Temporal comparisons
Temporal is compared head-to-head with AWS Step Functions, Apache Airflow and jBPM and more: 5 head-to-heads in Workflow Orchestration Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Temporal head-to-head
- Temporal vs AWS Step Functions
- Temporal vs Apache Airflow
- Temporal vs jBPM
- Temporal vs Apache DolphinScheduler
- Temporal vs Google Cloud Workflows
Temporal vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Visual workflow builder | Event triggers | Automatic retries | Execution observability | Deployment model | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Temporal | Yes | $500/mo | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hybrid | 8.8 |
| 1 | AWS Step Functions | Yes | $1/unit usage-based | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cloud | 9.3 |
| 2 | Apache Airflow | Yes | Free | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Self-hosted | 9.2 |
| 4 | jBPM | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Self-hosted | 9.0 | |
| 6 | Apache DolphinScheduler | Free | Yes | Yes | Self-hosted | 8.9 | |||
| 7 | Google Cloud Workflows | Yes | $0.01/unit/mo | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cloud | 8.9 |
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