We performed a comparison between Apache Airflow and Pega 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."
"We're running it on a virtual server, which we can easily upgrade if needed."
"Since the solution is programmatic, it allows users to define pipelines in code rather than drag and drop."
"The solution is flexible for all programming languages for all frameworks."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Apache Airflow is useful for workflow automation, making it capable of automating pipelines, data pipelines, and data warehouse processes."
"Pricing is a little on the high side."
"I have a lot of experience in this kind of industry, and Pega is one of the best solutions in terms of performance, capabilities, and the way we develop."
"The most valuable feature of Pega BPM is its architecture."
"The most valuable feature is the situational layer cake."
"The case management is great."
"Application development is very rapid. A lot of code gets reused while building the applications, which is something we highly appreciate."
"Pega BPM has a full suite for any enterprise. It is a process orchestration platform. It has detailed features for case management and workflows."
"The technical support of Pega BPM is very good."
"Apache Airflow should have better integration with cloud platforms."
"We cannot run real-time jobs in the solution."
"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."
"One specific feature that is missing from Airflow is that the steps of your workflow are not pipelined, meaning the stageless steps of any workflow. Not every workflow can be implemented within Airflow."
"I have some issues with the solution's communication."
"We need to develop our workflow description and notations because out of the box, Apache Airflow does not provide some features that are needed."
"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 documentation must be improved."
"Pega BPM's documentation should be improved, especially for freshers or new trainees."
"Pega currently is trying to add chatbots to their systems, and it's still quite immature. This part definitely needs to be improved."
"The licensing cost is very high."
"Business specific functionality is needed."
"The solution would benefit from more integration capabilities."
"From a technical point of view, it would be helpful to have some advanced analytics to help with configuration. We have a lot of unwanted features and it would be good to configure it more appropriately so that we are using just exactly what we need."
"Pega is claiming they're into low code but as per Gartner Magic Quadrant, Pega is not there now."
"In the next release of Pega BPM, they should add more ways to do the customer interaction fields in the portals."
Apache Airflow is ranked 2nd in Business Process Management (BPM) with 31 reviews while Pega BPM is ranked 3rd in Business Process Management (BPM) with 57 reviews. Apache Airflow is rated 8.0, while Pega BPM 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 Pega BPM writes "Provides built-in frameworks that can be reused and reduces time and cost". Apache Airflow is most compared with Camunda, IBM BPM, Informatica Cloud API and App Integration, IBM Business Automation Workflow and webMethods Integration Server, whereas Pega BPM is most compared with ServiceNow, Camunda, Appian, IBM BPM and Microsoft Power Apps. See our Apache Airflow vs. Pega BPM report.
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