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Why Prefect?

Trust your pipelines, recover quickly with less downtime, and build new workflows quicker than ever before.

Prefect for Engineers

See inside your pipelines

Trust that your workflows ran, and verify your expectations of your data meet reality.

  • Dashboard with relevant information surfaced
  • Granular execution graph
  • Notifications, alerts, and insights
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Deploy anywhere seamlessly

All of your execution environments, no matter where they are.

  • Configure and develop locally, deploy in production
  • Granular control over where your code runs
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1# flow.py
2import os
3from prefect import flow
4
5@flow
6def main():
7    if os.cpu_count() <= 2:
8        print("πŸ’ͺ")
9    else:
10        print("πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ")
# Deploy to Kubernetes
prefect deploy flow.py:flow --pool kubernetes

# Deploy to staging server
prefect deploy flow.py:flow --pool process-staging
Pure Python

Write the code you want

Stop torturing your code & writing boilerplate.

  • Pythonic syntax, including loops and if statements
  • Turn any Python function into a @flow
  • Support for sync or async work
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1from prefect import flow, task
2
3@task
4def add_one(x: int):
5    return x + 1
6
7@flow
8def main():
9    for x in [1, 2, 3]:
10        first = add_one(x)
11        second = add_one(first)
Flexible

Get started easily

Lightweight scheduling when you want it, powerful orchestration when you need it.

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1from prefect import flow, get_run_logger
2
3@flow(name="Prefect Cloud Quickstart")
4def quickstart_flow():
5    logger = get_run_logger()
6    logger.warning("Local quickstart flow is running!")
7
8if __name__ == "__main__":
9    quickstart_flow()

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Stop wasting time

Your business runs on data, and your data pipelines are powered by complex, brittle workflows. When pipelines break, engineers waste hours in triage.

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