BullMQ comparisons
BullMQ is compared head-to-head with Hatchet, Trigger.dev and Inngest and more: 7 head-to-heads in Task Queue Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
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 | $1,395/unit/yr | Self_hosted | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.9 |
| 1 | Hatchet | Yes | $500/mo | Hybrid | 9.4 | |||
| 2 | Trigger.dev | Yes | $10/mo | 9.2 | ||||
| 3 | Inngest | Yes | $99/mo | 9.0 | ||||
| 5 | Taskiq | Yes | Free | Self_hosted | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.8 |
| 6 | pg-boss | Yes | Free | Self_hosted | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.7 |
| 7 | Celery | Free | Self_hosted | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.6 | |
| 8 | Upstash QStash | Yes | $180/mo | Cloud | 8.5 |
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