# Prefect alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 141 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Prefect holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/prefect/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Make: 25
- Zapier: 16
- Camunda Platform 8: 10
- Apache Airflow: 9
- n8n: 9
- Workato: 6

## Workflow orchestration

**Small business**: 50 of 84 answers did not name Prefect (Prefect is #2 of 10 at 20%).

- Make: first choice in 20 of those 50
- Zapier: first choice in 13 of those 50
- n8n: first choice in 5 of those 50
- ONES.com: first choice in 1 of those 50
- Prefect Open Source: first choice in 1 of those 50

**Mid-market**: 36 of 84 answers did not name Prefect (Prefect is #1 of 16 at 25%).

- Make: first choice in 5 of those 36
- n8n: first choice in 4 of those 36
- Workato: first choice in 3 of those 36
- Zapier: first choice in 3 of those 36
- Camunda Platform 8: first choice in 1 of those 36
- Dagster: first choice in 1 of those 36
- Microsoft Power Automate: first choice in 1 of those 36
- ONES.com: first choice in 1 of those 36

**Enterprise**: 55 of 84 answers did not name Prefect (Prefect is #4 of 20 at 7%).

- Apache Airflow: first choice in 9 of those 55
- Camunda Platform 8: first choice in 9 of those 55
- Temporal: first choice in 5 of those 55
- Workato: first choice in 3 of those 55
- BMC Control-M: first choice in 1 of those 55
- Beta Systems ANOW! Suite: first choice in 1 of those 55
- Dagster: first choice in 1 of those 55
- Frends: first choice in 1 of those 55

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