Apache Airflow Pros and Cons

I like the ease of use, how easily I can make DAGs and the scheduler is just amazing. I have a lot of python scripts that I needed to run manually and daily. Airflow just made it seamless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The initial setup is a bit overwhelming to me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best part I like it supports Python, which makes our programmatic aspect straightforward to use.

SLA and DAGs are easy to setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think there is room for improvement in WEB UI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is reliable and i am able to scale data pipeline in a robust way , i appreciate the community and also the ability to integrate many external operators with airflow easily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't think I have much to add, it was definitely pretty clunky before version 2 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I enjoy the ease of installation, and the robustness of the platform. The UI is clean, though can suffer from performance issues depending on your workload. When internal errors occur with the code, Airflow makes it easy to track down the cause of the issue and re-run or cancel jobs as needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Depending on how you set it up, it is very easy to bite yourself hard down the line. Partnering with a company that configures airflow for a living can ease this pain point. They do not handle timezone changes gracefully, instead leaving it as an exercise for the user. Plan to use UTC or build your jobs to individually handle daylight savings time if it occurs in your region. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Automation is good. No need to worry about keeping your laptop on or order in which things should run. Slightly better than a cron job. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The irritating UI. The scheduler. Why would you not run the first time when I specify a start date ? Why at the end of the interval. Why is pausing and enabling two different things, why is the UI so 90s in the age of Material design and what not. The scheduler's behavior is random, sometimes tasks are scheduled quickly and run in seconds while other times I gotta wait till hours Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Airflow makes it free and easy to develop new python jobs. It has a wide support of any common hooks/operators for all major databases, APIs, and cloud storage providers. It has an intuitive browser UI that makes it easy to follow job statuses and track failures. Airflow is quick to set up, well supported, and free. Would have taken us forever to build anything in house that would be remotely equivalent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Browser UI could use some enhancements as there is no real security/user management on the UI side. The UI can also feel buggy at times Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We needed a new, innovative solution for a standard scenario in the education sector. We are still progressing down this path. However, if we have an answer which is fresh and innovative, it will change education forever. Using Apache Airflow has been extremely helpful, as it means we can get to our endgame faster. This product has enabled us to translate out ideas into projects at a much faster speed that before we had this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is constantly being improved upon. However, if we could get a form of speech to text conversion software for workers without typing capabilities, that would be great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Makes it easy to visualize and troubleshoot issues . Also helps make it very easy to monitor progress, and production.

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There is nothing that i dislike about this system. It's been a great tool, and helped increase efficiencies. We like the capabilities and the efficiency that it brings to our organization. Implementation was smooth, and we have no complaints for Apache Airflow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really like how dynamic and flexible it is to use. It offers a lot of content and tools to use for content which is a nice resource if you need more than one thing. The additional resources and links is super nice if you need some help with ideas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I do not like that is can be pretty overwhelming and confusing when you are first using it. It takes awhile to get use to the organization and set up but after that it is pretty easy to pick up on. I think they could have more template options to choose from but I may just be picky Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

With Apache Workflow it's so easy to schedule and monitor workflows! It visually shows everything in a chart or graph depending on your personal preferences which makes everything easy to analyze the workflow because you can see progress and everything. It is also versatile and you will be able to modify a lot of settings to fit your preferences. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's pretty complex to implement initially but definitely worth it. Takes some time and patience and has a learning curve especially if you've never used similar software before. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.