We performed a comparison between Apache Airflow and TIBCO ActiveMatrix 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."Since Apache works very well on Python, we can manage everything and create pipelines there."
"We're running it on a virtual server, which we can easily upgrade if needed."
"Apache Airflow's best feature is its flexibility."
"The tool is user-friendly."
"The initial setup was straightforward and it does not take long to complete."
"Since it's widely adopted by the community, Apache Airflow is a user-friendly solution."
"Designing processes and workflows is easier, and it assists in coordinating all of the different processes."
"We have been quite satisfied with the stability of the solution."
"For specific situations this can be a good solution and a simplified interface to work with."
"It is the best product because of its stability. ActiveMatrix 5.x is highly stable in production, and the downtime is very low. I have worked on a lot of service projects, and the engine is very stable, robust, and scalable. The development and change requests can be pushed quickly, and the mapper activity and SSLT kind of features are also good. It is easy to do changes, testing, and deployment. Its deployment is very easy, and we can automate a lot of scripts for our on-premises solution. I work for an investment bank, and we have automated a lot of processes for our customers. Previously, we used to develop scripts and tools. With version 6.x, everything is moved to Maven and other things. Environment handling is done mostly through DevOps tools. As compared to Mulesoft, the deployment and configuration are very easy in TIBCO."
"The product's initial setup phase is straightforward."
"The scheduling and the calendar are very useful."
"The capacity for distributing the jobs in a workflow is an important feature."
"It would be beneficial to improve the pricing structure."
"Apache Airflow should have better integration with cloud platforms."
"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 would like to see it more friendly for other use cases."
"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."
"We need to develop our workflow description and notations because out of the box, Apache Airflow does not provide some features that are needed."
"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."
"The maintenance of the package could be improved."
"ActiveMatrix is in the middle field. MuleDB is more on the engineering side with Java and other things. SnapLogic is there are on the higher side with very low coding. TIBCO stays in the middle like IBM or Oracle. TIBCO can move towards IBM's way of doing. IBM has a big market and many varieties of products and good integration, which TIBCO doesn't have. It can have better integration. TIBCO's transition to the cloud is a little slow. As compared to Dell, Boomi, and Mulesoft. TIBCO took the steps a little later. TIBCO's ID was far better and easier to work with previously. TIBCO's 5.x ID was very good, and the development environment and the transition were easy. Version 6.5 onwards, it is a stable product, but it would be good if they can do something similar to version 5.4 with version 6. They should concentrate on this API market. It will give them the strength and the ability to grab the market back."
"The product is missing some means of addressing more complex BPM constructs and should interface with more platforms easily."
"Technical support needs to be streamlined."
"The scalability of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
Apache Airflow is ranked 2nd in Business Process Management (BPM) with 31 reviews while TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM is ranked 31st in Business Process Management (BPM) with 6 reviews. Apache Airflow is rated 8.0, while TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM is rated 7.4. 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 TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM writes "A tool backed by stellar support that has helped me plan workflows easily". Apache Airflow is most compared with Camunda, Informatica Cloud API and App Integration, IBM BPM, IBM Business Automation Workflow and AWS Step Functions, whereas TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM is most compared with Camunda, TIBCO iProcess Suite, Pega BPM and Appian. See our Apache Airflow vs. TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM report.
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