Conductor
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VisitConductor vs Kestra
What both publish
| Fact | Conductor | Kestra |
|---|---|---|
| AI capabilities | Conductor provides native LLM tasks, MCP tool discovery and calls, human approval, and vector workflows for retrieval-augmented generation. | Kestra 2.0 adds AI Copilot, AI agents, RAG workflows, MCP server support and MCP tool triggers. |
| Deployment | The project documents self-hosting with Docker and says Conductor runs anywhere Docker runs. | Kestra can be self-hosted with Docker or Kubernetes, and Enterprise Edition also supports cloud, on-premises and air-gapped environments. |
| Integrations | The integration guide describes event-driven orchestration, MCP tool integration, and Agent2Agent integration with independently deployed agents. | The plugin catalog covers databases, warehouses, queues, cloud services, CI/CD and security tools, with more than 2,200 plugins advertised on the features page. |
| Languages | The project lists SDKs for Java, Python, TypeScript, .NET, Go, Ruby, and Rust. | Kestra can orchestrate SQL, Python, shell, APIs, Terraform, dbt, Spark and custom tools in the same workflows. |
Conductor plans
- Conductor OSSFree
- Orkes Conductor Developer EditionFree
Kestra plans
- Open SourceFree
- Enterprise EditionPriced on request
- Kestra CloudPriced on request
Pick Conductor if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.
Pick Kestra if…
Kestra suits organizations building workflows that combine tasks and tools across different systems or programming languages. Its self-hosted and enterprise deployment options may appeal to teams with specific infrastructure or access-control needs.