BullMQ comparisons
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BullMQ head-to-head
- BullMQ vs Hatchet
- BullMQ vs Trigger.dev
- BullMQ vs Inngest
- BullMQ vs Taskiq
- BullMQ vs pg-boss
- BullMQ vs Celery
- BullMQ vs Upstash QStash
BullMQ vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment model | Custom retry policy | Scheduled jobs | Dead-letter queue | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | BullMQ | Yes | $139/mo | Self_hosted | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.8 |
| 1 | Hatchet | Yes | — | Hybrid | — | — | — | 5.0 |
| 2 | Trigger.dev | Yes | $10/mo | — | — | — | — | 4.6 |
| 3 | Inngest | Yes | $99/mo | — | — | — | — | 4.6 |
| 5 | Taskiq | Yes | None | Self_hosted | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
| 6 | pg-boss | Yes | None | Self_hosted | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
| 7 | Celery | — | None | Self_hosted | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
| 8 | Upstash QStash | Yes | — | Cloud | — | — | — | 5.0 |
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