Data and workflow orchestration
Kestra
Define declarative workflows that run scripts, containers, and data tasks from cron or event triggers.
What it runs
Kestra is listed as a workflow service. It is best considered within the data and workflow orchestration category.
Before choosing it
Confirm current runtime limits, pricing, supported regions, secret handling, retry behavior, and time-zone rules in the provider documentation. Those operational details can change.
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Astronomer
Run managed Apache Airflow deployments for scheduled Python data pipelines.
Workflow Fully hosted
Native scheduler
Advanced
Dagster+
Operate data assets and jobs from a managed control plane with cron schedules and sensors.
Workflow Hosted control plane with user or third-party runners
Native scheduler
Advanced
dbt Cloud
Schedule managed dbt jobs for analytics transformations, tests, and documentation generation.
Workflow Fully hosted
Native scheduler
Intermediate