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Apache Airflow vs OpenText MBPM comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Apache Airflow
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
41
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OpenText MBPM
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
40th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Business Process Management (BPM) category, the mindshare of Apache Airflow is 2.6%, down from 6.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText MBPM is 0.9%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Management (BPM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Apache Airflow2.6%
OpenText MBPM0.9%
Other96.5%
Business Process Management (BPM)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2754210 - PeerSpot reviewer
Administrator at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
Open workflows have simplified data ingestion and curation but still need better UI and scheduler resilience
I think there could be improvements or enhancements in Apache Airflow in terms of having a better UI experience. The UX can be done a bit better. The web interface of Apache Airflow has helped me in tracking and troubleshooting since I'm operational and part of the operational side of Apache Airflow. Mostly, I go into the logs of the web server and scheduler to check what's happening in the back-end instead of looking at the front-end. The UI can give errors related to pipelines, but it can be more improved if we get errors related to import errors and scheduling errors. These areas can be improved. Other than a better UI experience, I would want to see improvements in the scheduler. Sometimes, for user-made mistakes, the scheduler goes down. I experienced this issue and I'm not sure whether it got fixed right now or not. If a user is building a data pipeline in Apache Airflow and a user makes a mistake in their code, that makes the scheduler go down and eventually Apache Airflow goes down. That is not what is expected. If that gets fixed, then it can do wonders.
Jaideep MS - PeerSpot reviewer
Practice Director at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees
A solution offering good automation capabilities while needing to improve its support and documentation
I think the solution's support could do a better job. I rate the support somewhere around four and five out of ten. There is a hoard of people that they get in touch with while contacting them. So we've done some work with them in the past. I mean, we've been a support partner for a while. But apart from that, in terms of understanding the issues for a particular technology, I think there is a lack of people at their end. So they don't really have many people with them. And by the time we could get hold of the right person, especially for production issues, it's a little too late.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The solution's UI allows me to collect all the information and see the code lines."
"Apache Airflow is easy for us to use to build machine learning models, transport data, and manage our infrastructure."
"We have been quite satisfied with the stability of the solution."
"I worked on a project at a leading German bank for two years, successfully migrating large applications with hundreds of jobs."
"Designing processes and workflows is easier, and it assists in coordinating all of the different processes."
"The reason we went with Airflow is its DAG presentation, that shows the relationships among everything. It's more of a configuration-driven workflow."
"The user experience of Apache Airflow is good."
"I definitely recommend Apache Airflow and would rate it nine out of ten."
"OpenText MBPM is a stable solution."
"Not just the solution's automation capabilities, but we like everything about it since we are more of a system integrator."
 

Cons

"There are some drawbacks to this solution. The code does not cover all tasks in the data warehouse automation process."
"Enhancements become necessary when scaling it up from a few thousand workflows to a more extensive scale of five thousand or ten thousand workflows."
"The problem with Apache Airflow is that it is an open-source tool. You have to build it into a Kubernetes container, which is not easy to maintain, and I find it to be very clunky."
"Apache Airflow could be improved by integrating some versioning principles."
"Adding more automated components in Apache Airflow for basic things like exporting the data would be helpful."
"We have experienced some bugs in Airflow. For example, the solution did not mention all the errors regarding why a process did not work."
"I am using a Celery Executor and I find that it crashes and I can't see any logs."
"The dashboards could be enhanced."
"There are shortcomings in the solution's support and documentation part."
"The user interface could be better in OpenText MBPM."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing for the product is reasonable."
"The solution is open source so is free."
"The solution is cheap."
"The solution is free if you use Amazon AWS."
"The cost is quite affordable."
"Apache Airflow is a product that is free of licenses, meaning there is no need to buy a license."
"It is an open-source solution."
"Apache Airflow is a cheap solution."
"There is an annual license to use OpenText MBPM."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cost-efficient, and ten is expensive, I rate the pricing somewhere between nine and ten since it is a costly solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise24
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Questions from the Community

Which would you choose - Camunda Platform or Apache Airflow?
Camunda Platform allows for visual demonstration and presentation of business process flows. The flexible Java-based option was a big win for us and allows for the integration of microservices very...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Apache Airflow?
We don't experience issues with pricing as Apache Airflow is part of a larger platform. It is a sub-feature and not an individual purchase.
What needs improvement with Apache Airflow?
I think there could be improvements or enhancements in Apache Airflow in terms of having a better UI experience. The UX can be done a bit better. The web interface of Apache Airflow has helped me i...
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Sample Customers

Agari, WePay, Astronomer
Kommunales Rechenzentrum Minden-Ravensburg/Lippe (KRZ), Hawksford Group, Gauteng Provincial Government Department of Economic Development, Deutsche Post DHL, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, London Underground, Great Clips, Fiat, Rompetrol, Gaston Memorial Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Bachmann, Alliance Healthcare
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