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 product integrates well with other pipelines and solutions."
"The user interface for monitoring and managing workflows has been excellent, particularly in the latest version. c"
"The best part of Airflow is its direct support for Python, especially because Python is so important for data science, engineering, and design. This makes the programmatic aspect of our work easy for us, and it means we can automate a lot."
"One of its most valuable features is the graphical user interface, providing a visual representation of the pipeline status, successes, failures, and informative developer messages."
"The solution is quite configurable so it is easy to code within a configuration kind of environment."
"The initial setup was straightforward and it does not take long to complete."
"Apache Airflow is useful for workflow automation, making it capable of automating pipelines, data pipelines, and data warehouse processes."
"We have been quite satisfied with the stability of the solution."
"We are using the BPMN engine of Camunda; we are not using the user interface. We are using just the engine, the back end of this. For us, it is working quite well."
"When I compare it with other BPM tools, like IBM, it is great, open source, and free when you use the community version."
"It is simple to use. The user experience is very good."
"The flexibility characteristic in a BPMS, through BPMN and DMN, is undoubtedly the most interesting feature for our business."
"Using the BPMN helps us to have a common shared communication language when discussing processes."
", Camunda can be a powerful tool to work with when used in an optimized and well-implemented manner."
"I've found the active community most valuable but it also provides you with a lot of other features."
"The modeler is useful for creating the flow. The way to access the data through their REST API is also valuable. This is what we're using right now."
"Apache Airflow could be improved by integrating some versioning principles."
"We have faced scenarios where Apache Airflow becomes non-responsive, leading to job failures. To resolve such situations, we had to manually reboot Apache Airflow since it doesn't provide an option to restart within the application. This necessitated modifying some configurations to initiate a restart of all Apache Airflow components. Although Apache Airflow is generally dependable, it may occasionally encounter glitches that can disrupt production flows and batches."
"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."
"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."
"It would be beneficial to improve the pricing structure."
"I have some issues with the solution's communication."
"Adding more automated components in Apache Airflow for basic things like exporting the data would be helpful."
"The initial set up could be simplified, it's complex."
"Collaborations and process documentation in Camunda Platform are areas with shortcomings that need improvement."
"There are a few things that I'm missing. For instance, the user interface creator, which I know other systems have, like Aurea or Lombardi, which are IBM solutions. The interface creator, including the data model creator or some module which would allow the users who are not programmers or business consultants and who are not technically skilled in database and Java programming, to create data models and user interfaces."
"Would be helpful if there were additional out-of-the-box activities."
"It lacks some preset features and configurations which would make it more plug-and-play for customers."
"Without a proper frontend, the business cannot effectively use the platform."
"We're trying to put the people from the business to do it. We are using APIs, and we have open APIs to define our APIs and the request-response that each call requires and sends. So, to base the mapping on that, there was nothing to help. I know that with some tools, such as Oracle tools, you can see the input and expected output. With drag and drop, you can take one property from the left and drag it to the right, and it does all the mapping itself, but that's not the case with Camunda. So, for me, this is something that can be improved."
"They could provide more documentation regarding the integration of different programming languages."
Apache Airflow is ranked 2nd in Business Process Management (BPM) with 31 reviews while Camunda is ranked 1st in Business Process Management (BPM) with 71 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 IBM BPM, Informatica Cloud API and App Integration, 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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