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Conductor
Job orchestrators & durable workflowsNetflix's microservice orchestration engine (Open Source)
- Stars
- ★ 32.3k
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
- Self-host
- Commercial OK
Alternative to Workato, Temporal Cloud
Free alternatives to Workato
Last updated · 5 options
Quick answer: Conductor has the most stars on its repository of the 5 options here (★ 32.3k), followed by AWX (Ansible) (★ 15.6k). Stars show popularity, not fit, so check formats, platforms and licence for your own work.
Enterprise iPaaS for complex business automations. Here are 5 free options, most-starred first.
AWX (Ansible)
IT runbooks & infra automationOpen-source UI and API for Ansible automation
- Stars
- ★ 15.6k
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
- Self-host
- Commercial OK
Alternative to Power Automate, Workato
Apache Camel
Data pipelines & ETLIntegration framework with hundreds of components
- Stars
- ★ 6.4k
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
- Self-host
- Commercial OK
Camunda
Job orchestrators & durable workflowsBPMN workflow and decision automation platform
- Stars
- ★ 4.3k
- Licence
- Various (check version)
- Updated
- Self-host or cloud
- Licence limits
Alternative to Workato, Power Automate
Make
Visual iPaaS & Zapier-styleVisual scenarios for mid-market automation (formerly Integromat)
- Licence
- Proprietary
- Status
- Proprietary
- Cloud
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FAQ
Is there a free alternative to Workato?
Yes. AutomationAlts lists 5 options: Conductor, AWX (Ansible), Apache Camel, Camunda and Make.
Which Workato alternatives are open source?
Conductor (Apache-2.0), AWX (Ansible) (Apache-2.0) and Apache Camel (Apache-2.0). The others are free or freemium but not open source.
Which Workato alternatives can I self-host?
Conductor, AWX (Ansible), Apache Camel and Camunda. The other listed here isn't listed for self-hosted.
Related categories: Job orchestrators & durable workflows · IT runbooks & infra automation · Data pipelines & ETL · Visual iPaaS & Zapier-style
Licences differ a lot in this niche. n8n's Sustainable Use License is source-available, not OSI open source. Check each licence before you build a product on top of the code.