diff --git a/examples/topics/data_reading/elasticsearch/code.php b/examples/topics/data_reading/elasticsearch/code.php
index d7649570d..570d6e5f8 100644
--- a/examples/topics/data_reading/elasticsearch/code.php
+++ b/examples/topics/data_reading/elasticsearch/code.php
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@
         ]
     ))
     ->write(to_stream(__DIR__ . '/output.raw.txt', truncate: false))
-    ->transform(es_hits_to_rows())
+    ->with(es_hits_to_rows())
     ->write(to_stream(__DIR__ . '/output.txt', truncate: false))
     ->run();
diff --git a/examples/topics/data_writing/elasticsearch/code.php b/examples/topics/data_writing/elasticsearch/code.php
index d7649570d..570d6e5f8 100644
--- a/examples/topics/data_writing/elasticsearch/code.php
+++ b/examples/topics/data_writing/elasticsearch/code.php
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@
         ]
     ))
     ->write(to_stream(__DIR__ . '/output.raw.txt', truncate: false))
-    ->transform(es_hits_to_rows())
+    ->with(es_hits_to_rows())
     ->write(to_stream(__DIR__ . '/output.txt', truncate: false))
     ->run();
diff --git a/src/adapter/etl-adapter-elasticsearch/tests/Flow/ETL/Adapter/Elasticsearch/Tests/Integration/ElasticsearchPHP/ElasticsearchExtractorTest.php b/src/adapter/etl-adapter-elasticsearch/tests/Flow/ETL/Adapter/Elasticsearch/Tests/Integration/ElasticsearchPHP/ElasticsearchExtractorTest.php
index acc55afdb..10478eed6 100644
--- a/src/adapter/etl-adapter-elasticsearch/tests/Flow/ETL/Adapter/Elasticsearch/Tests/Integration/ElasticsearchPHP/ElasticsearchExtractorTest.php
+++ b/src/adapter/etl-adapter-elasticsearch/tests/Flow/ETL/Adapter/Elasticsearch/Tests/Integration/ElasticsearchPHP/ElasticsearchExtractorTest.php
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public function test_extraction_index_with_from_and_size() : void
 
         $results = (data_frame())
             ->extract(from_es($this->elasticsearchContext->clientConfig(), $params))
-            ->transform(es_hits_to_rows(DocumentDataSource::fields))
+            ->with(es_hits_to_rows(DocumentDataSource::fields))
             ->fetch();
 
         self::assertCount(2000, $results);
diff --git a/src/adapter/etl-adapter-meilisearch/tests/Flow/ETL/Adapter/Meilisearch/Tests/Integration/MeilisearchPHP/MeilisearchExtractorTest.php b/src/adapter/etl-adapter-meilisearch/tests/Flow/ETL/Adapter/Meilisearch/Tests/Integration/MeilisearchPHP/MeilisearchExtractorTest.php
index 2d0870cfb..a1d987b8e 100644
--- a/src/adapter/etl-adapter-meilisearch/tests/Flow/ETL/Adapter/Meilisearch/Tests/Integration/MeilisearchPHP/MeilisearchExtractorTest.php
+++ b/src/adapter/etl-adapter-meilisearch/tests/Flow/ETL/Adapter/Meilisearch/Tests/Integration/MeilisearchPHP/MeilisearchExtractorTest.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public function test_extraction_index_with_from_and_size() : void
 
         $results = (data_frame())
             ->extract(from_meilisearch($this->meilisearchContext->clientConfig(), $params, self::INDEX_NAME))
-            ->transform(meilisearch_hits_to_rows())
+            ->with(meilisearch_hits_to_rows())
             ->fetch();
 
         self::assertCount(49, $results);
diff --git a/src/bridge/symfony/http-foundation/src/Flow/Bridge/Symfony/HttpFoundation/FlowStreamedResponse.php b/src/bridge/symfony/http-foundation/src/Flow/Bridge/Symfony/HttpFoundation/FlowStreamedResponse.php
index 2f914e4ae..091ff5ece 100644
--- a/src/bridge/symfony/http-foundation/src/Flow/Bridge/Symfony/HttpFoundation/FlowStreamedResponse.php
+++ b/src/bridge/symfony/http-foundation/src/Flow/Bridge/Symfony/HttpFoundation/FlowStreamedResponse.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ private function stream() : void
     {
         df($this->config)
             ->read($this->extractor)
-            ->transform($this->transformations)
+            ->with($this->transformations)
             ->dropPartitions()
             ->write($this->output->loader())
             ->run();
diff --git a/src/bridge/symfony/http-foundation/tests/Flow/Bridge/Symfony/HttpFoundation/Tests/Unit/Transformation/MaskColumnTransformationTest.php b/src/bridge/symfony/http-foundation/tests/Flow/Bridge/Symfony/HttpFoundation/Tests/Unit/Transformation/MaskColumnTransformationTest.php
index 15449c469..a0e0dd04b 100644
--- a/src/bridge/symfony/http-foundation/tests/Flow/Bridge/Symfony/HttpFoundation/Tests/Unit/Transformation/MaskColumnTransformationTest.php
+++ b/src/bridge/symfony/http-foundation/tests/Flow/Bridge/Symfony/HttpFoundation/Tests/Unit/Transformation/MaskColumnTransformationTest.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public function test_masking_columns_transformation() : void
                 ['id' => 3, 'name' => 'John Smith', 'salary' => 9000, 'currency' => 'USD'],
                 ['id' => 4, 'name' => 'Jane Smith', 'salary' => 10000, 'currency' => 'USD'],
             ]))
-            ->transform(new MaskColumns(['salary']))
+            ->with(new MaskColumns(['salary']))
             ->fetch()
             ->toArray();
 
