As ever, I think each has its strengths and weaknesses, but I know which one I prefer...
In terms of 'out of the box' experience, I do agree there is space for some improved Node-RED nodes to support some of these workflows. There certainly are nodes in the community to help, but there's space for more. And that's an area I think gives Node-RED an advantage; the open source nature that allows anyone to build in the gaps of what's already there. Node-RED provides plenty of low-level building blocks to connect with pretty much anything - but having higher level abstraction nodes is needed to make it more accessible.
It's also an area we're looking at in my day job (FlowFuse CTO) where we provide a commercial platform built around Node-RED.
As ever, I think each has its strengths and weaknesses, but I know which one I prefer...
In terms of 'out of the box' experience, I do agree there is space for some improved Node-RED nodes to support some of these workflows. There certainly are nodes in the community to help, but there's space for more. And that's an area I think gives Node-RED an advantage; the open source nature that allows anyone to build in the gaps of what's already there. Node-RED provides plenty of low-level building blocks to connect with pretty much anything - but having higher level abstraction nodes is needed to make it more accessible.
It's also an area we're looking at in my day job (FlowFuse CTO) where we provide a commercial platform built around Node-RED.