Why Choose Data Flow Manager over Enterprise NiFi Solution Providers?
Are you spending a lot on Enterprise NiFi for your data operations? Do you always need support from your Enterprise NiFi solution provider, even for trivial tasks, such as NiFi upgrade, creating custom processors, etc.?
If yes, you should definitely consider a shift from Enterprise NiFi to open-source NiFi with a path-breaking solution: Data Flow Manager.
The first-ever CI/CD-style NiFi and data flow management tool, Data Flow Manager, is the ONLY solution available in the market designed for open-source Apache NiFi hosted on-premises, private clouds, as well as public clouds.
Let’s explore what unique features Data Flow Manager offers that nobody else does and why it is the best choice for businesses looking to reduce NiFi operational costs and gain complete control over their NiFi environment.
Top 5 Challenges of Organizations that Use Enterprise NiFi
Utilizing Enterprise NiFi for your data operations comes with multiple challenges, limiting control over the environment and your organization’s ability to innovate.
The following are some of the major challenges organizations often face with Enterprise NiFi:
1. High Dependency on Enterprise NiFi Solution Provider
Since Enterprise NiFi is entirely managed by the provider, you need to rely on them for feature updates, patches, etc. In addition, even routine tasks, such as NiFi upgrades, configuration changes, etc., need the provider’s intervention. This limits your control over the NiFi environment.
2. No Flexibility to Use Open-Source Apache NiFi
When you use Enterprise NiFi, you do not have the flexibility to use open-source NiFi. Hence, you are locked in with the provider. You do not get the ability to customize the platform freely.
3. High Costs
Enterprise NiFi providers charge high licensing fees, which can significantly impact your IT budget, especially for large-scale flow deployments. As your organization’s data processing needs grow, the cost further increases. In addition, maintenance and support fees are often bundled with the license.
4. Lack of Automation Feature to Deploy Data Flows
Despite paying hefty amounts to Enterprise NiFi solution providers, they do not offer the features to automate data flow deployments and schedule flow deployments at a specific time.
5. Limited Timely Support
Many organizations using Enterprise NiFi struggle to receive timely support from their providers. In critical cases, such as a data pipeline going down in the production environment, not getting timely support can significantly affect decision-making, leading to financial losses.
As a result, open-source Apache NiFi combined with Data Flow Manager serves as a feature-packed, cost-effective alternative to Enterprise NiFi. Let’s see what standout features Data Flow Manager offers.
Why Does Data Flow Manager Stand Out from Other Enterprise NiFi Solution Providers?
Data Flow Manager is meticulously designed for self-managed open-source NiFi (hosted on-premises and private & public cloud). It extends open-source NiFi’s capabilities by offering groundbreaking, unique features that no other Enterprise NiFi solution providers offer. These features are as follows:
1. UI-based NiFi Data Flow Deployments
Data Flow Manager provides a UI-based interface to deploy data flows across NiFi clusters. With just a few clicks, even personnel from a non-technical background can deploy NiFi flows effortlessly. This helps accelerate data operations, reducing bottlenecks.
2. Schedule NiFi Data Flow Deployments
Another exclusive feature of Data Flow Manager that no other Enterprise NiFi solution provider offers is the ability to schedule NIFi data flow deployment.
With its point-and-click interface, Data Flow Manager lets you automate data flow deployments during off-business hours without manual interventions. This significantly minimizes downtime, optimizes resource utilization, and ensures business continuity. In addition, scheduled data flow deployments are executed only after admin approval, providing an extra layer of control.
3. Audit Log for Data Flow Deployments with Rollback
Data Flow Manager provides you with a complete history of data flow deployments. It automatically tracks every change made to your data flows. With built-in version control, you can easily roll back to any previous versions of your data flows instantly in case of any unexpected errors.
4. Support for Custom Processors
Developing custom processors is a daunting and complex task when using Enterprise NiFi. To do this, you require a costly consulting service from the provider. However, this is not the case with Data Flow Manager.
With Data Flow Manager, you can effortlessly create custom processors and extend your NiFi’s capabilities without the need for costly fees.
5. 24×7 Support for Open-Source Apache NiFi
Our experts are available round-the-clock to offer any support for open-source Apache NiFi. Our team ensures fast response times, quick issue resolution, and proactive support so you can focus on your data flows without disruptions.
Data Flow Manager – Extend the Capabilities of Open-Source Apache NiFi
Besides the above unique capabilities that no other Enterprise NiFi provider offers, Data Flow Manager provides other features, as follows:
1. Advanced Security with Role-Based Access Control
With granular role-based access control, Data Flow Manager ensures that only authorized users can access clusters and deploy, modify & manage data flows. This advanced security helps prevent data breaches and unauthorized access, providing enterprise-grade protection to your NiFi data pipelines.
2. Flow Analysis
Data Flow Manager provides deep insights into your data flows, allowing you to detect any inefficiencies and bottlenecks and analyse flow performance. This helps you troubleshoot issues quickly and optimize your data flows to obtain faster results.
3. Flow Generation with AI
You can now easily generate NiFI data flows for common use cases using AI. Simply enter the source, destination, and description in natural language, and Data Flow Manager will generate data flows quickly and effortlessly.
4. Real-Time Monitoring and Alerts
Data Flow Manager provides real-time monitoring and alerts for NiFi processor health, queue status, and flow performance. As a result, you can always stay ahead of potential issues and resolve them before they escalate.
5. LDAP Integration
Data Flow Manager seamlessly integrates with LDAP to enable centralized user management and simplify user authentication. This ensures streamlined access control across your team.
Conclusion
Relying on Enterprise NiFi solutions for data operations leads to escalating costs. You do not get the flexibility to use open-source NiFi, and you need to depend entirely on the provider for every trivial task.
The best alternative to this is Data Flow Manager, which costs 75% less than Enterprise NiFi. Additionally, it offers game-changing features like no other Enterprise NiFi provider does – UI-based data flow deployments, scheduled data flow deployments, flow deployment history with rollback, support for custom processors, and 24×7 support for open-source NiFi.
If you are using Enterprise NiFi and are worried about the budget, you must switch to open-source NiFi with Data Flow Manager. It enhances and extends Open-Source NiFi, delivering the same enterprise-grade experience – without the hefty price tag or vendor lock-in.
