# Temporal compared to Airflow

**URL:** <https://community.temporal.io/t/temporal-compared-to-airflow/4729>\
**Category:** Tech Comparisons\
**Tags:** comparisons\
**Created:** [May 18, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/temporal-compared-to-airflow/4729 "2022-05-18T07:24:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ritesh\_Kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/ritesh_kumar/32/2067_2.png) [@Ritesh\_Kumar](https://community.temporal.io/u/Ritesh_Kumar)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/temporal-compared-to-airflow/4729/1 "2022-05-18T07:24:33Z")

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Hi!  
We have use cases where we want to orchestrate business workflows and have been exploring options like Airflow (expertise available in my company), temporal/cadence (new to my company), conductor, etc.

We would like to trigger the workflow via APIs and then track them. The system should support multiple concurrent workflow runs. I need some thoughts from experts here.

There have been many articles highlighting scheduling delays between tasks in Airflow. I am sceptical if airflow will meet our scalability and near-real-time needs.

Is there any such behaviour in Temporal as well. If not, why? If yes, how can we manage that?

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**Author:** ![maxim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/maxim/32/8_2.png) [@maxim](https://community.temporal.io/u/maxim)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/temporal-compared-to-airflow/4729/6 "2022-05-26T17:47:24Z")

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I"m not an expert on Airflow, so I’ll let others who have experience with both systems comment.

> our scalability and near-real-time needs.

What exactly are your scalability and real-time needs? Temporal is used for many highly scalable and interactive systems. But everyone has different requirements.

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**Author:** ![loren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/loren/32/5099_2.png) [@loren](https://community.temporal.io/u/loren)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/temporal-compared-to-airflow/4729/8 "2023-01-23T21:51:14Z")

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Here are some comparisons between tools like Airflow/Prefect and Temporal: [What are the pros and cons of Temporal with respect to Prefect? - #3 by loren](https://community.temporal.io/t/what-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-temporal-with-respect-to-prefect/5671/3)