Prefect
Orchestrate complex workflows for data pipelines, machine learning, and AI agents with a production-ready platform. Scale from single flows to millions of runs.
Prefect is an open-source workflow orchestration platform designed for data, machine learning, and AI agents. It provides durable orchestration, observability, and scalability to handle everything from simple data pipelines to complex AI workflows.
Key Features
- Durable Orchestration: Run workflows reliably with automatic retries, state tracking, and failure recovery.
- AI Agent Integration: Connect AI agents to tools and data using Prefect Horizon for seamless automation.
- Production-Ready: Deploy workflows on-premises or in the cloud with enterprise-grade reliability.
- Observability & Monitoring: Gain full visibility into workflow execution with real-time logs, metrics, and alerts.
- Scalability: Scale from single flows to millions of runs with distributed execution.
- Open-Source Core: Self-host the core orchestration engine with optional cloud services.
- Extensible: Integrate with any tool, API, or data source via Prefect’s rich ecosystem of blocks and integrations.
- Community & Support: Backed by a vibrant open-source community and enterprise support options.
Tech / Self-Hosting
Prefect is open-source and can be self-hosted using Docker, Kubernetes, or directly on bare metal. The core orchestration engine is available under the Apache 2.0 license, while Prefect Cloud offers managed services for teams needing additional features like hosted execution, secrets management, and advanced observability.