diff --git a/src/core/etl/src/Flow/ETL/DataFrame.php b/src/core/etl/src/Flow/ETL/DataFrame.php
index a00fc5921..9f140660f 100644
--- a/src/core/etl/src/Flow/ETL/DataFrame.php
+++ b/src/core/etl/src/Flow/ETL/DataFrame.php
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public function collect() : self
     #[DSLMethod(exclude: true)]
     public function collectRefs(References $references) : self
     {
-        $this->transform(new CallbackRowTransformer(function (Row $row) use ($references) : Row {
+        $this->with(new CallbackRowTransformer(function (Row $row) use ($references) : Row {
             foreach ($row->entries()->all() as $entry) {
                 $references->add($entry->ref());
             }
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ public function reorderEntries(Comparator $comparator = new TypeComparator()) :
      */
     public function rows(Transformer|Transformation $transformer) : self
     {
-        return $this->transform($transformer);
+        return $this->with($transformer);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -826,17 +826,13 @@ public function sortBy(Reference ...$entries) : self
     }
 
     /**
+     * Alias for DataFrame::with().
+     *
      * @lazy
      */
     public function transform(Transformer|Transformation $transformer) : self
     {
-        if ($transformer instanceof Transformer) {
-            $this->pipeline->add($transformer);
-
-            return $this;
-        }
-
-        return $transformer->transform($this);
+        return $this->with($transformer);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -878,6 +874,20 @@ public function void() : self
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @lazy
+     */
+    public function with(Transformer|Transformation $transformer) : self
+    {
+        if ($transformer instanceof Transformer) {
+            $this->pipeline->add($transformer);
+
+            return $this;
+        }
+
+        return $transformer->transform($this);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @lazy
      *
@@ -910,7 +920,7 @@ public function withEntry(string|Definition $entry, ScalarFunction|WindowFunctio
 
             $this->pipeline->add(new WindowFunctionTransformer($entry, $reference));
         } else {
-            $this->transform(new ScalarFunctionTransformer($entry, $reference));
+            $this->with(new ScalarFunctionTransformer($entry, $reference));
         }
 
         return $this;
diff --git a/src/core/etl/tests/Flow/ETL/Tests/Unit/DataFrameTest.php b/src/core/etl/tests/Flow/ETL/Tests/Unit/DataFrameTest.php
index 8ffb0415c..e917434c6 100644
--- a/src/core/etl/tests/Flow/ETL/Tests/Unit/DataFrameTest.php
+++ b/src/core/etl/tests/Flow/ETL/Tests/Unit/DataFrameTest.php
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ public function extract(FlowContext $context) : \Generator
                 }
             }
         )
-            ->transform(
+            ->with(
                 new class implements Transformer {
                     public function transform(Rows $rows, FlowContext $context) : Rows
                     {
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ public function extract(FlowContext $context) : \Generator
                 }
             }
         )
-            ->transform(
+            ->with(
                 new class implements Transformer {
                     public function transform(Rows $rows, FlowContext $context) : Rows
                     {
diff --git a/src/core/etl/tests/Flow/ETL/Tests/Unit/ETLErrorHandlingTest.php b/src/core/etl/tests/Flow/ETL/Tests/Unit/ETLErrorHandlingTest.php
index 75e089603..a1f612b17 100644
--- a/src/core/etl/tests/Flow/ETL/Tests/Unit/ETLErrorHandlingTest.php
+++ b/src/core/etl/tests/Flow/ETL/Tests/Unit/ETLErrorHandlingTest.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public function load(Rows $rows, FlowContext $context) : void
         (data_frame())
             ->extract($extractor)
             ->onError(throw_error_handler())
-            ->transform($brokenTransformer)
+            ->with($brokenTransformer)
             ->load($loader)
             ->run();
     }
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public function load(Rows $rows, FlowContext $context) : void
         (data_frame())
             ->extract($extractor)
             ->onError(ignore_error_handler())
-            ->transform($brokenTransformer)
+            ->with($brokenTransformer)
             ->load($loader)
             ->run();
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public function load(Rows $rows, FlowContext $context) : void
         (data_frame())
             ->extract($extractor)
             ->onError(skip_rows_handler())
-            ->transform($brokenTransformer)
+            ->with($brokenTransformer)
             ->load($loader)
             ->run();