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Comparison

Google Cloud Pub/Sub vs Temporal

On the evidence we track, Temporal leads this comparison with a composite score of 72/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Google Cloud Pub/Sub full profile →Temporal full profile →
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Google Cloud Pub/Sub54
★Temporal72
Score
vioscaleAI score
Google Cloud Pub/Sub54 / 100medium · 50%
Temporal72 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tier
Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓
Temporal✓
Model
Google Cloud Pub/Subfreemium
Temporalfreemium
Price level
Google Cloud Pub/Sublow
Temporallow
Starting price
Google Cloud Pub/Sub–
Temporal$0.00
Transparent
Google Cloud Pub/Sub✗
Temporal✓
Integrations
Count
Google Cloud Pub/Sub9
Temporal3
Security
Disclosure policy
Google Cloud Pub/Sub–
Temporal✓
Gdpr
Google Cloud Pub/Sub–
Temporal✓
Hipaa
Google Cloud Pub/Sub–
Temporal✓
Scorecard
Google Cloud Pub/Sub–
Temporal5.7
Soc2
Google Cloud Pub/Sub–
Temporal✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Google Cloud Pub/Sub–
Temporal99.9
Status page
Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓
Temporal✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Google Cloud Pub/Sub–
Temporal30
Github stars
Google Cloud Pub/Sub–
Temporal23,468
Package downloads weekly
Google Cloud Pub/Sub–
Temporal8,455,032
Activity
Commits last 30d
Google Cloud Pub/Sub–
Temporal100
Release
Cadence days
Google Cloud Pub/Sub–
Temporal3
History
Google Cloud Pub/Sub–
Temporal20 items
License
Spdx
Google Cloud Pub/Sub–
TemporalMIT
Language
Primary
Google Cloud Pub/Sub–
TemporalGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Google Cloud Pub/Sub6 items
Temporal8 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for message queues. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Messaging paradigm
Google Cloud Pub/SubPub/sub
TemporalDurable execution
Correctness
Delivery guarantee
Google Cloud Pub/SubAt-least-once
TemporalAt-least-once
Ordering guarantee
Google Cloud Pub/SubPer-key
Temporal-
Durability
Durable replayable log
Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓
Temporal✓
Message replay / rewind
Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓
Temporal✓
Interop
Wire protocol
Google Cloud Pub/Sub-
TemporalgRPC
Kafka-protocol compatible
Google Cloud Pub/Sub-
Temporal-
Scale
Partitioned horizontal scaling
Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓
Temporal✓
Geo / cross-region replication
Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓
Temporal✓
Consumption
Consumer groups / competing consumers
Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓
Temporal-
Dead-letter queue
Google Cloud Pub/Sub-
Temporal-
Deployment
Managed cloud offering exists
Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓
Temporal✓
Hosting
Google Cloud Pub/SubCloud only
TemporalCloud + self-hosted
Processing
Built-in stream processing
Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓
Temporal-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Google Cloud Pub/Sub

Google Cloud's publish-subscribe messaging platform that delivers events to multiple subscribers with at-least-once delivery guarantees, cross-zone replication, and optional per-key ordering. It integrates with popular data processing, analytics, and monitoring tools for end-to-end data streaming solutions.

Independently observed

Temporal

Leader

A durable execution platform that simplifies building resilient distributed systems by automatically managing workflow state, retries, and recovery. It eliminates the need for custom failure handling, reconciliation logic, and infrastructure like message queues or schedulers.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Google Cloud Pub/Sub

from $0.27/moUsage-basedFree tier

Usage-based: $40/TiB throughput, $0.27/GiB-month storage. Free tier: 10 GiB/month throughput.

  • Standard Pub/Sub$40/TiB throughput + $0.27/GiB-month storage (first 10 GiB throughput free)
    • At-least-once message delivery
    • Per-key message ordering
    • Pull and push delivery modes
    • Cross-zone replication
    • Automatic scaling and provisioning
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Temporal

Leader
from $0.00/actionUsage-basedFree tier90-day trial

From $0.000025 per action with $0/mo minimum. Free trial available.

  • Paygo with Developer Support$0/mo minimum, $0.000025 per action
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓
Temporal✓
CLI
Google Cloud Pub/Sub✗
Temporal✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓
Temporal✓
Self-hosted
Google Cloud Pub/Sub✗
Temporal✓
Hybrid
Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓
Temporal✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Google Cloud Pub/Sub

12 total
  • BigQuery
  • Cloud Storage
  • Dataflow
  • Splunk
  • Datadog
  • Striim
  • Informatica
  • Confluent Cloud
  • Apache Kafka
  • Knative Eventing
  • Looker Studio
  • Data Studio
Independently observed

Temporal

Leader
7 total
  • Google ADK
  • OpenAI Agents SDK
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS RDS
  • GCP Cloud SQL
  • Vercel's AI SDK
  • Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)
Independently observed
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