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."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 best feature is the customization."
"Apache Airflow is useful for workflow automation, making it capable of automating pipelines, data pipelines, and data warehouse processes."
"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."
"We're running it on a virtual server, which we can easily upgrade if needed."
"Apache Airflow's best feature is its flexibility."
"Its user-friendly interface makes it straightforward to operate, offering a plethora of features for data preparation, buffering, and format conversion."
"Since Apache works very well on Python, we can manage everything and create pipelines there."
"The solution has very helpful technical support."
"Case Management, as well as Workflow Automation, are Pega's most powerful capabilities."
"The interface is quite simple and easy to use, even for beginners."
"The robotic process automation has increased the confidence of business users."
"Pega BPM's most valuable feature is the use of CDX to solve problems."
"The technical support of Pega BPM is very good."
"The most valuable feature of Pega BPM is step-by-step voice guidance that converts your problem statement into different diagrams and then implements the process."
"The most valuable features are case management and integration services."
"We cannot run real-time jobs in the solution."
"Technical support is an area that needs improvement."
"I want to see Apache Airflow have more integrations with more production-based databases since it is an area where the product lacks currently."
"The dashboard is connected into the BPM flow that could be improved."
"Apache Airflow should have better integration with cloud platforms."
"I have some issues with the solution's communication."
"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 solution could be improved by simplifying the integration process."
"Compared to other BPM products, the interface is somewhat complex, so the usability could be improved."
"One of the areas of this solution that could be improved would be to advance the low code features of the application itself. We would also like to use the same platform to build any application, even if it is not necessarily defined as a functionality needed by a BPM."
"Pega BPM could be improved by including token-based authentication and extending its integration options."
"Pega is claiming they're into low code but as per Gartner Magic Quadrant, Pega is not there now."
"An area for improvement in Pega BPM is security. It's secure, but it still has a lot of vulnerabilities. Pega BPM is robust, but it still needs some improvement performance-wise."
"They are currently spending some time on improving the product with respect to machine learning, especially related to robotic automation. They probably could be a little more adept on that area would help."
"The way the IDE works with the chatbox and the taxonomy imports could be a little smoother."
"The solution could be more scalable."
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 55 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 "Low code with great APIs and good flexibility". Apache Airflow is most compared with Camunda, Informatica Cloud API and App Integration, IBM BPM, IBM Business Automation Workflow and Appian, whereas Pega BPM is most compared with ServiceNow, Camunda, Appian, Microsoft Power Apps and IBM BPM. See our Apache Airflow vs. Pega BPM report.
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