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Conductor
Job orchestrators & durable workflowsNetflix's microservice orchestration engine (Open Source)
- Stars
- ★ 32.3k
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
- Self-host
- Commercial OK
Alternative to Workato, Temporal Cloud
Free alternatives to Temporal Cloud
Last updated · 6 options
Quick answer: Conductor has the most stars on its repository of the 6 options here (★ 32.3k), followed by Temporal (★ 23.8k). Stars show popularity, not fit, so check formats, platforms and licence for your own work.
Managed Temporal service from Temporal Technologies. Here are 6 free options, most-starred first.
Temporal
Job orchestrators & durable workflowsDurable execution platform for mission-critical workflows
- Stars
- ★ 23.8k
- Licence
- MIT
- Updated
- Self-host or cloud
- Commercial OK
Alternative to Temporal Cloud, Airflow managed
Argo Workflows
Data pipelines & ETLKubernetes-native workflow engine for container jobs
- Stars
- ★ 17k
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
- Self-host
- Commercial OK
Alternative to Airflow managed, Temporal Cloud
Cadence
Job orchestrators & durable workflowsUber's open-source durable workflow engine
- Stars
- ★ 9.5k
- Licence
- MIT
- Updated
- Self-host
- Commercial OK
Alternative to Temporal Cloud, Airflow managed
Hatchet
Job orchestrators & durable workflowsOpen-source task queue and workflows for developers
- Stars
- ★ 8.1k
- Licence
- MIT
- Updated
- Self-host or cloud
- Commercial OK
Alternative to Pipedream, Temporal Cloud
Inngest
Job orchestrators & durable workflowsEvent-driven durable functions for modern apps
- Stars
- ★ 6k
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
- Self-host or cloud
- Commercial OK
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FAQ
Is there a free alternative to Temporal Cloud?
Yes. AutomationAlts lists 6 options: Conductor, Temporal, Argo Workflows, Cadence, Hatchet and Inngest.
Which Temporal Cloud alternatives are open source?
Conductor (Apache-2.0), Temporal (MIT), Argo Workflows (Apache-2.0), Cadence (MIT), Hatchet (MIT) and Inngest (Apache-2.0).
Which Temporal Cloud alternatives can I self-host?
Conductor, Temporal, Argo Workflows, Cadence, Hatchet and Inngest (all of them).
Related categories: Job orchestrators & durable workflows · Data pipelines & ETL
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