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Can someone give me a brief of why we should use prefect over aws step functions?

hi <@U04BKJB65K5>

I think for _why_ you'd use one tool or another, it depends what you're trying to do. So with more info itd be easier to highlight the advantage(s) of Prefect over step functions but in general I'd say:
• easier to get started
    ◦ if you know python, you already know how to write and run prefect flows
    ◦ use `flow.serve` to expose a python function to run on a schedule or in response to events with 0 additional setup (you can put this in a container if you want to)
• no vendor lock in
    ◦ we support gcp, aws, and azure
    ◦ you can switch your infra config without changing how prefect handles your orchestration / observability

We use prefect to run our pipelines. Basically our pipeline pick data from one source, do some processing on it and then transfers it to another source.

In prefect do we have to give a fixed price regardless whether we use it or not? As in aws it is pay per use

Prefect only does orchestration and you choose your compute engine and pay accordingly 

> fixed price
if you're on pro or enterprise tiers of cloud you pay some fixed price for a workspace / user seats but as Kirill mentions (unless you're using our managed execution) you bring your own compute and pay your compute provider and/or manage your own infra