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    Apache Airflow

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AApache Airflow is an open source tool that can be used to programmatically author, schedule and monitor data pipelines using Python and SQL.N/A

    Panoply by Sqream (discontinued)

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/APanoply, from Sqream since the late 2021 acquisition, was an ETL-less, smart end-to-end data management system built for the cloud. Panoply specializes as a unified ELT and Data Warehouse platform with integrated visualization capabilities and storage optimization algorithms. Panoply was owned by Sqream since the December 2021 acquisition, but the product has since been discontinued, and is no longer available.N/A
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    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Panoply offers simple, transparent pricing. All plans have a 21-day free trial—no credit card required. You'll get an account executive and data architect to help you get the most out of your smart data warehouse. Pricing starts at $325/month.
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    Community Pulse
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    Apache
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Apache AirflowPanoply by Sqream (discontinued)
    Workload Automation
    Comparison of Workload Automation features of Apache Airflow and Panoply by Sqream (discontinued)
    Feature
    Apache Airflow
    8.5
    12 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Panoply by Sqream (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Multi-platform scheduling9.112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Central monitoring8.712 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logging8.312 Ratings00 Ratings
    Alerts and notifications9.212 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analysis and visualization6.112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application integration9.412 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    JAMS
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Apache Spark
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Redwood RunMyJobs
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Apache Spark
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Apache AirflowPanoply by Sqream (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (12 ratings)
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    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Apache AirflowPanoply by Sqream (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Apache
    Airflow is well-suited for data engineering pipelines, creating scheduled workflows, and working with various data sources. You can implement almost any kind of DAG for any use case using the different operators or enforce your operator using the Python operator with ease. The MLOps feature of Airflow can be enhanced to match MLFlow-like features, making Airflow the go-to solution for all workloads, from data science to data engineering.
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    Panoply is well suited for companies with large amounts of data that do not want all users of the company to see or view. It is appropriate for companies that have to store data for several years in case clients need the data. It is not made to constantly be downloading or looking at the documents.
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    Pros
    Apache
    • Apache Airflow is one of the best Orchestration platforms and a go-to scheduler for teams building a data platform or pipelines.
    • Apache Airflow supports multiple operators, such as the Databricks, Spark, and Python operators. All of these provide us with functionality to implement any business logic.
    • Apache Airflow is highly scalable, and we can run a large number of DAGs with ease. It provided HA and replication for workers. Maintaining airflow deployments is very easy, even for smaller teams, and we also get lots of metrics for observability.
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    • Ease of data integrations. Importing data into the data warehouse is a point-and-click effort.
    • Automated data modeling. The data is modeled in a way that facilitates analysis without having to look into it myself.
    • Query speed. Automated query optimization has really sped up our dashboards.
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    Cons
    Apache
    • UI/Dashboard can be updated to be customisable, and jobs summary in groups of errors/failures/success, instead of each job, so that a summary of errors can be used as a starting point for reviewing them.
    • Navigation - It's a bit dated. Could do with more modern web navigation UX. i.e. sidebars navigation instead of browser back/forward.
    • Again core functional reorg in terms of UX. Navigation can be improved for core functions as well, instead of discovery.
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    • The user interface could use some improvement for analytical tools. Apart from that, it’s great.
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    Usability
    Apache
    For its capability to connect with multicloud environments. Access Control management is something that we don't get in all the schedulers and orchestrators. But although it provides so many flexibility and options to due to python , some level of knowledge of python is needed to be able to build workflows.
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    It’s a good choice for building a quick, multipurpose data stack for a variety of businesses needs.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Apache
    Multiple DAGs can be orchestrated simultaneously at varying times, and runs can be reproduced or replicated with relative ease. Overall, utilizing Apache Airflow is easier to use than other solutions now on the market. It is simple to integrate in Apache Airflow, and the workflow can be monitored and scheduling can be done quickly using Apache Airflow. We advocate using this tool for automating the data pipeline or process.
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    Panoply has much more storage and better organization tools for searching. There are better folders and tools for keeping documents secure and stored for a long period of time. It is better to offload data in mass than singular or Zip drive documents like you would do in Google Drive.
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    Return on Investment
    Apache
    • Impact Depends on number of workflows. If there are lot of workflows then it has a better usecase as the implementation is justified as it needs resources , dedicated VMs, Database that has a cost
    • Donot use it if you have very less usecases
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    Discontinued Products
    • Saved time on Redshift setup
    • Saved support costs (monetary and temporal) by not having to set up on-premise
    • Widens the BI tool use in organization; lowers the barrier to entry and makes organization more productive in analytical terms
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    Screenshot of Simply click to connect 100 data sources.