We performed a comparison between Apache Airflow and IBM Business Automation Workflow 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."I found the following features very useful: DAG - Workload management and orchestration of tasks using."
"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."
"The solution's UI allows me to collect all the information and see the code lines."
"Its user-friendly interface makes it straightforward to operate, offering a plethora of features for data preparation, buffering, and format conversion."
"The solution is flexible for all programming languages for all frameworks."
"The reason we went with Airflow is its DAG presentation, that shows the relationships among everything. It's more of a configuration-driven workflow."
"Apache Airflow's best feature is its flexibility."
"The best feature is the customization."
"The business process modeling is the most valuable feature."
"The solution's most valuable aspect is the fact it is highly configurable. We can do configurations very easily."
"IBM Business Automation Workflow provides a seamless streamlined collaboration within the organizations."
"IBM has spent a lot of time on the connections between the rules engine and its other product, the core BPM platform. They've really centralized the suite as one offering now."
"This product is tightly integrated with the RPA automation process."
"No matter what somebody's technical experience level is, the tool can start adding value immediately. Even if that is just an analyst who doesn't have any technical background, they can use some of these no quote accelerators to get things from ideation to deployment in a matter of minutes."
"IBM Business Automation Workflow is stable because the different infrastructure elements, such as the OS and middleware have been used for a long time."
"The solution reduces the time to the resolution which is essential for businesses."
"There is an area for improvement in onboarding new people. They should make it simple for newcomers. Else, we have to put a senior engineer to operate it."
"Enhancements become necessary when scaling it up from a few thousand workflows to a more extensive scale of five thousand or ten thousand workflows."
"The dashboards could be enhanced."
"The documentation must be improved."
"The problem with Apache Airflow is that it is an open-source tool. You have to build it into a Kubernetes container, which is not easy to maintain, and I find it to be very clunky."
"The dashboard is connected into the BPM flow that could be improved."
"We cannot run real-time jobs in the solution."
"The platform's stability needs improvement, particularly regarding occasional interruptions due to networking issues."
"From what I understand, in the next release they're actually going to combine all of this together as one integrated solution... If we could have one unified way to build a solution, that would really help."
"Sometimes, we feel like we are not getting the full features of the content management capabilities."
"The initial setup is actually a really complicated process."
"The setup and installation process could be made easier."
"I would like to see more streamlined install and provisioning; preferably containerized IBM BPM would be helpful."
"Integrating the solution with existing systems can be complicated and it needs careful planning and execution."
"Requires a lot of customization code writing which could be reduced."
"IBM Business Automation Workflow is not a very user-friendly solution."
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Apache Airflow is ranked 2nd in Business Process Management (BPM) with 31 reviews while IBM Business Automation Workflow is ranked 13th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 21 reviews. Apache Airflow is rated 8.0, while IBM Business Automation Workflow is rated 7.6. 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 Business Automation Workflow writes "Good for case management, integration capabilities but lacks stability". Apache Airflow is most compared with Camunda, Informatica Cloud API and App Integration, IBM BPM, AWS Step Functions and Bizagi, whereas IBM Business Automation Workflow is most compared with IBM BPM, Camunda, IBM Case Foundation, AWS Step Functions and Nintex Process Platform. See our Apache Airflow vs. IBM Business Automation Workflow report.
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