Tidal Workload Automation vs Windmill
Tidal Workload Automation
tidalsoftware.com
Windmill
windmill.devSide by side
| Figure | Tidal Workload Automation | Windmill |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $120/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 4 |
| Spec score · IT Orchestration Software | 7.1 (#20) | 8.6 (#4) |
| Spec score · Workload Automation Software | 7.1 (#20) | 8.6 (#7) |
| Founded | 1979 | 2022 |
| Integrations | Tidal advertises more than 40 prebuilt integrations, including integrations for AWS, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and ServiceNow. | Windmill Hub lists more than 200 resource types, including Google services, GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Microsoft Teams, AWS, S3, BigQuery, ClickHouse, Datadog and Discord. |
| Security | Tidal supports enterprise directory authentication, password vault integrations, fine-grained role-based access controls, and policy management. | Windmill lists granular permissions, RBAC, secret management, OAuth, SSO and audit logs among its enterprise features. |
| Support | All support plans include 24/7/365 technical assistance for production environments and direct access to Level 2 support engineers. | The free self-hosted plan includes community support on Discord, while Enterprise lists 24/7 priority support with a 3-hour response time. |
Plans
Tidal Workload Automation
- Tidal Workload AutomationPriced on request
Windmill
- Free and Open-sourceFree
- Free and Open-sourceFree
- Enterprise$120 a month
- Enterprise example configuration$170 a month
In their own words
Tidal Workload Automation
Tidal Workload Automation centralizes job scheduling and workload automation across business, operations, and IT processes. It can run on premises or in the cloud and automate workloads in either setting. Schedules may follow times or events, including file arrivals and database changes. Common calendars are included, and users can create unlimited custom calendars. When jobs fail, Tidal can alert on events, start recovery actions, email job owners, send console messages, or trigger incident reports. The platform advertises more than 40 prebuilt integrations, including AWS, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and ServiceNow. An API, CLI, and SSH and Web Services adapters connect applications to enterprise workflows. Security controls include enterprise directory authentication, password-vault integrations, fine-grained role-based access, and policy management. Tidal supports workflow dependencies, cross-platform execution, SLA monitoring, and audit logs. It offers a free trial but no free plan; pricing is on request. Support plans include 24/7/365 production assistance and direct Level 2 engineer access.
Windmill
Windmill is an open-source workflow engine and developer platform for building endpoints, workflows and user interfaces. It is aimed at teams making internal software across engineering, data, sales, support and marketing. Scripts can be written in TypeScript, Python, Go, PHP, Bash, C#, SQL, Rust, Ruby and R, among other languages. Windmill combines a script editor, low-code flow builder, and low-code, React or Svelte app builders. Scripts and flows can be triggered by webhooks, schedules, HTTP routes, queues or an open API. Its Hub lists more than 200 resource types, including GitHub, Slack, AWS, BigQuery and PostgreSQL; users can also define custom resource types with schemas. Local development through the CLI and Git sync support version control and deployment workflows. Self-hosting is supported. The free and open-source plan is free and includes three workspaces, 50 users, 10 GiB of workspace object storage and 100 guest app users per 30 days. Enterprise is $120 a month and includes a month-long trial. Enterprise features include granular permissions, RBAC, secret management, OAuth, SSO and audit logs.