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Apache Airflow vs Ultimus Adaptive Business Process Management comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Apache Airflow
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
41
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Ultimus Adaptive Business P...
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
46th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Business Process Management (BPM) category, the mindshare of Apache Airflow is 2.3%, down from 5.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Ultimus Adaptive Business Process Management is 0.7%, 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 Airflow2.3%
Ultimus Adaptive Business Process Management0.7%
Other97.0%
Business Process Management (BPM)
 

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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.
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Especialista en bases de datos at Banco de Desarrollo del Ecuador
Integrates well and helpful support
Ultimus Adaptive Business Process Management has good integration with all the other tools we have been using in our company. We use the data that other tools provide in our implementation. We have developed several processes here in the company, such as requests for change, request development, and buying processes. The tool allows you to modify the business rules without the need to modify the source code, the administrator can move the process one step to another without needing to be implemented in the logic of the automation, this can be done from the administration console Or with the integration EIK, there is a wide number of options for the administrator who gives you great flexibility in your administration.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Apache Airflow is in Python language, making it easy to use and learn."
"Apache Airflow is easy to scale and its UI improves with each release."
"We're running it on a virtual server, which we can easily upgrade if needed."
"For low to middle scaled tasks, Apache Airflow could be a substitute for Control-M."
"Since Apache works very well on Python, we can manage everything and create pipelines there."
"Its user-friendly interface makes it straightforward to operate, offering a plethora of features for data preparation, buffering, and format conversion."
"The most valuable feature of Apache Airflow is creating and scheduling jobs. Additionally, the reattempt at failed jobs is useful."
"I found the following features very useful: DAG - Workload management and orchestration of tasks using."
"Ultimus Adaptive Business Process Management has good integration with all the other tools we have been using in our company, and the tool allows you to modify the business rules without the need to modify the source code, giving great flexibility in administration."
"Development is easy on the Ultimus platform."
 

Cons

"The stability and reliability of Apache Airflow cannot be praised as a great reliable application, but for small-scale solutions and small-scale use cases, we can always rely on Apache Airflow."
"I have some issues with the solution's communication."
"UI can be improved with additional user-friendly features for non-programmers and for fewer coding practitioner requirements."
"Apache Airflow could be improved by integrating some versioning principles."
"There is a minor issue with the manual work in Airflow, as everyday activities are managed manually. There is no dashboard for us to check all the Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs); a dashboard would help us analyze the work better."
"The UI is a little bit outdated according to modern standards."
"The platform's stability needs improvement, particularly regarding occasional interruptions due to networking issues."
"One specific feature that is missing from Airflow is that the steps of your workflow are not pipelined, meaning the stageless steps of any workflow. Not every workflow can be implemented within Airflow."
"We are looking for a feature that can resign and move the process from one step to another step."
"Ultimus is not good at handling cash transactions. They should add a mobile application in the next release."
"The tool does not save the reprocessing of the steps, this has to be done with own implementations, stores the whole story of a process instance but in a non-processable format for statistics without doing prior job."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"For the time being, it doesn't cost anything."
"The solution is free if you use Amazon AWS."
"The solution is cheap."
"It's open-source."
"Apache Airflow is open-source and free of charge."
"Apache Airflow is a product that is free of licenses, meaning there is no need to buy a license."
"I use the tool's open-source version."
"It is an open-source tool. There are no additional fees or charges associated with the product."
"Ultimus could stand to lower the price. Other tools are cheaper."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
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Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise25
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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?
Sometimes I feel that the scheduler in Apache Airflow does not work properly, with tasks not getting triggered. Additionally, the UI may be a bit more responsive. Logging and debugging can be enhan...
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Sample Customers

Agari, WePay, Astronomer
Ministry of Education Oman, Perdue Farms, MEG Energy Corp., The National and University Library, Unilever
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