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Node-RED targets a different market than this product and Zapier. Loosely speaking Node-RED has a superset of the functionality this project has, sacrificing c
by linuxdude314 7y ago
Node-RED targets a different market than this product and Zapier.
Loosely speaking Node-RED has a superset of the functionality this project has, sacrificing customization/generality for simplicity.
Zapier and n8n interface with the user via a catalog model.
Without needing to know what is going on behind the scenes or seeing any code, a person can follow a recipe and bolt together (certain) APIs to achieve business requirements.
The “certain” is an important to note because you will never achieve 100% coverage for your “API glue” for a mid size to large organization “out of the box” with any tool.
That being said, if using a tool like any of the above mentioned as a custom workflow engine (knowing you will be writing software from the onset) or as a solution and not a limiting factor or “silver bullet”, they can be very useful!
Other tools that can achieve similar results (using Directed Acyclic Graphs, where the nodes represent the execution of your code for a desired pre-programmed task) are Airflow, Flink, NiFi, Dagster, Dagobah, Celery, and many more.