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Flyte vs Prefect: catalog facts
Flyte	Prefect
Free Free, with the source published on GitHub.	Freemium Open source core is free; the hosted platform has a free start and paid plans.
Web, Self-hosted, Command line	Web, Self-hosted, Command line
Workflows are written in plain Python Recovers from infrastructure and code failures	Plain Python decorators define flows and tasks Built-in retries and scheduling
Aimed at data and ML engineers rather than general users Flyte 1 users need to migrate to Flyte 2	Aimed at Python users Some features belong to the paid hosted platform
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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