Checkout.com Migrates to Managed Airflow

Checkout.com, a payment processing company, was facing challenges with their self-hosted Apache Airflow environment. The Data Platform team was spending a significant amount of time on server management, patching, and incident response, taking away from their core focus of building pipelines. To address this, they migrated to Managed Service for Apache Airflow (Gen 3), a fully managed Airflow service offered by Google Cloud. This migration transformed their reliability and cost structure, allowing them to build a more scalable, cost-efficient, and robust data foundation.

The company's self-managed Airflow environment was functional but required significant attention to maintain. Patching, upgrades, and server management created regular interruptions, particularly during high-load periods. By migrating to a managed service, Checkout.com was able to reduce operational friction and improve stability.

Why it matters

This migration highlights the importance of managed services in reducing operational overhead and improving reliability. As companies continue to build and manage complex data platforms, the need for efficient and scalable solutions will only grow.