Apache NiFi
An easy to use, powerful, and reliable system to process and distribute data
- Also known as
- apache-nifi
What is Apache NiFi?
Apache NiFi is an open-source system that automates data pipeline processing and distribution. It provides data lineage tracking, guaranteed delivery, and low-latency processing for use cases spanning cybersecurity, observability, and event streams.
Apache NiFi pricing
We don't have Apache NiFi's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Apache NiFi does
The capabilities that matter for data engineering tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Tool role
- Orchestrator
- Processing paradigm
- Batch + streaming
- Connector count
- -
- CDC / log-based replication
- -
- In-warehouse transformation (push-down)
- -
- dbt-native orchestration
- -
- Self-hosted / open-source available
- ✓
- Managed cloud available
- -
- Data lineage / asset catalog
- ✓
- Python-first authoring
- -
- Incremental / partition-aware runs
- -
- Built-in data quality / tests
- -
- Horizontal scale (distributed executor)
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Apache NiFi alternatives
Other data engineering tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Apache NiFi, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Github Activity | 63 | 18.00 | 1125.9 | ✓ |
| Release Cadence | 78 | 10.00 | 777.8 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 46 | 16.00 | 733.1 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 72 | 5.00 | 357.6 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 0 | 30.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 14.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Package Downloads | 0 | 26.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 96 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 65% |
Adoption
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Github stars | 6,185 | highsource · 2026-08-03 · 90% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"role":"orchestrator","lineage":true,"paradigm":"both","self_hosted_oss":true} | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Java | highsource · 2026-08-03 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-08-03 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence days | 40 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 70% |