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Apache Airflow vs Apache Beam

A side-by-side look at Apache Airflow and Apache Beam. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Apache Airflow

Apache Airflow

Ai Tools & Services

Apache Airflow is an open-source workflow management platform used to programmatically author, schedule and monitor workflows. It provides a graphical interface to visualize pipelines and integrates with databases and other environments.

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Apache Beam

Apache Beam

Development

Apache Beam is an open source, unified model for defining both batch and streaming data processing pipelines. It provides a simple, Java/Python SDK for building pipelines that can run on multiple execution engines like Apache Spark and Google Cloud Dataflow.

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