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Apache Airflow

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What is Apache Airflow?

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…

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Apache Airflow has proven to be a versatile solution for managing and orchestrating various data tasks. Users have utilized this product …
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  • Multi-platform scheduling (9)
    8.8
    88%
  • Central monitoring (9)
    8.4
    84%
  • Logging (9)
    8.1
    81%
  • Alerts and notifications (9)
    7.9
    79%

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What is Apache Airflow?

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…

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Workload Automation

Workload automation tools manage event-based scheduling and resource management across a wide variety of applications, databases and architectures

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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.

Reviewers rate Multi-platform scheduling highest, with a score of 8.8.

The most common users of Apache Airflow are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Apache Airflow has proven to be a versatile solution for managing and orchestrating various data tasks. Users have utilized this product as a core component for scheduling and monitoring scheduled jobs, inspecting job successes and failures, and troubleshooting errors or failures. It has also been extensively employed in GCP as part of Cloud Composer for running ETL jobs, streamlining data pipelines, and creating workflows for analytics and reporting.

Reviewers have found Apache Airflow to be an easy-to-configure and setup solution, making it ideal for orchestrating data flows and building enterprise data pipelines. Its ability to integrate with third-party solutions via APIs allows for seamless data access and integration. Users have also appreciated the product's capability to manage ETL pipelines and programmatically monitor data pipelines.

Another valuable use case of Apache Airflow is its role in creating workflows, orchestrating data pipelines, and automating tasks. Its flexibility has been particularly beneficial when dealing with complex data pipelines from diverse sources. Furthermore, the product has been effective in performing data integration in AWS S3 region, connecting to relational databases, executing data extracts, and compiling them into multiple flat file segments.

Apache Airflow brings standardization and modularity to data pipelines, enabling the implementation of complex pipelines and facilitating the sharing of data with partners as well as scoring machine learning models. Overall, users have found this product to be a valuable tool for managing data tasks efficiently and effectively.

Based on user reviews, here are the most common recommendations for Apache Airflow:

  1. Read the documentation and take an introduction course to fully understand Airflow's behavior and close any knowledge gaps.

  2. Consider Airflow as a first choice for ETL tasks that require programming. However, keep in mind that the coding aspect may not be suitable for all ETL engineers.

  3. Replace cron jobs with Airflow for better results, utilizing its scheduling and dependency management features.

Overall, these recommendations emphasize the importance of familiarizing oneself with the documentation, leveraging Airflow's capabilities for programming-centric ETL tasks, and using it to replace traditional cron jobs.

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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Most of the ETL processes were automated, cutting down on human labor.
  • Apache Airflow's user interface (UI) was very informative and straightforward.
  • Since ETL processes were providing data via airflow, we were able to gain a deeper comprehension of the data at hand.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Integrations—ready-to-use operators allow you to integrate Airflow with cloud platforms (Google, AWS, Azure, etc).
  • For ETL pipelines that extract batch data from multiple sources, and run Spark jobs or other data transformations.
  • It also helps to generate report automatically.
April 04, 2022

Apache Airflow

PRABHAT MISHRA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • We had a better understanding of data as ETL pipelines were giving data using airflow
  • We were able to automate most of the ETL pipelines so it reduced manual efforts
  • Airflow UI was extremely helpful which made it easy to understand
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