diff --git a/landing-pages/site/content/en/blog/airflow-survey-2020/index.md b/landing-pages/site/content/en/blog/airflow-survey-2020/index.md index aaed88b49bb..62a9f296750 100644 --- a/landing-pages/site/content/en/blog/airflow-survey-2020/index.md +++ b/landing-pages/site/content/en/blog/airflow-survey-2020/index.md @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ description: "We observe steady growth in number of users as well as in an amoun tags: ["community", "survey", "users"] date: "2021-03-09" --- + # Apache Airflow Survey 2020 World of data processing tools is growing steadily. Apache Airflow seems to be already considered as @@ -25,16 +26,16 @@ is true, we will learn next year! **What best describes your current occupation? (single choice)** -| | No. | % | -|---------------------|-------|-------| -| Data Engineer | 115 | 56.65 | -| Developer | 28 | 13.79 | -| DevOps | 17 | 8.37 | -| Solutions Architect | 14 | 6.9 | -| Data Scientist | 12 | 5.91 | -| Other | 10 | 4.93 | -| Data Analyst | 4 | 1.97 | -| Support Engineer | 3 | 1.48 | +| | No. | % | +| ------------------- | --- | ----- | +| Data Engineer | 115 | 56.65 | +| Developer | 28 | 13.79 | +| DevOps | 17 | 8.37 | +| Solutions Architect | 14 | 6.9 | +| Data Scientist | 12 | 5.91 | +| Other | 10 | 4.93 | +| Data Analyst | 4 | 1.97 | +| Support Engineer | 3 | 1.48 | Those results are not a surprise as Airflow is a tool dedicated to data-related tasks. The majority of our users are data engineers, scientists or analysts. The 2020 results are similar to [those from 2019](https://airflow.apache.org/blog/airflow-survey/) with @@ -44,32 +45,31 @@ Additionally, 79% of users uses Airflow on daily basis and 16% interacts with it **How many people work in your company? (single choice)** -| | No. | % | -|--------|-------|-------| -| 200+ | 107 | 52.71 | -| 51-200 | 44 | 21.67 | -| 11-50 | 37 | 18.23 | -| 1-10 | 15 | 7.39 | +| | No. | % | +| ------ | --- | ----- | +| 200+ | 107 | 52.71 | +| 51-200 | 44 | 21.67 | +| 11-50 | 37 | 18.23 | +| 1-10 | 15 | 7.39 | **How many people in your company use Airflow? (single choice)** -| | No. | % | -|-------|-------|-------| -| 1-5 | 84 | 41.38 | -| 6-20 | 75 | 36.95 | -| 21-50 | 23 | 11.33 | -| 50+ | 21 | 10.34 | +| | No. | % | +| ----- | --- | ----- | +| 1-5 | 84 | 41.38 | +| 6-20 | 75 | 36.95 | +| 21-50 | 23 | 11.33 | +| 50+ | 21 | 10.34 | Airflow is a software that is used and trusted by big companies. We can also see that Airflow can work fine for teams of different sizes. However, in some cases users may use multiple Airflow instances. - **Are you considering moving to other workflow engines? (single choice)** -| | No. | % | -|-------------------------------|-------|-------| -| No, we are happy with Airflow | 174 | 85.71 | -| Yes | 29 | 14.29 | +| | No. | % | +| ----------------------------- | --- | ----- | +| No, we are happy with Airflow | 174 | 85.71 | +| Yes | 29 | 14.29 | Nearly 1 out of 7 users is considering migrating to other workflow engines. Their decision is usually justified by need of **easier workflow writing experience** (12.32%), **better UI/UX** and **faster scheduler** @@ -81,14 +81,13 @@ in the new major version. And the early feedback from 2.0 users seems to be conf The alternative engines considered by users are mainly Prefect and Argo. Some participants also mentioned Luigi, Kubeflow or custom solutions. - **Are you or your team actively participating in Airflow development - contributing? (single choice)** -| | No. | % | -|-----------------|-------|-------| -| I wish we could | 99 | 48.77 | -| No | 59 | 29.06 | -| Yes | 45 | 22.17 | +| | No. | % | +| --------------- | --- | ----- | +| I wish we could | 99 | 48.77 | +| No | 59 | 29.06 | +| Yes | 45 | 22.17 | This