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Conductor vs Kestra: catalog facts
ConductorKestra
Free

Free and open source.

Freemium

The open-source edition is free; cloud and enterprise options are sold separately.

Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Durable, fault-tolerant workflow execution
  • Designed for both services and AI agents
  • Declarative workflows that are easy to review and version
  • More than 2,000 plugins
  • A server platform that takes effort to deploy and operate
  • Aimed at developers, not end users
  • Built for teams, heavier than a simple scheduler
  • Some features are aimed at enterprise plans
Self-hosted Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source Open source
License not stated License not stated
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 24, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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