Prefect

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Workflow orchestration for data, ML, and agents

MLOps PlatformsWashington, DC51–200 employeesFounded 2018

#42 of 61 in MLOps Platforms

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Visibility score

0.7%

New vs last week

Weekly run · Nov 2

Data collected Nov 2, 2026·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run Nov 9, 2026

Prefect ranks #42 of 61 in MLOps Platforms with an AI visibility score of 0.7 (SlateIndex, Nov 2, 2026).
Prefect is most visible on Google AI Mode (1.1) and least on Perplexity (0).
AI engines name Prefect in 2 of the 30 MLOps Platforms buyer prompts SlateIndex tracks.
amazon.com is the source AI engines cite most in answers about Prefect, with 1 citations.

About

Company details for Prefect

Prefect is a workflow orchestration platform for data, ML, and agent pipelines. Teams write workflows as plain Python functions with decorators, and Prefect handles scheduling, retries, state, and logging. The open-source Prefect framework is the engine that Prefect Cloud runs, and hybrid execution lets code run on the customer's own infrastructure. It ranks #42 of 61 in MLOps Platforms on SlateIndex and has a visibility score of 0.7 in the latest weekly run.

Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Washington, DC, the company employs 51–200 people. It has raised about $47M. Its differentiator: workflows are plain Python functions, while execution stays in the customer's infrastructure and Prefect Cloud runs only the control plane.

Website: prefect.io
Categories: MLOps Platforms
Company size: 51–200 employees
Headquarters: Washington, DC
Founded: 2018
Company type: Private, venture-backed
Funding: Series B · $47M raised
Pricing: Free; paid from $100 per seat / mo · per seat
Free trial: Free plan available
Deployment: Prefect Cloud fully managed with Prefect Serverless compute, or hybrid with lightweight workers inside the customer's own VPC
Platforms: Kubernetes, ECS, Docker, Serverless
Compliance: SOC 2 Type II, GDPR compliant
Support: Community forum, Email, Priority support with 30-minute response SLA on enterprise plans

GitHub · github.com/PrefectHQ YouTube · youtube.com/c/PrefectIO X (Twitter) · twitter.com/PrefectIO LinkedIn · linkedin.com/company/prefect

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AI visibility

Latest weekly run · Nov 2 · next run Nov 9

Visibility score

0.7%

across MLOps Platforms answers, weighted by position

ChatGPT0.9%

AI Mode1.1%

Perplexity0%

Change

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Category rank

#42 of 61

in MLOps Platforms

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in this week’s run

Share of voice

0.3%

of AI mentions in MLOps Platforms

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days, with up to 7 competitors. Click a name to hide or show its line.

Now0.7%

30-day change—

High · low0.7% · 0.7%

Rank#42

Changes appear after the second weekly run in MLOps Platforms. MLflow leads the category at 50.9%.

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What should an MLOps platform integrate with?

CI/CD and Orchestration Pipelines: Hooks into orchestration and CI/CD tools (like Apache Airflow, Kubeflow, Prefect, or Jenkins) to automate data ingestion, model training, evaluation, and deployment triggers.

Google AI Mode · run of Nov 2

Best MLOps platform for startups

ChatGPT · run of Nov 2

Products & features

What Prefect sells

Prefect

Open-source Python framework for durable workflow orchestration with decorators for flows and tasks.

Prefect Cloud

Managed control plane for scheduling, observability, and alerts, with managed or hybrid execution.

FastMCP

Open-source framework for building MCP servers that connect AI agents to tools and data.

FastMCP Gateway

Managed MCP platform for connecting agents to tools and data.

Target market & buyers

Data, ML, and engineering teams from startups to enterprises

Notable customers include Ramp, WHOOP, Barstool Sports, Cash App, SpareBank 1, Snorkel AI, Kepler, Seven.One Entertainment.

Industry	Primary use case
Banking	SpareBank 1 built a shared data platform for its member banks on Prefect
Healthcare	Flatiron Health orchestrates cancer research data pipelines
Media and entertainment	Barstool Sports scaled its media data operations
Financial services	Cash App uses Prefect for machine learning workflows

Funding & recent developments

Funding

Round	Year	Amount
Series A	2021	$12M
Series B	2021	$32M

Latest known round	Total raised
Series B	$47M

Recent developments

Oct 2026CompanyOpen-source sponsorship update
Prefect reported giving $40,000 to 12 open-source maintainers in 2026, up from $30,000 in 2025.
Oct 2026PartnershipSpareBank 1 case study published
Prefect published a case study on SpareBank 1 building a shared data platform for its banks.
Jul 2026CompanyAgreed to acquire Dagster Labs
Prefect announced it is acquiring Dagster Labs, creator of the Dagster orchestrator, which continues under its existing name and open-source license.

Competitive landscape

How Prefect compares with its top three alternatives

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Prefect most often appears alongside MLflow, AWS, Weights & Biases in AI answers.

vsPrefect vs MLflow0.7% vs 50.9% visibility · MLflow leadsFull comparison vsPrefect vs AWS0.7% vs 35.7% visibility · AWS leadsFull comparison vsPrefect vs Weights & Biases0.7% vs 29.7% visibility · Weights & Biases leadsFull comparison

Brand	Visibility	Share of voice	vs last week	Starting price
Prefect	0.7%	0.3%	New	Free plan
MLflow	50.9%	9.7%	New	Pricing not available
AWS	35.7%	7.5%	New	Pricing not available
Weights & Biases	29.7%	7%	New	Pricing not available
Prometheus Group	3.7%	1.1%	New	Contact sales