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AWS Step Functions
AWS Step Functions
(44)
4.2 out of 5
AWS Step Functions
By Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Apache Airflow
Apache Airflow
(88)
4.3 out of 5
Apache Airflow
By The Apache Software Foundation
At a Glance
AWS Step Functions
AWS Step Functions
Star Rating
(44)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (35.7% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
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Apache Airflow
Apache Airflow
Star Rating
(88)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.1% of reviews)
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Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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AWS Step Functions vs Apache Airflow

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Apache Airflow easier to use and administer. However, reviewers preferred the ease of set up, and doing business with AWS Step Functions overall.

  • Reviewers felt that Apache Airflow meets the needs of their business better than AWS Step Functions.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that AWS Step Functions is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Apache Airflow over AWS Step Functions.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
AWS Step Functions
No pricing available
Apache Airflow
No pricing available
Free Trial
AWS Step Functions
No trial information available
Apache Airflow
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.6
33
9.1
60
Ease of Use
8.2
33
8.4
60
Ease of Setup
8.3
14
7.8
24
Ease of Admin
8.5
14
8.7
19
Quality of Support
8.8
30
7.8
55
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.5
13
8.5
18
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
31
9.6
56
Features by Category
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Integration & Adaptability - Process Orchestration
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Low-Code Development PlatformsHide 14 FeaturesShow 14 Features
8.5
7
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Application Design
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9.0
5
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7.7
5
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8.7
5
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Data Control
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Agentic AI - Low-Code Development Platforms
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Categories
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AWS Step Functions
AWS Step Functions
Apache Airflow
Apache Airflow
AWS Step Functions and Apache Airflow share no categories
Unique Categories
AWS Step Functions
Apache Airflow
Apache Airflow is categorized as Other Development
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
AWS Step Functions
AWS Step Functions
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
35.7%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
35.7%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
28.6%
Apache Airflow
Apache Airflow
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
23.5%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
47.1%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
29.4%
Reviewers' Industry
AWS Step Functions
AWS Step Functions
Computer Software
23.8%
Information Technology and Services
16.7%
Education Management
7.1%
Information Services
4.8%
Financial Services
4.8%
Other
42.9%
Apache Airflow
Apache Airflow
Information Technology and Services
23.5%
Computer Software
16.5%
Financial Services
9.4%
Retail
3.5%
Marketing and Advertising
3.5%
Other
43.5%
Most Helpful Reviews
AWS Step Functions
AWS Step Functions
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Michele L.
ML
Michele L.
Verified User in Computer Software

Step Functions are perfect to implement stateful behavior while using stateless workers (lambdas). It's fairly easy to have conditional operations or operations on array-like inputs. This makes Step Functions very powerful.

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Financial Services

Step functions can only submit one spark streaming job in an EMR. It should be enhanced to be able to submit multiple spark streaming jobs in the same EMR in parallel.

Apache Airflow
Apache Airflow
Most Helpful Favorable Review
RP
Ritesh P.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

The best part of Airflow is that it is open source and also its power to run on distributed environment. It provides out of the box operators (connectors) to plugin almost any data source.

Most Helpful Critical Review
Jerry G.
JG
Jerry G.
Verified User in Computer Software

Browser UI is very buggy and has issues sometimes during my projects, can make my work lag behind due to this flaw.

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Discussions
AWS Step Functions
AWS Step Functions Discussions
Monty the Mongoose crying
AWS Step Functions has no discussions with answers
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Apache Airflow
Apache Airflow Discussions
Who is using Apache airflow?
1 comment
Fadith E.
FE
Custom metadata to Atlan.Read more
Is Apache airflow an ETL tool?
1 comment
BELLUM M.
BM
Yes, we can use it to schedule and trigger ETL jobs and orchestrate them into a logical workflow Read more
Is airflow a framework?
1 comment
Yash G.
YG
Yes it’s a framework used for workflow orchestration.Read more
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