InfluxDB OSS 2.x and InfluxDB Cloud allow users to perform data transformation tasks using Flux scripts, which replace Kapacitor's TICKscripts. Using Flux offers several advantages over Kapacitor, including a more flexible developer experience, easier maintenance of a single language for all time series management, and the ability to write metadata about checks or transformations. However, some features like real-time stream processing and socket-based UDFs are not available in Flux tasks. The transition from Kapacitor workloads to Flux tasks requires careful consideration of cost and benefits, with InfluxDB Cloud and OSS 2.x offering backwards compatibility for Kapacitor workloads.