Apache Airflow vs. AWS Batch

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Apache Airflow
Score 8.5 out of 10
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Apache Airflow is an open source tool that can be used to programmatically author, schedule and monitor data pipelines using Python and SQL. Created at Airbnb as an open-source project in 2014, Airflow was brought into the Apache Software Foundation’s Incubator Program 2016 and announced as Top-Level Apache Project in 2019. It is used as a data orchestration solution, with over 140 integrations and community support.N/A
AWS Batch
Score 7.8 out of 10
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With AWS Batch, users package the code for batch jobs, specify dependencies, and submit batch jobs using the AWS Management Console, CLIs, or SDKs. AWS Batch allows users to specify execution parameters and job dependencies, and facilitates integration with a broad range of popular batch computing workflow engines and languages (e.g., Pegasus WMS, Luigi, Nextflow, Metaflow, Apache Airflow, and AWS Step Functions).N/A
Pricing
Apache AirflowAWS Batch
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Apache AirflowAWS Batch
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Apache AirflowAWS Batch
Considered Both Products
Apache Airflow
Chose Apache Airflow
Airflow was best suited in my use case for designing the ETL pipelines in a scripted manner for workflows & the UI was very good & easy to use.
AWS Batch

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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Apache AirflowAWS Batch
Workload Automation
Comparison of Workload Automation features of Product A and Product B
Apache Airflow
8.2
9 Ratings
0% above category average
AWS Batch
7.7
6 Ratings
6% below category average
Multi-platform scheduling8.89 Ratings8.35 Ratings
Central monitoring8.49 Ratings7.75 Ratings
Logging8.19 Ratings7.35 Ratings
Alerts and notifications7.99 Ratings8.15 Ratings
Analysis and visualization7.99 Ratings6.05 Ratings
Application integration8.49 Ratings8.76 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Apache AirflowAWS Batch
Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
ActiveBatch Workload Automation
ActiveBatch Workload Automation
Score 8.5 out of 10
Apache Airflow
Apache Airflow
Score 8.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Redwood RunMyJobs
Redwood RunMyJobs
Score 9.4 out of 10
Redwood RunMyJobs
Redwood RunMyJobs
Score 9.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
Apache AirflowAWS Batch
Likelihood to Recommend
7.8
(9 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
Apache AirflowAWS Batch
Likelihood to Recommend
Apache
For a quick job scanning of status and deep-diving into job issues, details, and flows, AirFlow does a good job. No fuss, no muss. The low learning curve as the UI is very straightforward, and navigating it will be familiar after spending some time using it. Our requirements are pretty simple. Job scheduler, workflows, and monitoring. The jobs we run are >100, but still is a lot to review and troubleshoot when jobs don't run. So when managing large jobs, AirFlow dated UI can be a bit of a drawback.
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Amazon AWS
More appropriate if you have a tech group that can use more of the AWS Batch rather than one or 2 things. It works great for me, but there was a huge learning curve the first week of using it. Now, I love it - and I hope to dig deep into other parts not just S3.
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Pros
Apache
  • In charge of the ETL processes.
  • As there is no incoming or outgoing data, we may handle the scheduling of tasks as code and avoid the requirement for monitoring.
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Amazon AWS
  • S3 amount of files
  • Easy to share files to other sites
  • Like that the files and folders can be open and public or completely private
  • I like that you can have double or mirroring in different Data Centers for Data Recovery
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Cons
Apache
  • they should bring in some time based scheduling too not only event based
  • they do not store the metadata due to which we are not able to analyze the workflows
  • they only support python as of now for scripted pipeline writing
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Amazon AWS
  • Jobs monitoring dashboards are not matured
  • Documentation and support is something which can be improved
  • Sometime i faced the slow response or slow in performance i would say
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Alternatives Considered
Apache
There are a number of reasons to choose Apache Airflow over other similar platforms- Integrations—ready-to-use operators allow you to integrate Airflow with cloud platforms (Google, AWS, Azure, etc) Apache Airflow helps with backups and other DevOps tasks, such as submitting a Spark job and storing the resulting data on a Hadoop cluster It has machine learning model training, such as triggering a Sage maker job.
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Amazon AWS
We wanted to start everything on a scale & with fewer resources to manage the underlying infrastructure.
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Return on Investment
Apache
  • A lot of helpful features out-of-the-box, such as the DAG visualizations and task trees
  • Allowed us to implement complex data pipelines easily and at a relatively low cost
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Amazon AWS
  • Overall over business is able to save the cost
  • Saved our times to improve the existing process
  • Able to integrate with other applications as well, so that is plus point
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