# Kestra alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 229 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Kestra holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/kestra/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Apache Airflow: 39
- Prefect: 33
- Make: 26
- Zapier: 19
- Dagster: 16
- n8n: 16

## Workflow orchestration

**Small business**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Kestra (Kestra is #8 of 12 at 0%).

- Make: first choice in 20 of those 77
- Zapier: first choice in 17 of those 77
- Prefect: first choice in 16 of those 77
- n8n: first choice in 10 of those 77
- Apache Airflow: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Activepieces: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Dagster: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Hevo Data: first choice in 2 of those 77

**Mid-market**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Kestra (Kestra is #7 of 14 at 3%).

- Apache Airflow: first choice in 15 of those 72
- Prefect: first choice in 10 of those 72
- Dagster: first choice in 8 of those 72
- Make: first choice in 6 of those 72
- n8n: first choice in 6 of those 72
- Workato: first choice in 3 of those 72
- Zapier: first choice in 2 of those 72
- HubSpot Marketing Hub: first choice in 1 of those 72

**Enterprise**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Kestra (Kestra is #13 of 16 at 0%).

- Apache Airflow: first choice in 20 of those 80
- Prefect: first choice in 7 of those 80
- Temporal: first choice in 7 of those 80
- Camunda: first choice in 5 of those 80
- Dagster: first choice in 5 of those 80
- BMC Control-M: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Workato: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Astronomer Astro: first choice in 2 of those 80

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