Argo Workflows Alternative: Atmosly
Visual pipeline design, enterprise approvals, and automated rollbacks—Kubernetes-native CI/CD without YAML complexity.
Visual pipeline design, enterprise approvals, and automated rollbacks—Kubernetes-native CI/CD without YAML complexity.
See how Atmosly builds on Kubernetes-native patterns with enterprise features.
| Feature | Atmosly | Argo Workflows |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Pipeline Builder | ✓ Drag-and-drop designer | − YAML-only (Argo UI is read-only) |
| Kubernetes-Native | ✓ Built on K8s patterns | ✓ Native K8s CRDs |
| DAG Support | ✓ Complex workflows | ✓ Full DAG support |
| Policy-as-Code Enforcement | ✓ OPA/Rego built-in | − Manual implementation |
| Multi-Level Approval Workflows | ✓ RBAC with approvers | − Manual suspend steps |
| Automated Rollback | ✓ Intelligent rollback on failure | − Manual workflow design |
| GitOps Integration | ✓ ArgoCD/Flux native | ✓ Can integrate with ArgoCD |
| CI/CD Complete Platform | ✓ Full CI/CD solution | − Workflow engine only |
| Cost Optimization | ✓ AI-driven FinOps | − No cost features |
| AI-Powered Debugging | ✓ Root cause analysis | − Manual log analysis |
| Service Catalog / IDP | ✓ Developer portal built-in | − Not available |
| Secrets Management | ✓ Vault, AWS, K8s secrets | ✓ K8s secrets |
| Artifact Management | ✓ Built-in artifact storage | ✓ Artifact passing |
| Configuration Complexity | Simple UI-based configuration | Complex YAML with CRDs |
| Learning Curve | Low (visual design) | High (K8s + CRDs + YAML) |
| Enterprise Support | ✓ Included with SLAs | Community or paid (Codefresh/Akuity) |
| Compliance Certifications | ✓ SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, ISO | − DIY compliance |
| Use Case | Complete enterprise CI/CD platform | Low-level workflow engine for developers |
| Pricing Model | Per-cluster transparent pricing | Free (open-source) + infrastructure |
Different tools for different needs—workflow engine vs complete platform.
Enterprise CI/CD platform built on Kubernetes-native patterns.
Drag-and-drop pipeline builder eliminates YAML and CRD complexity. Design complex workflows in minutes without kubectl expertise.
Built on same Kubernetes patterns as Argo (pods, jobs, DAGs) but with higher-level abstraction and automation.
Multi-level RBAC approval workflows built-in. Production deployments require manager, security, or compliance approval automatically.
OPA/Rego policy-as-code included. Define deployment policies, resource limits, and compliance rules—enforced automatically.
Intelligent rollback on failure with health checks. Argo Workflows requires manual rollback logic in every workflow.
Full CI/CD solution with visual pipelines, deployments, approvals, policies, and monitoring. Argo is just a workflow engine.
AI-driven FinOps reduces K8s costs by 30-50%. Spot instance orchestration, auto-scaling, rightsizing recommendations.
AI Copilot analyzes failures, identifies root causes, suggests fixes. Turn hours of log analysis into minutes.
Service catalog, golden paths, documentation, and self-service—not available in Argo Workflows.
Visual design means days to production, not weeks learning Argo CRDs and YAML syntax.
SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, ISO 27001 certified. Comprehensive audit logs, compliance-ready, enterprise support included.
Integrate with existing ArgoCD or Argo Workflows deployments. Use Atmosly for CI and high-level workflows.
Keep Kubernetes-native power, add visual design and enterprise governance
Build on Argo's Kubernetes-native foundation. Atmosly adds visual drag-and-drop workflows (no YAML), enterprise approval workflows, advanced error debugging, built-in secret management, and cost optimization—all while maintaining K8s-native patterns.
Explore official Argo Workflows resources and related Atmosly content.
Common questions about Argo Workflows vs Atmosly.
Argo Workflows is a low-level Kubernetes workflow engine requiring YAML and CRD expertise—it's a building block, not a complete platform. Atmosly provides visual pipeline design, enterprise approvals, policy enforcement, automated rollbacks, cost optimization, developer portal, and complete CI/CD automation—built on Kubernetes patterns without YAML complexity. Think: Argo is kubectl for workflows; Atmosly is an enterprise platform.
Atmosly uses similar Kubernetes-native patterns (pods as workflow steps, DAG execution, artifact passing) but provides a higher-level abstraction with visual design, enterprise features, and automation. We don't use Argo Workflows itself, but teams can integrate Atmosly with existing ArgoCD or Argo Workflows deployments—using Atmosly for CI and high-level orchestration while keeping Argo for GitOps or specialized workflows.
Yes. Atmosly can import Argo Workflow CRDs (YAML) and convert them to visual pipelines. Common migration pattern: keep complex batch/data processing workflows in Argo, move CI/CD pipelines to Atmosly for visual design and enterprise features. Migration typically takes 1-3 weeks. Our team provides workflow conversion tools, parallel running support, and training.
Argo Workflows offers maximum low-level flexibility (you can do anything in YAML/CRDs) but requires significant expertise and custom development. Atmosly provides extensive configuration options for 95% of CI/CD use cases without custom YAML—visual design, conditional logic, parallel execution, DAGs, artifacts, secrets. Trade-off: Argo gives you infinite flexibility if you're willing to write complex YAMLs; Atmosly gives you enterprise features and speed without the complexity.
Absolutely. Many teams use both: Atmosly for CI/CD pipelines with visual design, approvals, and enterprise features + Argo Workflows for specialized data processing, batch jobs, or machine learning workflows. Atmosly can trigger Argo Workflows and integrate with ArgoCD for GitOps deployments. This hybrid approach leverages each tool's strengths.
Argo Workflows wasn't designed for CI/CD—it's a general workflow engine. Building CI/CD requires custom YAML for builds, tests, deployments, approvals, rollbacks, secrets, artifacts, notifications. Atmosly is purpose-built for CI/CD with visual pipelines, policy enforcement, approval workflows, automated rollbacks, GitOps integration, cost optimization—all built-in. You get enterprise CI/CD in days, not months of YAML development.
Atmosly supports complex DAG workflows with visual design—drag-and-drop steps, define dependencies, parallel execution, conditional logic. Unlike Argo's YAML DAG definitions, Atmosly's visual builder shows the DAG graphically as you design it. Behind the scenes, Atmosly compiles to Kubernetes-native execution patterns similar to Argo, but you never write YAML or CRDs.
Atmosly includes built-in artifact management with storage, versioning, and passing between pipeline steps—configured visually without S3 buckets setup or YAML artifact definitions. Argo requires manual artifact configuration (S3/MinIO buckets, YAML templates, volume mounts). Atmosly simplifies artifact workflows while maintaining similar Kubernetes-native execution.
Argo Workflows is free (open-source) but has hidden costs: infrastructure, K8s expertise, YAML development time (weeks/months), ongoing maintenance, no enterprise support. Total cost: 2-3 FTE platform engineers ($200,000-400,000/year). Atmosly: $24,000-48,000 annually per cluster with visual design, enterprise features, support, and compliance included—no FTE overhead. For enterprise teams, Atmosly's TCO is typically 70-80% lower despite software cost.
Comprehensive support: enterprise SLAs, dedicated support engineers, onboarding assistance, Argo Workflow migration tools, pipeline conversion, team training, best practices consultation, and continuous platform updates. Argo Workflows: community support (Slack, GitHub) or paid support from Codefresh/Akuity. With Atmosly, you get full-stack support without managing open-source maintenance.
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