We are aware other framework exist out there. Some of them might suit your specific needs. We believe Windmill is **the only solution to provide this comprehensive set of feature and to be fully open-source** at the same time.

Out of transparency, here is our (subjective) impression on other players you might come across.

Those names are well-known to the general public and contributied to grow awareness in the workflow building space.

They are made for **operational teams**, have pretty UIs but are limited in terms of use cases, power & flexibility.

We do not compare ourselves to them.

examples: _Zapier_ or _Make_

On the opposite side, you could chose to go on code-based solutions. They give a solid foundation for building your workflows and clean up your code.

However, these solutions are less intuitive as they are **complex to set up and operate**. Also, they do not allow to share scripts easily or build UIs.

Although these approaches are interesting, **these players do not seek to reduce the same problems as Windmill**.

examples: _Temporal_ & _Airflow_

Getting closer to Windmill. Those players have a blent on admin panels. Therefore their are strong on UIs and now-code features.

They allow you to use code in the process. However we believe **they lack flexibility for building complex workflows**.

examples: _Retool_, _n8n_ and their open source alternatives _Tooljet_ & _Appsmith_

Those ones have comparable set of features, they have the **flexibility of code** and are time-saving for developers.

Yet, they may show limited workflow engines, they are not open-sourcen have no open APIs and re not made for scalability.

examples: _Airplane_ and _Superblocks_

We are working to build a solution with a clear approach (targeting developers who do not want to compromise on flexibility)

and the aim to solve main issues (scalability, technicity for advanced use cases, open-source).

We beliveve Windmill is different because:

- it allows building internal tools through code much faster, without sacrificing on one side visibility and intuitivity and on the other side,

control, reliability, performance, flexibility and scalability

- it empowers semi-technical users to access and edit that code without being overwhelmed by the usual barriers to entry

(git, IDE, local environments, secrets managements, etc.)

- it is compatible with senior/staff software engineers high standards for production-grade yet flexible yet customizable with code.

**We ourselves have our own limits**. We believe we can do better in terms of product education and having prettier UIs, all the rest is ready for scale.

Please note that this comparison is made with at least **two biases**: 1. we want to convince you of the power of our product and 2. we are never safe from hiding things from ourselves about the strengths of competitors.

Anyway, we are committed to the culture of transparency and of _face your own problems_, so if you have any objections or suggestions,

please contact us at contact@windmill.dev.