Alternatives to Conductor

An open-source, event-driven workflow engine for durable execution of application and AI agent workflows. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Conductor.

  • Trigger.dev

    An open-source platform for durable background jobs, scheduled tasks and AI agents written in TypeScript.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Trigger.dev offers durable background jobs, scheduled tasks and AI agents with built-in retries and queues, but it is TypeScript-first and has a freemium hosted option alongside documented self-hosting.

  • Kestra

    An open-source declarative orchestration platform for scheduled and event-driven workflows, self-hosted or in the cloud.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Kestra uses declarative workflows with scheduled and event-driven triggers and more than 2,000 plugins, runs self-hosted or in the cloud, and keeps some features for enterprise plans.

  • Windmill

    An open-source, self-hostable platform for turning scripts into workflows, internal apps and scheduled jobs.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Windmill turns scripts in TypeScript, Python, Go, Bash and other languages into workflows, APIs and scheduled jobs, adds internal apps, and ties some features to an enterprise edition.

  • Flyte

    An open-source orchestration platform for durable data, machine learning and AI agent workflows written in Python.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hostedCommand line

    Flyte orchestrates durable data, ML and AI agent workflows written in plain Python, recovers from failures, and includes a local devbox with a web UI; Flyte 1 users must migrate.

  • Prefect

    A workflow orchestration tool for scheduling, retrying and observing Python data and ML pipelines.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWebSelf-hostedCommand line

    Prefect defines flows with Python decorators, includes retries, scheduling and a run history dashboard, and places some features in its paid hosted platform, so it suits Python-centred teams.

  • Apache Airflow

    A self-hosted platform for writing, scheduling and monitoring workflows defined as Python code.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Apache Airflow schedules workflows written as Python code with a web UI for task status and logs, scaling across workers, though you maintain the scheduler, workers and web server yourself.

  • StackStorm

    A self-hosted, event-driven automation platform that connects apps and services through rules and workflows.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

    StackStorm is a free, self-hosted, event-driven automation platform with rules and multi-step workflows, aimed at operations teams responding to infrastructure events rather than application or AI agent orchestration.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.