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Astro by Astronomer vs UiPath Orchestrator comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 18, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.6
JAMS Scheduler automates tasks, enhancing productivity and cost-effectiveness while reducing manual monitoring and labor, supporting business growth.
Sentiment score
3.4
Adopting Astro by Astronomer leads to faster deployments, increased efficiency, reduced costs, and enhanced productivity through automation and resource optimization.
Sentiment score
4.6
UiPath Orchestrator delivers ROI by enhancing efficiency, reducing overtime, and optimizing resources despite some uncertainty about its financial impact.
The design of JAMS makes it very easy to copy jobs and make minimal changes while ensuring functionality.
Cloud Engineer at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
The cost has definitely gone up tremendously.
Principal Data Base And Infrastructure Engineer at a outsourcing company with 501-1,000 employees
It saved IT time by 50%.
Vice President, Information Technology at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
I am still working with the same number of employees, but the deliverables, quality, and development lifecycle have become shorter.
Manager, Project Development at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The return on investment has been remarkable, with savings exceeding seventy-five percent compared to previous manual cron job management.
MLOps | Senior Data Engineer at Walmart Global Tech India
Now, currently, after Astro by Astronomer, we could manage it for probably one thousand five hundred to one thousand eight hundred dollars per month.
Data Platform Engineer at Babbel
The impact of UiPath Orchestrator's analytics on the decision-making process is important because it shortens the decision-making time, which helps customers.
Director - Enterprise & Govt. Business at Intellect Technolab
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.3
JAMS Scheduler's customer service is praised for responsive, knowledgeable support with effective communication and proactive, professional assistance.
Sentiment score
4.8
Astro by Astronomer provides fast, reliable support, helping users manage tasks efficiently with robust resources and secure management.
Sentiment score
6.7
UiPath Orchestrator support is knowledgeable but faces criticism for slow response times and occasional connectivity issues.
Their response is prompt, exemplifying how support should be.
Manager of Reliability Engineering and Security Operations at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
They are very quick to respond depending on the issue's severity.
System Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
We contacted JAMS vendor, who guided us through the necessary steps, and after following their guidance, everything was resolved.
ETL Data Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I have some SLA agreements, and more than 95 percent of the time, I have seen those SLAs get met.
Manager, Project Development at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
We use Airflow connections variables or have integrated with a secret manager like Azure Key Vault to securely manage credentials.
Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It was a pleasure to talk with them and exchange ideas because they had solutions for all of our queries.
Data engineer at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees
Their support teams are not sufficiently qualified to support us in our needs.
Sr. Manager, Digital Transformation at Raya Integration
It's on the better side, but still has room for improvement in the speed of response.
Director - Enterprise & Govt. Business at Intellect Technolab
I can give customer service an eight out of ten, though sometimes I find difficulties and have trouble finding support.
Senior Software QA Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
5.9
JAMS Scheduler is scalable, handling thousands of jobs across environments, with potential challenges at extremely high execution numbers.
Sentiment score
5.6
Astro by Astronomer effectively scales for varying data volumes and workloads, maintaining stability with efficient resource management.
Sentiment score
6.9
UiPath Orchestrator is scalable for varied enterprises, with user experiences differing based on infrastructure, configuration, and automation factors.
Those are situations where it has helped us to just say that we don't really care in which tech stack that we are in, whether it's latest or not, but the forward as well as the backward compatibility has been of great help.
Principal Data Base And Infrastructure Engineer at a outsourcing company with 501-1,000 employees
As the number of scheduled jobs increased, we can manage multiple schedules, dependencies, and workflows centrally.
Consultant at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
We might be underutilizing it, but as more jobs require processing, additional servers would be necessary.
System Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The scalability of Astro by Astronomer is good and quite easy, and it is maintained as a service by the Astronomer team.
Manager, Project Development at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
We do not have to worry about selecting the right worker size, and it is quite scalable.
Data Platform Engineer at Babbel
Since it is a managed Airflow platform, it can scale its underlying worker nodes to support more concurrent DAGs and tasks without requiring us to manually manage infrastructure.
Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The solution's flexibility in integration and scheduling across different environments suggests good scalability.
Senior Technical Director at Globant
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
JAMS Scheduler is highly stable and reliable, with consistent performance and effective failover management, especially in desktop versions.
Sentiment score
8.1
Astro by Astronomer is stable, reliable, and effectively manages issues, with users citing external factors as the main challenge.
Sentiment score
8.2
UiPath Orchestrator is rated highly for stability and reliability, with minimal integration problems and effective deployment capabilities.
We experience periods of major incidents annually due to capacity constraints, which result in job failures.
Manager of Reliability Engineering and Security Operations at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
When issues occur, the monitoring and execution logs make it easier to identify and recover from them.
Consultant at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
Being on the new version, there's been zero downtime.
System Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
We did not have any production issues or user interface unavailability.
Data engineer at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees
When we migrated to Astro by Astronomer, those were some of the challenges that we had to overcome.
Data Platform Engineer at Babbel
In my experience, we did not face any major outages caused by Astro by Astronomer itself.
Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The solution is stable and integrated well with other systems.
Senior Technical Director at Globant
We usually install UiPath on-premises, and then we proceed with web application automations, which has been easy.
Senior Software QA Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
 