is really heart-warming result. It means that 1 out of 5 users contributes actively to our project! But it would be good to learn if there's something else than time that is stopping people who wish to contribute @@ -98,29 +97,29 @@ discussions. **How likely are you to recommend Apache Airflow? (single choice)** -| | No. | 2020 % | 2019 % | -|---------------|-------|--------|--------| -| Very Likely | 125 | 61.58 | 45.45% | -| Likely | 62 | 30.54 | 40.26% | -| Neutral | 11 | 5.42 | 10.71% | -| Unlikely | 3 | 1.48 | 2.60% | -| Very unlikely | 2 | 0.99 | 0.97% | +| | No. | 2020 % | 2019 % | +| ------------- | --- | ------ | ------ | +| Very Likely | 125 | 61.58 | 45.45% | +| Likely | 62 | 30.54 | 40.26% | +| Neutral | 11 | 5.42 | 10.71% | +| Unlikely | 3 | 1.48 | 2.60% | +| Very unlikely | 2 | 0.99 | 0.97% | Here is good news! It seems that people are more willing to recommend Apache Airflow than year before. **What is your source of information about Airflow? (multiple choice)** -| | No. | % | -|-----------------------------------|-------|-------| -| Documentation | 154 | 75.86 | -| Airflow website | 139 | 68.47 | -| Slack | 128 | 63.05 | -| Github | 127 | 62.56 | -| Stack Overflow | 72 | 35.47 | -| Airflow Summit Videos | 44 | 21.67 | -| The dev mailing list | 33 | 16.26 | -| Awesome Apache Airflow repository | 21 | 10.34 | -| Other | 15 | 7.39 | +| | No. | % | +| --------------------------------- | --- | ----- | +| Documentation | 154 | 75.86 | +| Airflow website | 139 | 68.47 | +| Slack | 128 | 63.05 | +| Github | 127 | 62.56 | +| Stack Overflow | 72 | 35.47 | +| Airflow Summit Videos | 44 | 21.67 | +| The dev mailing list | 33 | 16.26 | +| Awesome Apache Airflow repository | 21 | 10.34 | +| Other | 15 | 7.39 | Here we see that Airflow documentation is the crucial source of information. What's interesting is that more than 60% of users are getting information from Github and Slack channels. @@ -131,87 +130,87 @@ than 60% of users are getting information from Github and Slack channels. **Do you have any customisation of Airflow? (single choice)** -| | No. | % | -|--------------------------------------|-------|-------| -| No, we use vanilla Airflow | 154 | 75.86 | -| Yes, we have small patches (no fork) | 34 | 16.75 | -| Yes, we have separate fork | 15 | 7.39 | +| | No. | % | +| ------------------------------------ | --- | ----- | +| No, we use vanilla Airflow | 154 | 75.86 | +| Yes, we have small patches (no fork) | 34 | 16.75 | +| Yes, we have separate fork | 15 | 7.39 | **When onboarding new members to airflow, what is the biggest problem? (multiple choice)** -| | No. | % | -|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------|-------| -| No guide on best practises on developing DAGs | 102 | 50.25 | -| There is no easy option to launch Airflow | 64 | 31.53 | -| Small number of tutorials on different aspects of using Airflow | 57 | 28.08 | -| Documentation is not clear enough | 53 | 26.11 | -| There is no easy option to deploy DAGs to an Airflow instance | 52 | 25.62 | -| No problems | 34 | 16.75 | -| Small number of blogs regarding Airflow | 30 | 14.78 | +| | No. | % | +| --------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | ----- | +| No guide on best practises on developing DAGs | 102 | 50.25 | +| There is no easy option to launch Airflow | 64 | 31.53 | +| Small number of tutorials on different aspects of using Airflow | 57 | 28.08 | +| Documentation is not clear enough | 53 | 26.11 | +| There is no easy option to deploy DAGs to an Airflow instance | 52 | 25.62 | +| No problems | 34 | 16.75 | +| Small number of blogs regarding Airflow | 30 | 14.78 | **Which interface(s) of Airflow do you use as part of your current role? (multiple