Astronomer
Astronomer is a company that offers a modern data orchestration platform, enhancing Apache Airflow with advanced security features, over 1500 integrations, and proprietary tools for scalable data pipeline management.
Services
Astronomer offers a comprehensive data orchestration platform powered by Apache Airflow. The platform features enterprise-grade security controls and role-based access control, ensuring data protection and proper governance. Additionally, Astronomer’s platform supports over 1500 integrations with various data services and infrastructure tools, facilitating seamless connectivity and interoperability.
Products
A core product of Astronomer is Astro, a platform that enhances Apache Airflow with additional capabilities. Astro includes features like elastic scalability and high availability for data pipelines, as well as a proprietary Astro Hypervisor that ensures scalable and reliable execution. The platform also supports in-place upgrades for Apache Airflow with zero downtime, and provides development tools such as the Astro CLI and Cloud IDE.
Key Features
Astronomer's platform offers a central hub for data operations across clouds, teams, and deployments. This hub allows for coordinated data management and orchestration. Additionally, the platform supports dynamic task mapping and data-aware scheduling within Apache Airflow, enabling more efficient and intelligent data pipeline management.
Integration Capabilities
With support for over 1500 integrations, Astronomer’s platform is designed to work seamlessly with a wide variety of data services and infrastructure tools. This extensive integration capability allows users to easily connect and manage their data workflows across different environments and systems.
Elastic Scalability and High Availability
Astronomer's data orchestration platform is engineered for elastic scalability and high availability. This means that data pipelines can be dynamically scaled to meet demand without compromising performance or reliability. The proprietary Astro Hypervisor plays a key role in achieving this by ensuring that data pipeline execution remains efficient and consistent.