Room For Improvement

JAMS Scheduler requires improved interface, intuitive web client, better documentation, and enhanced integration, search, and error handling features.
Astro by Astronomer should enhance interface, customization, and documentation while improving pricing, installation, and adding AI features.
UiPath Orchestrator needs UI improvements, flexible automation, better pricing, intuitive features, effective support, and enhanced integration.
Another area for improvement would be the addition of source control for jobs internally, as this feature would solve several problems for me.
Manager of Reliability Engineering and Security Operations at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
A major improvement would be the integration of AI to help us accomplish various tasks.
System Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
If around 5,000 or more jobs run at a time, JAMS slows down, and we have to wait around five to 10 minutes or restart JAMS scheduler services.
ETL Data Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I think Astro by Astronomer could improve its pricing, as it is really expensive, especially if you want to have large use in a large-scale enterprise edition, which requires you to create a VPC hosted instance that significantly increases expenses.
Data Engineer at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
The infrastructure is simpler without Kubernetes dependency.
Data Scientist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
If I had to think of one area where I see potential for improvement, it would be integration with infrastructure virtualized services like vCenter, Hyper-V, and storage systems like Hitachi and IBM FlashSystem.
Systems Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I would prefer if the tool was more intuitive and it is important to maintain simplicity instead of combining multiple functionalities, potentially through different licensing models to restrict features.
Senior Technical Director at Globant
UiPath Orchestrator setup is easy, but the settings could be made easier for other people to understand.
Senior Software QA Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
I am interested in seeing more features like document understanding and AI integration.
Senior System Engineer at NEC Vietnam
 

Setup Cost

JAMS Scheduler is cost-effective and scalable, with competitive pricing and appreciated unlimited licensing options despite recent price increases.
Enterprise users of Astro by Astronomer had varied pricing experiences, with mixed satisfaction and calls for flexible pricing options.
UiPath Orchestrator is pricey but valuable, offering cost-effective options for large organizations with included cloud features.
The price is fair considering the functionality and importance of the tool, although the increase did unsettle our management.
System Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
My thoughts on the pricing of JAMS are that I won't say it is cheap, but it is cost-efficient, and that should be acceptable.
Consultant at HCLSoftware
The pricing and licensing were fair.
Database Analyst / Architect at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I think it would be beneficial if pricing were more flexible based on organizational workloads and offered dynamic pricing options.
Manager, Project Development at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Astro by Astronomer seems to have zero downtime, which used to be around 40 minutes when doing an MWAA deployment.
Data Platform Engineer at Babbel
I have no issues with Astro by Astronomer regarding setup costs or security capabilities.
Data Engineer at a non-profit with 1-10 employees
The pricing of UiPath Orchestrator is a bit high.
Sr. Manager, Digital Transformation at Raya Integration
Regarding licensing costs and setup costs, the pricing is on the higher side compared to other RPA solutions that are entering the market, which are much cheaper, and sometimes we cannot retain customers because of this.
Director - Enterprise & Govt. Business at Intellect Technolab
It would be beneficial for UiPath to further refine pricing, setup costs, and licensing by making their tool more intuitive and simplifying complex functionalities.
Senior Technical Director at Globant
 

Valuable Features

JAMS Scheduler excels in flexible job scheduling, centralized management, and robust monitoring, enhancing efficiency with intuitive interfaces and automation.
Astro by Astronomer enhances Airflow orchestration with easy deployment, management, scalability, and integration, optimizing data pipeline efficiency and reliability.
UiPath Orchestrator offers user-friendly interface, efficient scheduling, robust management, and AI features for seamless workflow automation and compliance.
JAMS has positively impacted my organization by completely removing the headache of scheduling jobs, not just for the organization but for all internal operations teams need.
Cloud Engineer at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
JAMS helps centralize the management of jobs on all of my platforms and applications, which has helped my organization significantly.
Consultant at HCLSoftware
By using JAMS, we have gained a lot more efficiencies in terms of all of those to streamline it, and there is no necessary need for having an overnight engineer just keeping an eye on all of this.
Principal Data Base And Infrastructure Engineer at a outsourcing company with 501-1,000 employees
I value the scalability because my tasks have more than 500 jobs running, and automatic scaling handles increased workloads without requiring manual infrastructure changes.
Manager, Project Development at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The migration capabilities save huge amounts of time and effort. This will not be a small win; it will be a massive win.
Data & AI Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
I have seen improvements in response times and error reduction since using Astro by Astronomer.
Ingeniero En Machine Learning at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The centralized nature of UiPath Orchestrator provides a seamless experience for managing automation processes.
Senior Technical Director at Globant
Compared to UiPath, there are many packages available to make automation easier, which is why I find UiPath to be the best.
Senior Software QA Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
We use UiPath Orchestrator to connect with different applications, extract and analyze data by specific criteria, and send emails.
Senior System Engineer at NEC Vietnam
 

