AWS Step functions & Zeebe are internally based on finite state machines.
In what feature/How Zeebe different from AWS Step functions? What problems Zeebe solves which is not possible with AWS Step Functions?
Hi Aravindh.
Zeebe and AWS Step Functions are both state machine / workflow engines in its core. But there are a lot of differences in the detail level, I already wrote about it here - and it is pretty much unchanged since then and also applicable for Zeebe: https://forum.camunda.org/t/bpmn-vs-aws-step-function/5460
Summary:
- Zeebe / BPMN has visuals usable for different personas (BizDevOps: https://blog.bernd-ruecker.com/bizdevops-the-true-value-proposition-of-workflow-engines-f342509ba8bb)
- BPMN is a powerful language, and you can decide how to write it (DSL, XML, Graphical Modeler) - no fiddling with YAML for complex workflows
- Tooling (the operations tooling for Zeebe is not yet publicly visible - but we are working on something comparable to https://camunda.com/products/cockpit/)
- Zeebe is OSS and can be run the way you want to in any environment
Let me know if you have more questions or feedback to this!
Cheers
Bernd
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