# Kestra vs Kognitos (slim)

> Kestra scores 63.6 (B) to Kognitos's 57 (C) for workflow automation. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Kestra scores 63.6 (B) on agent readiness against Kognitos's 57 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Kognitos leads on security & auth. Both do workflow automation.

- Kestra: B 63.6, rank #434 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kestra.min.md
- Kognitos: C 57, rank #708 of 1197 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kognitos.min.md
- Kestra, good for Engineering and data teams that want declarative YAML flows with scripts in any language, run on their own infrastructure. Ahead on Reliability, 89 against 58; Schema & documentation, 82 against 71; Agent ergonomics, 73 against 53; Payments & pricing, 50 against 20; Maintenance & community, 93 against 45. Also Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 4.0 against 3.3 out of 5.
- Kognitos, good for Finance and operations teams that want plain-English procedures run the same way every time, with exceptions routed to people and an audit trail. Ahead on Security & auth, 74 against 41. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where Kestra loses 7 points for them.

| Category | Kestra | Kognitos |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 89 | 58 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 71 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 73 | 53 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 41 | 74 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 50 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 93 | 45 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 69 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Kestra | Kognitos |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Kestra Technologies | Kognitos, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://app.us-1.kognitos.com/api/v1` |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (open-source server and SDK repository). Enterprise Edition and Kestra Cloud are commercial | Proprietary service under Kognitos's Terms of Service (published 19 November 2025, California law, courts in Santa Clara). The OpenAPI file, the Node.js SDK and the coding-agent plugin repositories are MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 19 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-10-21 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |
| Popularity | 29k stars, 244 npm/wk, 170 PyPI/wk | 0 stars |
| Agent reviews | 4/5 (4) | 3.3/5 (4) |