmer and you are just an administrator, you can easily track everything and see if everything is working or not."
"The most valuable feature of Apache Airflow is creating and scheduling jobs. Additionally, the reattempt at failed jobs is useful."
"IBM BPM is stable."
"Provides the power to understand and automate processes."
"It is a stale solution."
"With the Process Center, I can go to one place and view what all the environments are doing."
"It is easy to take a requirement, put it in the code, and deploy it."
"By automating several tasks, we have already reduced a lot of work for the business."
"Good user interface and good add option."
"Compliance with the BPMN 2.0 standard."
"Airflow should support the dynamic drag creation."
"I have some issues with the solution's communication."
"The graphical user interface can be improved."
"UI can be improved with additional user-friendly features for non-programmers and for fewer coding practitioner requirements."
"Technical support is an area that needs improvement."
"Adding more automated components in Apache Airflow for basic things like exporting the data would be helpful."
"Apache Airflow could be improved by integrating some versioning principles."
"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."
"IBM BPM uses JavaScript as a programming language for the server-side. I don’t know why it’s not Java, as it’s more powerful and the JavaScript part is translated into Java anyway."
"I hope IBM uses something from IBM Content Navigator to make the interface easier to navigate."
"I would say the scalability is very good but it's not perfect. It is much more scalable than it has been in the past but... it does require some work to keep it stable. So that is an area that should be improved."
"UI is an area with a shortcoming that needs improvement."
"It can definitely be improved in terms of performance and stability."
"This is technology, and there's always room for improvement. It would be better to have a single solution. Trying to have an overview in terms of this solution brings together the concepts of BPM processes, customer journeys, and an automation part for KPIs. All of this working together and coming up with a single solution with privacy is more commercial than anything else."
"I would like it more documentation during the design phase."
"IBM BPM integrated with Spark UI and the UI is now much better, but they still need to improve the UI because competitors have predefined templates and other additional features. In these competitor's solutions, you are able to use the templates, map your data, and the form is ready to use. With this solution, you need to write a lot of code to have the same quality as the competitor's templates. It would be a benefit to make this platform more towards low-code or no-code."
Apache Airflow is ranked 2nd in Business Process Management (BPM) with 31 reviews while IBM BPM is ranked 5th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 105 reviews. Apache Airflow is rated 8.0, while IBM BPM is rated 7.8. 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 IBM BPM writes "Offers good case management and its integration with process design but there's a learning curve". Apache Airflow is most compared with Camunda, Informatica Cloud API and App Integration, IBM Business Automation Workflow, AWS Step Functions and Bizagi, whereas IBM BPM is most compared with Camunda, Appian, Pega BPM, IBM Business Automation Workflow and AWS Step Functions. See our Apache Airflow vs. IBM BPM report.
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