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Prefect vs Conductor: catalog facts
Prefect	Conductor
Freemium Open source core is free; the hosted platform has a free start and paid plans.	Free Free and open source.
Web, Self-hosted, Command line	Self-hosted
Plain Python decorators define flows and tasks Built-in retries and scheduling	Durable, fault-tolerant workflow execution Designed for both services and AI agents
Aimed at Python users Some features belong to the paid hosted platform	A server platform that takes effort to deploy and operate Aimed at developers, not end users
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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