Prefect
Durable orchestration for data, ML, and agents
Prefect is a workflow orchestration platform for data, ML, and agents. You write workflows as plain Python, and Prefect runs them durably in production.
| Website | prefect.io |
Company facts
| Social profiles | LinkedIn, X, YouTube, GitHub |
| Brand colour | #0a0a0a |
Facilities and features
- Published pricing
- Self-serve sign-up
- Integrations
- SOC 2
- GDPR
What stands out
The product uses plain Python functions rather than static DAGs.
“Workflows are plain Python functions that can branch, loop, and create tasks at runtime, rather than DAGs declared up front.”Prefect, own website
The product offers managed compute via Prefect Serverless.
“Prefect Serverless runs flows on managed compute, so you can start with zero infrastructure.”Prefect, own website
Strengths and trade-offs
- The product uses plain Python functions rather than static DAGs.
- The product offers managed compute via Prefect Serverless.
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How Prefect ranks
#4 in Open-source data orchestration tools
How the score is made up: Evidence on its own site 20; How complete its published information is 18; Fit to this ranking's criteria 40; Buying information on its own site 12.
“Prefect is a workflow orchestration platform for data, ML, and agents.”Prefect, own website
“The Prefect framework is open source under the Apache 2.0 license,”Prefect, own website
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Questions about Prefect
Where does Prefect rank?
Prefect is ranked #4 in Open-source data orchestration tools (Lister Score 90.0).
What are the best alternatives to Prefect?
The closest alternatives on Lister are Kestra (#1 in Open-source data orchestration tools), IOMETE (#2 in Open-source data orchestration tools) and Qubole (#3 in Open-source data orchestration tools).
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