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Prefect Workflow Engine

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Best for Runs workloads privately without external dependencies or monitoring.

When not When you need managed services or external oversight.

Prefect is a workflow orchestration platform that replaces Airflow with a Pythonic, modular approach. Flows are Python functions with auto-retry, parameterization, and built-in parallelism. Deployments run on cloud infrastructure or self-hosted Kubernetes. Work pools abstract away SSH key management. Series-B startup with users including Mobileye and Bloomberg.

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