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Windmill

by Windmill · Code-first orchestration platform for internal software

79.9 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Windmill is a code-first orchestration platform for internal software. A single file of TypeScript, Python, Go, Bash or 20+ other languages becomes an API, a triggerable job and an auto-generated form, and these can be composed into workflows, internal apps and data pipelines. The workspace is versioned in Git and self-hosted on Docker, Fargate or Kubernetes.

Best for: Engineering teams building internal apps, workflows and data pipelines in code they self-host
Pricing: Free open-source edition at $0/month; Enterprise from $120/month, with seats at $20/month per developer, $10 per operator and $50 per worker per month.
Runs on: WebSelf-hostedCLI

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Open source and self-hostable on Docker, Fargate or Kubernetes
Scripts in TypeScript, Python, Go, Bash and 20+ languages
Whole workspace versioned in Git; build in the UI or locally
100+ built-in integrations including PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Kafka

Trade-offs

Free tier caps 3 workspaces, 4 groups and 30-day job run retention
Audit logs, autoscaling, SAML and Kafka triggers are Enterprise-only
Free SSO limited to 10 users; uncapped SSO requires paid seats
Cost mixes seats and compute units, so needs the simulator to estimate

Pricing

Published plans from Windmill’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Windmill pricing tiers, monthly rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Includes
Free and Open-source	—	Unlimited executions, 3 workspaces, max 50 users Max 10 users with SSO, maximum 4 groups Job run details retained up to 30 days, 10 GiB storage Community support on Discord
Enterprise	$120base, plus $20/dev, $10/operator and $50/worker per month	Audit logs and unlimited job run retention SAML and SCIM with group sync, uncapped SSO with seats Autoscaling, dedicated worker groups, distributed S3 dependency cache 24/7 priority support with 3h response and dedicated Slack channel

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 60 out of 100
API quality: 70 out of 100
Documentation: 90 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 98 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 100 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 75 out of 100
Operational trust: 45 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 55 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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