Categories and Ranking

JAMS Scheduler
Sponsored
Ranking in Workload Automation
3rd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Astro by Astronomer
Ranking in Workload Automation
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
4.9
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
UiPath Orchestrator
Ranking in Workload Automation
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Workload Automation category, the mindshare of JAMS Scheduler is 3.4%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Astro by Astronomer is 1.3%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of UiPath Orchestrator is 1.8%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Workload Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
JAMS Scheduler3.4%
Astro by Astronomer1.3%
UiPath Orchestrator1.8%
Other93.5%
Workload Automation
 

Featured Reviews

LV
Principal Data Base And Infrastructure Engineer at a outsourcing company with 501-1,000 employees
Automation has replaced nightly monitoring and delivers reliable, unified job scheduling
We have really enjoyed working with JAMS in terms of notifications, alerts, and streamlining. There used to be a process with Automate, which is another product from Fortra, but even before that, the other division of the company that we were merging with had a tool that was built in-house called a file handler or file distributor. It was an in-house developed tool, but it was not as streamlined or as efficient as JAMS is. We literally had to have a dedicated nighttime person monitoring. Although we are 24/7, the divisions of the company that we were using JAMS for have been small scale. While we have automated it, we have streamlined it in such a way that notifications go out and alerts go out, but if there is anything, then we get paged and alerted, and if anything needs to happen at midnight, we can wake up. On the other hand, with the tool I mentioned, the file handler and distributor, we used to have a dedicated nighttime person that had to be sitting and monitoring it to see when a file arrived, whether it met the conditions, and then execute the next particular job. By using JAMS, we have gained a lot more efficiencies in terms of all of those to streamline it, and there is no necessary need for having an overnight engineer just keeping an eye on all of this.
FS
Data Platform Engineer at Babbel
Unified orchestration has reduced costs and improves governance for complex data workflows
I would say it would be much more helpful if Astro by Astronomer can provide an MCP to use and integrate with Astro by Astronomer and their AI agent Auto, so that we can use our tools like Claude, Code, or Cursor to have a central location where we integrate that MCP in Databricks via the AI gateway, and then we can have a place where we can connect to Astro by Astronomer, Databricks, other tools such as Jira and DataDog, and then have a much more comprehensive analysis and overview and monitoring of the entire data ecosystem. Having an MCP integration would tremendously help us to have a more comprehensive data platform that is more AI-ready. That is one of the features that I can think of. Another thought would be having an integration with Kubernetes instead of just scheduling everything on Astro by Astronomer workers. That would be helpful. One thing I can think of is that the Astro by Astronomer local developer environment can be improved further, but perhaps that is a very niche use case that I have in mind, and it may not be useful for others. There is room for improvement around having an improved UI and also integration with other tools. On governance, I would say we can have a more granular level of governance even inside workspaces. Having much more granular control over people belonging to the same team in Astro by Astronomer could have different access to different DAGs, depending upon our tagging strategy. That is one of the areas I can suggest in terms of improvement. The AI capabilities can be improved further. I would compare the current AI capabilities to newer models provided by Claude such as Opus or Codex.
Manikandan Ramanujam - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software QA Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Have managed deployments with minimal hiccups and simplified job scheduling through intuitive interface
Scheduling and running jobs is valuable because it simplifies automation. You just need to connect the bot and you can run it easily. For example, with Selenium automation, I tried Automation Anywhere, but I did not see many packages available in Automation Anywhere. Compared to UiPath, there are many packages available to make automation easier, which is why I find UiPath to be the best. Another valuable feature is the ability to give access to people in UiPath Orchestrator at the organization level. They can log in and see the information themselves, which provides transparency to the people and helps with visibility.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Construction Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Outsourcing Company
14%
Educational Organization
13%
University
7%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
12%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise23
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise25
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise20
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JAMS?
I was not really involved in the pricing, setup cost, and licensing at that level. I am more involved in the technica...
What needs improvement with JAMS?
In terms of improvements, I believe JAMS can enhance its user interface for better user experiences. I would like to ...
What is your primary use case for JAMS?
My primary use case for JAMS is enterprise workload automation and batch job orchestration. I use it to schedule and ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Astro by Astronomer?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been very good.
What needs improvement with Astro by Astronomer?
Astro by Astronomer can be improved; they are doing a lot of progress on observability. How to see how all the pipeli...
What is your primary use case for Astro by Astronomer?
My main use case for Astro by Astronomer is to manage our data pipelines, to run DBT processes, and to run all data f...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for UiPath Orchestrator?
Regarding licensing costs and setup costs, the pricing is on the higher side compared to other RPA solutions that are...
What needs improvement with UiPath Orchestrator?
At the account level, I think UiPath Orchestrator could provide some additional options. The account setup and organi...
What is your primary use case for UiPath Orchestrator?
I have three years of experience in UiPath and UiPath Orchestrator. I was using it for some of the automations we had...
 

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Sample Customers

Teradata, Arconic, General Dynamics, Yum!, CVS Health, Comcast, Ghiradelli, & Boston’s Children’s Hospital
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