Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Apache Airflow

Product categories

API Integration API Tools Automation BPM Data Integration DevOps Tools ETL Project Management Stream Processing Web Service Automation Workflow Automation Workflows

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Apache Airflow are Camunda, n8n.io, and Apache NiFi. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Camunda Landing Page
1

Camunda

The Universal Process Orchestrator
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
#Automation #BPM #Workflow Automation 15 social mentions
n8n.io Landing Page
2

n8n.io

Free and open fair-code licensed node based Workflow Automation Tool. Easily automate tasks across different services.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $20.0 / Monthly
#Automation #Web Service Automation #Workflow Automation 168 social mentions
Apache NiFi Landing Page
3

Apache NiFi

An easy to use, powerful, and reliable system to process and distribute data.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Analytics #Web Analytics #Mobile Analytics 16 social mentions
Apache Kafka Landing Page
4

Apache Kafka

Apache Kafka is an open-source message broker project developed by the Apache Software Foundation written in Scala.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Stream Processing #Data Integration #ETL 120 social mentions
Google BigQuery Landing Page
5

Google BigQuery

A fully managed data warehouse for large-scale data analytics.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Data Management #Data Warehousing #Data Dashboard 35 social mentions
Node-RED Landing Page
6

Node-RED

Node-RED is a programming tool for wiring together hardware devices, APIs and online services in new and interesting ways.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Automation #API Tools 120 social mentions
Apache Camel Landing Page
7

Apache Camel

Apache Camel is a versatile open-source integration framework based on known enterprise integration patterns.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Data Integration #ETL #Open Source 12 social mentions
Pipedream Landing Page
8

Pipedream

Integration platform for developers
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Automation #Web Service Automation #Workflow Automation 47 social mentions
jBPM Landing Page
9

jBPM

jBPM is a flexible Business Process Management (BPM) Suite.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#BPM #Automation #Project Management 1 social mentions
Azkaban Landing Page
10

Azkaban

Azkaban is a batch workflow job scheduler created at LinkedIn to run Hadoop jobs.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Workflow Automation #Workflows 3 social mentions
Activiti Landing Page
11

Activiti

Activiti is a light-weight workflow and Business Process Management (BPM) Platform targeted at...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#BPM #Automation #Project Management
Metaflow Landing Page
12

Metaflow

Framework for real-life data science; build, improve, and operate end-to-end workflows.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Workflow Automation #DevOps Tools #Workflows 12 social mentions