PrefectHQ
Defining automation for the context era by building intelligent infrastructure that powers mission-critical workflows.
At a Glance
- Data Engineering
- Data Science
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Enterprise Tech
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A managed orchestration platform that provides observability, governance, and security for data pipelines.
Open-source workflow orchestration engine for building data pipelines in Python.
Infrastructure for deploying, governing, and distributing MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers at scale.
Managed compute layer for running Prefect workflows without managing infrastructure.
Market Position
Prefect positions itself as the more developer-friendly and dynamic alternative to Apache Airflow and Dagster, focusing on 'negative engineering' and intelligent context management.
Leadership
Founders
Jeremiah Lowin
Founder & CEO. Harvard grad. Expert in risk management and automation.
Chris White
President & CTO. Longtime partner/co-founder who led the engineering team since inception.
Executive Team
Jeremiah Lowin
Founder & CEO
Background in finance (risk management) and machine learning. Harvard University alumnus. Former risk manager at King Street Capital Management.
Chris White
President & CTO
Joined as first hire/partner. Former data scientist and engineer. Led development of Prefect 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
Jeremiah Lowin started Prefect to modernize data engineering after identifying gaps in existing workflow tools like Airflow. He recruited Chris White to help build a more flexible, Python-native orchestration engine that prioritizes developer experience.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Subscription-based SaaS (Prefect Cloud) and API usage-based pricing for serverless compute.
Pricing Tiers
2 users, up to 5 deployments, 500 min Prefect Serverless, workflow observability.
All Hobby features, plus 3 users, up to 20 deployments, 75 hours Serverless, Webhooks.
All Starter features, plus 4-8 users, up to 100 deployments, 225 hours Serverless, service accounts, audit logs.
5-20 users, up to 1,000 deployments, 250 hours Serverless, multiple workspaces, SSO, RBAC.
Unlimited deployments, Custom Serverless, RBAC + ACLs, SCIM, IP allowlisting.
Target Markets
- Data Engineering
- Data Science
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Enterprise Tech
- Data Pipeline Orchestration
- Machine Learning Workflows
- Automated Reporting
- Infrastructure Monitoring
- MCP Server Management
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