choice)** -| | No. | % | -|-------------------------------------------------------|-------|-------| -| Original Airflow Graphical User Interface | 199 | 98.03 | -| CLI | 88 | 43.35 | -| API | 48 | 23.65 | -| Custom (own created) Airflow Graphical User Interface | 12 | 5.91 | -| Other | 3 | 1.48 | +| | No. | % | +| ----------------------------------------------------- | --- | ----- | +| Original Airflow Graphical User Interface | 199 | 98.03 | +| CLI | 88 | 43.35 | +| API | 48 | 23.65 | +| Custom (own created) Airflow Graphical User Interface | 12 | 5.91 | +| Other | 3 | 1.48 | **Do you combine multiple DAGs? (multiple choice)** -| | No. | % | -|------------------------------------|-------|-------| -| Yes, by triggering another DAG | 87 | 42.86 | -| No, I don't combine multiple DAGs | 79 | 38.92 | -| Yes, through SubDAG | 40 | 19.7 | -| Other | 18 | 8.87 | - +| | No. | % | +| --------------------------------- | --- | ----- | +| Yes, by triggering another DAG | 87 | 42.86 | +| No, I don't combine multiple DAGs | 79 | 38.92 | +| Yes, through SubDAG | 40 | 19.7 | +| Other | 18 | 8.87 | **How do you integrate with external services? (multiple choice)** -| | No. | % | -|---------------------------------------------|-------|-------| -| Using existing dedicated operators / hooks | 147 | 72.41 | -| Using Bash / Python operator | 140 | 68.97 | -| Using own custom operators / hooks | 138 | 67.98 | -| Other | 12 | 5.91 | +| | No. | % | +| ------------------------------------------ | --- | ----- | +| Using existing dedicated operators / hooks | 147 | 72.41 | +| Using Bash / Python operator | 140 | 68.97 | +| Using own custom operators / hooks | 138 | 67.98 | +| Other | 12 | 5.91 | **What external services do you use in your Airflow DAGs? (multiple choice)** -| | No. | % | -|---------------------------------------------------|-------|-------| -| Amazon Web Services | 121 | 59.61 | -| Internal company systems | 113 | 55.67 | -| Google Cloud Platform / Google APIs | 97 | 47.78 | -| Hadoop / Spark / Flink / Other Apache software | 72 | 35.47 | -| Microsoft Azure | 21 | 10.34 | -| Other | 19 | 9.36 | -| I do not use external services in my Airflow DAGs | 5 | 2.46 | +| | No. | % | +| ------------------------------------------------- | --- | ----- | +| Amazon Web Services | 121 | 59.61 | +| Internal company systems | 113 | 55.67 | +| Google Cloud Platform / Google APIs | 97 | 47.78 | +| Hadoop / Spark / Flink / Other Apache software | 72 | 35.47 | +| Microsoft Azure | 21 | 10.34 | +| Other | 19 | 9.36 | +| I do not use external services in my Airflow DAGs | 5 | 2.46 | ![](What_external_services_do_you_use_in_your_Airflow_DAGs.png) **Do you use Airflow Plugins? If yes, what do you use them for? (multiple choice)** -| | No. | % | -|----------------------------------------|-------|-------| -| Adding new operators/sensors and hooks | 119 | 58.62 | -| I don't use Airflow plugins | 69 | 33.99 | -| Adding AppBuilder views & menu items | 27 | 13.3 | -| Adding new executors | 17 | 8.37 | -| Adding OperatorExtraLinks | 13 | 6.4 | +| | No. | % | +| -------------------------------------- | --- | ----- | +| Adding new operators/sensors and hooks | 119 | 58.62 | +| I don't use Airflow plugins | 69 | 33.99 | +| Adding AppBuilder views & menu items | 27 | 13.3 | +| Adding new executors | 17 | 8.37 | +| Adding OperatorExtraLinks | 13 | 6.4 | + | Other **Do you use Airflow's data lineage feature? (single choice)** -| | No. | % | -|------------------------------------------------------------|-------|-------| -| No, I will use such feature if fully supported in Airflow | 105 | 51.72 | -| No, data lineage isn’t a concern for my usage. | 68 | 33.5 | -| Yes, I use another data lineage product | 24 | 11.82 | -| Yes, I use custom implementation | 5 | 2.46 | -| Yes, I use Airflow's experimental data lineage feature | 1 | 0.49 | +| | No. | % | +| --------------------------------------------------------- | --- | ----- | +| No, I will use such feature if fully supported in Airflow | 105 | 51.72 | +| No, data lineage isn’t a concern for my usage. | 68 | 33.5 | +| Yes, I use another data lineage product | 24 | 11.82 | +| Yes, I use custom implementation | 5 | 2.46 | +| Yes, I use Airflow's experimental data lineage feature | 1 | 0.49 | When asked what lineage product users use, the answers were varying from custom tools to known product like Amundsen, Atlas or dbt. @@ -220,46 +219,46 @@ to known product like Amundsen, Atlas or dbt. **How many active DAGs do you have in your largest Airflow instance? (open question)** -| Number of DAGs | No. | % | -|-------------------|-------|-----| -| < 20 | 64 | 32 | -| 21-40 | 33 | 16 | -| 41-60 | 13 | 6 | -| 61-100 | 32 | 16 | -| 101-200 | 31 | 15 | -| 201-300 | 8 | 4 | -| 301-999 | 12 | 6 | -| 1000+ | 10 | 5 | +| Number of DAGs | No. | % | +| -------------- | --- | --- | +| < 20 | 64 | 32 | +| 21-40 | 33 | 16 | +| 41-60 | 13 | 6 | +| 61-100 | 32 | 16 | +| 101-200 | 31 | 15 | +| 201-300 | 8 | 4 | +| 301-999 | 12 | 6 | +| 1000+ | 10 | 5 | **What is the maximum number of tasks that you have used in one DAG? (open question)** -| Number of DAGs | No. | % | -|------------------|-------|-----| -| < 10 | 42 | 21 | -| 11-20 | 31 | 15 | -| 21-30 | 15 | 7 | -| 31-40 | 11 | 5 | -| 41-50 | 22 | 11 | -| 51-100 | 39 | 19 | -| 101-200 | 16 | 8 | -| 201-500 | 16 | 8 | -| 501+ | 11 | 5 | +| Number of DAGs | No. | % | +| -------------- | --- | --- | +| < 10 | 42 | 21 | +| 11-20 | 31 | 15 | +| 21-30 | 15 | 7 | +| 31-40 | 11 | 5 | +| 41-50 | 22 | 11 | +| 51-100 | 39 | 19 | +| 101-200 | 16 | 8 | +| 201-500 | 16 | 8 | +| 501+ | 11 | 5 | **Which version of Airflow do you use currently? (single choice)** -| | No. | % | -|-----------------|-------|-------| -| 1.10.14 | 55 | 27.09 | -| 2.0.0+ | 45 | 22.17 | -| 1.10.12 | 27 | 13.3 | -| 1.10.10 | 26 | 12.81 | -| 1.10.11 | 14 | 6.9 | -| 1.10.5 or older | 10 | 4.93 | -| 1.10.9 | 8 | 3.94 | -| 1.10.13 | 7 | 3.45 | -| 1.10.6 | 4 | 1.97 | -| 1.10.7 | 4 | 1.97 | -| 1.10.8 | 3 | 1.48 | +| | No. | % | +| --------------- | --- | ----- | +| 1.10.14 | 55 | 27.09 | +| 2.0.0+ | 45 | 22.17 | +| 1.10.12 | 27 | 13.3 | +| 1.10.10 | 26 | 12.81 | +| 1.10.11 | 14 | 6.9 | +| 1.10.5 or older | 10 | 4.93 | +| 1.10.9 | 8 | 3.94 | +| 1.10.13 | 7 | 3.45 | +| 1.10.6 | 4 | 1.97 | +| 1.10.7 | 4 | 1.97 | +| 1.10.8 | 3 | 1.48 | This was probably one of the most important questions in the survey. While it's good to see that more than 60% of users use one of three latest Airflow versions, it's worrying that the rest @@ -269,16 +268,16 @@ Additionally, more than 20% of users are already using 2.0.0+ versions which is **What meta-database do you use? (single choice)** -| | No. | % | -|--------------|-------|-------| -| Postgres 12 | 36 | 17.73 | -| Postgres 9.6 | 33 | 16.26 | -| Postgres 11 | 31 | 15.27 | -| MySQL 5.7 | 27 | 13.3 | -| MySQL 8.0 | 20 | 9.85 | -| Postgres 10 | 20 | 9.85 | -| Other | 19 | 9.36 | -| Postgres 13 | 18 | 8.87 | +| | No. | % | +| ------------ | --- | ----- | +| Postgres 12 | 36 | 17.73 | +| Postgres 9.6 | 33 | 16.26 | +| Postgres 11 | 31 | 15.27 | +| MySQL 5.7 | 27 | 13.3 | +| MySQL 8.0 | 20 | 9.85 | +| Postgres 10 | 20 | 9.85 | +| Other | 19 | 9.36 | +| Postgres 13 | 18 | 8.87 | This means that more about 69% of users decide to use Postgres as their meta-database. MySQL is the choice of nearly 24% users. The other responses included some MySQL versions @@ -290,13 +289,13 @@ It's good to know that users rather avoid using SQLite in production deployments ![](What_executor_type_do_you_use.png) -| | No. | 