Best Conductor Alternatives in 2026

Updated October 2026

20 apps from workflow orchestration software ranked against Conductor on the same published basis.

1
Kestra Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.7
Conductor vs Kestra
2
Workflow Engine Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $666.67/mo6.7
Conductor vs Workflow Engine
3
Argo Workflows Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
Conductor vs Argo Workflows
4
Bonita Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
Conductor vs Bonita
5
Camunda Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
Conductor vs Camunda
6
Apache Airflow Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.5
Conductor vs Apache Airflow
7
Bizagi Modeler Free plan WebWin Free6.5
Conductor vs Bizagi Modeler
8
Windmill Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $120/mo6.5
Conductor vs Windmill
9
AWS Step Functions Free plan apiWeb Free6.4
Conductor vs AWS Step Functions
11
dagster-slurm Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hosted Free6.4
Conductor vs dagster-slurm
12
Google Cloud Workflows Free plan apiWeb $0.01/mo6.4
Conductor vs Google Cloud Workflows
13
Inngest Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $99/mo6.4
Conductor vs Inngest
14
Prefect Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $100/mo6.4
Conductor vs Prefect
15
Restate Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $75/mo6.4
Conductor vs Restate
16
Trigger.dev Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $10/mo6.4
Conductor vs Trigger.dev
17
Keboola Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $0.14/mo6.3
Conductor vs Keboola
18
Flowable Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxself-hosted 5.6
Conductor vs Flowable
19
Temporal Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $50/mo5.6
Conductor vs Temporal
20
BMC Helix AIOps apiLinuxWebWin 5.5
Conductor vs BMC Helix AIOps
21
ActiveBatch Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 5.4
Conductor vs ActiveBatch

Conductor alternatives compared

#	App	Score	Free plan	From	Runs on
1	Kestra	6.7	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2	Workflow Engine	6.7	Free plan	$666.67/mo	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3	Argo Workflows	6.6	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4	Bonita	6.6	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5	Camunda	6.6	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6	Apache Airflow	6.5	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
7	Bizagi Modeler	6.5	Free plan	Free	Web, Windows
8	Windmill	6.5	Free plan	$120/mo	API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9	AWS Step Functions	6.4	Free plan	Free	API, Web
11	dagster-slurm	6.4	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted
12	Google Cloud Workflows	6.4	Free plan	$0.01/mo	API, Web
13	Inngest	6.4	Free plan	$99/mo	API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
14	Prefect	6.4	Free plan	$100/mo	API, self-hosted, Web
15	Restate	6.4	Free plan	$75/mo	API, self-hosted, Web
16	Trigger.dev	6.4	Free plan	$10/mo	API, self-hosted, Web
17	Keboola	6.3	Free plan	$0.14/mo	API, self-hosted, Web
18	Flowable	5.6	No	—	Android, API, iOS, Linux, self-hosted, Web
19	Temporal	5.6	No	$50/mo	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
20	BMC Helix AIOps	5.5	No	—	API, Linux, Web, Windows
21	ActiveBatch	5.4	No	—	Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows

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Questions about Conductor alternatives

What is the best alternative to Conductor?

Kestra, number 1 in workflow orchestration software with a score of 6.7 out of 10. The others here: Workflow Engine, Argo Workflows, Bonita and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Conductor?

Kestra is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 16 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.