Apache Airflow vs. Azure Event Hubs

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
Azure Event Hubs
Score 8.3 out of 10
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Event Hubs is a managed, real-time data ingestion service that’s used to stream millions of events per second from any source to build dynamic data pipelines and respond to business challenges. Users can continue to process data during emergencies using the geo-disaster recovery and geo-replication features. It can be integrated with other Azure services to unlock insights. Existing Apache Kafka clients and applications can be allowed to talk to Event Hubs without any code changes, producing a…N/A
Pricing
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Apache AirflowAzure Event Hubs
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Apache AirflowAzure Event Hubs
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Features
Apache AirflowAzure Event Hubs
Workload Automation
Comparison of Workload Automation features of Product A and Product B
Apache Airflow
8.2
9 Ratings
0% above category average
Azure Event Hubs
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Ratings
Multi-platform scheduling8.89 Ratings00 Ratings
Central monitoring8.49 Ratings00 Ratings
Logging8.19 Ratings00 Ratings
Alerts and notifications7.99 Ratings00 Ratings
Analysis and visualization7.99 Ratings00 Ratings
Application integration8.49 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Apache AirflowAzure Event Hubs
Likelihood to Recommend
7.8
(9 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Apache AirflowAzure Event Hubs
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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Microsoft
Large IoT data ingestion which needs to be processed as batches or data which requires certain time to process in such scenario Azure Event Hubs is working very effective.
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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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Microsoft
  • message queuing
  • data processing for notification.
  • Handling large volumes of data from multiple sources.
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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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Microsoft
  • pricing should be less
  • integration with the services should be enhanced.
  • Deduplication functionality should be there in Azure Event Hubs
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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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Microsoft
All platforms are good, costing wise it is effective, scalable is being managed by Azure Event Hubs only so only configuration is being required to do, also provides the encrypted, reliable and secure solution .
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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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Microsoft
  • reducing the cost as you don't need to create a solution which is scalable
  • increasing the productivity of the solution.
  • customer satisfaction can be increased by integrating it as a solution.
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