2020 | 2019 | -|------------|-------|--------|--------| -| Celery | 100 | 49.26% | 44.81% | -| Kubernetes | 48 | 23.65% | 16.88% | -| Local | 40 | 19.7% | 27.60% | -| Sequential | 10 | 4.93% | 7.14% | -| Other | 5 | 2.46% | 3.57 | +| | No. | 2020 | 2019 | +| ---------- | --- | ------ | ------ | +| Celery | 100 | 49.26% | 44.81% | +| Kubernetes | 48 | 23.65% | 16.88% | +| Local | 40 | 19.7% | 27.60% | +| Sequential | 10 | 4.93% | 7.14% | +| Other | 5 | 2.46% | 3.57 | In comparison to previous year it seems that more users use currently Celery and Kubernetes executors and LocalExecutor usage dropped by nearly 8 points. This may @@ -305,31 +304,30 @@ suggest that users' deployments are growing, and they need more scalable solutio Among CeleryExecutor users 78% use Redis as a broker, 19% use RabbitMQ and the rest is using other brokers or is not sure what is used in their deployments. - **What metrics do you use to monitor Airflow? (multiple choice)** -| | No. | % | -|-------------------------------|-------|-------| -| I do not use monitoring | 65 | 32.02 | -| External monitoring service | 60 | 29.56 | -| Information from metadatabase | 51 | 25.12 | -| Statsd | 49 | 24.14 | -| Other | 31 | 15.27 | +| | No. | % | +| ----------------------------- | --- | ----- | +| I do not use monitoring | 65 | 32.02 | +| External monitoring service | 60 | 29.56 | +| Information from metadatabase | 51 | 25.12 | +| Statsd | 49 | 24.14 | +| Other | 31 | 15.27 | The other responses included mostly information about tools used by users including DataDog and Prometheus exporter. **How do you deploy Airflow? (single choice)** -| | No. | % | -|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|-------| -| On virtual machines (for example using AWS EC2) | 64 | 31.53 | -| Using a managed service like Astronomer, Google Composer or AWS MWAA | 35 | 17.24 | -| On Kubernetes (using custom deployments) | 29 | 14.29 | -| On premises | 28 | 13.79 | -| On Kubernetes (using another helm chart) | 20 | 9.85 | -| On Kubernetes (using Apache Airflow's helm chart) | 17 | 8.37 | -| Other | 12 | 5.91 | +| | No. | % | +| -------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | ----- | +| On virtual machines (for example using AWS EC2) | 64 | 31.53 | +| Using a managed service like Astronomer, Google Composer or AWS MWAA | 35 | 17.24 | +| On Kubernetes (using custom deployments) | 29 | 14.29 | +| On premises | 28 | 13.79 | +| On Kubernetes (using another helm chart) | 20 | 9.85 | +| On Kubernetes (using Apache Airflow's helm chart) | 17 | 8.37 | +| Other | 12 | 5.91 | Nearly 33% of users deploys Airflow using some kind of Kubernetes deployment. This is about 10 percent more than in 2019. There's slightly increase in usage of Airflow via @@ -337,25 +335,25 @@ managed services (14.61% in 2019). **Do you use containerisation for deployment? (single choice)** -| | No. | % | -|------------------------------------|-------|-------| -| Yes, using helm chart / kubernetes | 58 | 28.57 | -| No, I don’t use containerisation | 57 | 28.08 | -| Yes, single docker image | 49 | 24.14 | -| Yes, using docker compose | 39 | 19.21 | +| | No. | % | +| ---------------------------------- | --- | ----- | +| Yes, using helm chart / kubernetes | 58 | 28.57 | +| No, I don’t use containerisation | 57 | 28.08 | +| Yes, single docker image | 49 | 24.14 | +| Yes, using docker compose | 39 | 19.21 | Among users who do not use Kubernetes based deployments 58% of them use containerisation. About 42% of those users use docker-compose for deployments. **How do you distribute your DAGs? (single choice)** -| | No. | % | -|---------------------------------------------------------|-------|-------| -| Using a synchronizing process (Git sync, GCS