# Conductor (Orkes) vs Node-RED

| Attribute | Conductor (Orkes) | Node-RED |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 45.2 (61% (medium)) | 46 (12% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A production-grade system that runs AI agents and declarative workflows on a single platform. It allows organizations to build applications where intelligent agents work alongside deterministic processes, providing persistent state management, auditability, and operational controls. | Node-RED is a low-code development environment for creating event-driven applications. It enables users to build flows that collect, transform, and visualize data, suitable for applications ranging from home automation to large-scale industrial systems. |
| integrations.count | 7 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"communication","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"OpenAI","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Azure OpenAI","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Vertex AI","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Hugging Face","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Pinecone","native":true,"category":"database","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Weaviate","native":true,"category":"database","direction":"bidirectional"}]` | `[{"name":"Arduino"},{"name":"MQTT"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true,"android":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Developer Edition","features":["All Conductor OSS features","Enterprise features included","Early access to new features","Pre-built workflow templates","Community support","Fully managed hosting"],"description":"Free managed environment for prototyping and exploration","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Access to Orkes Support","Custom Deployment options","Up to 99.99% availability SLA","Role Based Access Control","Bring Your Own Keys","Single Sign On","Audit Logs","Change Data Capture","User Groups","External Application Identities","Secrets management","End-to-end data encryption"],"description":"Production platform with custom deployment options and guaranteed SLAs","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free developer tier. Enterprise pricing available on request.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://orkes.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-01T14:50:50.521Z"}` | - |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | freemium | - |
| pricing.price_level | low | - |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://orkes.io/security | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:36:33.580Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*