fuse, etc) | 79 | 38.92 | -| Bake them into the docker image | 56 | 27.59 | -| Shared files system | 34 | 16.75 | -| Other | 20 | 9.85 | -| I don’t know | 14 | 6.9 | +| | No. | % | +| ------------------------------------------------------- | --- | ----- | +| Using a synchronizing process (Git sync, GCS fuse, etc) | 79 | 38.92 | +| Bake them into the docker image | 56 | 27.59 | +| Shared files system | 34 | 16.75 | +| Other | 20 | 9.85 | +| I don’t know | 14 | 6.9 | The most popular way of distributing DAGs seems to be using a synchronizing process. About 40% of users use this process together with Kubernetes deployments. @@ -364,65 +362,65 @@ The most popular way of distributing DAGs seems to be using a synchronizing proc **In your opinion, what could be improved in Airflow? (multiple choice)** -| | No. | % | -|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------|-------| -| Web UI | 100 | 49.26 | -| Examples, how-to, onboarding documentation | 90 | 44.33 | -| Logging, monitoring and alerting | 90 | 44.33 | -| Technical documentation | 90 | 44.33 | -| Scheduler performance | 83 | 40.89 | -| DAG authoring | 64 | 31.53 | -| Authentication and authorization | 58 | 28.57 | -| REST API | 51 | 25.12 | -| Other | 44 | 21.67 | -| Reliability | 41 | 20.2 | -| External integration e.g. AWS, GCP, Apache products | 36 | 17.73 | -| Security | 28 | 13.79 | -| CLI | 20 | 9.85 | -| Everything work fine for me | 14 | 6.9 | -| I don’t know | 4 | 1.97 | +| | No. | % | +| --------------------------------------------------- | --- | ----- | +| Web UI | 100 | 49.26 | +| Examples, how-to, onboarding documentation | 90 | 44.33 | +| Logging, monitoring and alerting | 90 | 44.33 | +| Technical documentation | 90 | 44.33 | +| Scheduler performance | 83 | 40.89 | +| DAG authoring | 64 | 31.53 | +| Authentication and authorization | 58 | 28.57 | +| REST API | 51 | 25.12 | +| Other | 44 | 21.67 | +| Reliability | 41 | 20.2 | +| External integration e.g. AWS, GCP, Apache products | 36 | 17.73 | +| Security | 28 | 13.79 | +| CLI | 20 | 9.85 | +| Everything work fine for me | 14 | 6.9 | +| I don’t know | 4 | 1.97 | **Which features would most interest you? (multiple choice)** -| | No. | % | -|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------|-------| -| DAG versioning | 109 | 53.69 | -| Builtin statistics | 71 | 34.98 | -| Improved data lineage | 65 | 32.02 | -| Scheduling at the start of the interval | 63 | 31.03 | -| Stateless workers | 59 | 29.06 | -| More option to configure schedules (time units, increments) | 57 | 28.08 | -| Multi-tenant deployment | 49 | 24.14 | -| DAG fetcher (AIP-5) | 39 | 19.21 | -| Generic transfer operator | 34 | 16.75 | -| Other | 33 | 16.26 | -| I have everything I need | 11 | 5.42 | -| Nothing | 11 | 5.42 | +| | No. | % | +| ----------------------------------------------------------- | --- | ----- | +| DAG versioning | 109 | 53.69 | +| Builtin statistics | 71 | 34.98 | +| Improved data lineage | 65 | 32.02 | +| Scheduling at the start of the interval | 63 | 31.03 | +| Stateless workers | 59 | 29.06 | +| More option to configure schedules (time units, increments) | 57 | 28.08 | +| Multi-tenant deployment | 49 | 24.14 | +| DAG fetcher (AIP-5) | 39 | 19.21 | +| Generic transfer operator | 34 | 16.75 | +| Other | 33 | 16.26 | +| I have everything I need | 11 | 5.42 | +| Nothing | 11 | 5.42 | **Will you consider migrating to Airflow 2.0? (single choice)** -| | No. | % | -|-----------------------------------------------|-------|-------| -| Yes, as soon as possible | 81 | 39.9 | -| Yes, once it’s mature (for example after 2.1) | 72 | 35.47 | -| I am already using Airflow 2.0+ | 39 | 19.21 | -| I don't know yet | 8 | 3.94 | -| No, I do not plan to migrate | 3 | 1.48 | +| | No. | % | +| --------------------------------------------- | --- | ----- | +| Yes, as soon as possible | 81 | 39.9 | +| Yes, once it’s mature (for example after 2.1) | 72 | 35.47 | +| I am already using Airflow 2.0+ | 39 | 19.21 | +| I don't know yet | 8 | 3.94 | +| No, I do not plan to migrate | 3 | 1.48 | **What are the features of Airflow 2.0 you are most excited about? (multiple choice)** -| | No. | % | -|----------------------------------|-------|-------| -| General performance improvements | 133 | 65.52 | -| Refreshed WebUI | 102 | 50.25 | -| Scheduler HA | 99 | 48.77 | -| Official docker image | 84 | 41.38 | -| @task decorator | 56 | 27.59 | -| Official helm chart | 51 | 25.12 | -| Providers packages | 41 | 20.2 | -| Configurable XCom backends | 33 | 16.26 | -| CeleryKubernetesExecutor | 31 | 15.27 | -| Other | 12 | 5.91 | +| | No. | % | +| -------------------------------- | --- | ----- | +| General performance improvements | 133 | 65.52 | +| Refreshed WebUI | 102 | 50.25 | +| Scheduler HA | 99 | 48.77 | +| Official docker image | 84 | 41.38 | +| @task decorator | 56 | 27.59 | +| Official helm chart | 51 | 25.12 | +| Providers packages | 41 | 20.2 | +| Configurable XCom backends | 33 | 16.26 | +| CeleryKubernetesExecutor | 31 | 15.27 | +| Other | 12 | 5.91 | ## Summary @@ -433,3 +431,7 @@ are willing to upgrade to new ones. Finally, there are still some things to improve - documentation, onboarding guides and plug-and-play airflow deployments. However, we hope that with the increase of adoption there will be an increase in people willing to share their experience and tools. + +## Data + +If you think I missed something or you simply want to look for insights on your own, the data is available for you here: (Airflow User Survey 2020.csv)[/data/survey-responses/airflow-user-survey-responses-2020.csv.zip] diff --git a/landing-pages/site/content/en/blog/airflow-survey-2022/index.md b/landing-pages/site/content/en/blog/airflow-survey-2022/index.md index 401cf74d296..0cc169b17fc 100644 --- a/landing-pages/site/content/en/blog/airflow-survey-2022/index.md +++ b/landing-pages/site/content/en/blog/airflow-survey-2022/index.md @@ -558,3 +558,7 @@ The results are quite self-explanatory. According to the survey results, the top | Support for hybrid executors | 22 | 11.3% | According to the survey results, DAG Versioning is a winner for new features in Airflow, and it’s not a surprise as this feature may positively impact daily work of Airflow users. It is followed by three other ideas: Dependency management and Data-driven scheduling (42.6%), More dynamic task structure (42.1%) and Multi-Tenancy (37.9%). Another interesting point from that question is that only 11.3% think that support for hybrid executors is needed in Airflow. + +## Data + +If you're interested in taking a look at the raw data yourself, it's available here: (Airflow User Survey 2022.csv)[/data/survey-responses/airflow-user-survey-responses-2022.csv.zip] diff --git a/landing-pages/site/static/data/survey-responses/airflow-user-survey-responses-2020.csv.zip b/landing-pages/site/static/data/survey-responses/airflow-user-survey-responses-2020.csv.zip new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ae3bd8ce3ac Binary files /dev/null and b/landing-pages/site/static/data/survey-responses/airflow-user-survey-responses-2020.csv.zip differ diff --git a/landing-pages/site/static/data/survey-responses/airflow-user-survey-responses-2022.csv.zip b/landing-pages/site/static/data/survey-responses/airflow-user-survey-responses-2022.csv.zip new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..cf88131d0f7 Binary files /dev/null and b/landing-pages/site/static/data/survey-responses/airflow-user-survey-responses-2022.csv.zip differ