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Comparison

Pipedream vs Temporal

On the evidence we track, Pipedream leads this comparison with a composite score of 77/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Pipedream full profile →Temporal full profile →
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★Pipedream77
Temporal72
Score
vioscaleAI score
Pipedream77 / 100medium · 70%
Temporal72 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tier
Pipedream✓
Temporal✓
Model
Pipedreamfree
Temporalfreemium
Price level
Pipedreamfree
Temporallow
Starting price
Pipedream–
Temporal$0.00
Transparent
Pipedream✗
Temporal✓
Integrations
Count
Pipedream3,000
Temporal3
Security
Certifications
PipedreamSOC 2 Type II
Temporal–
Disclosure policy
Pipedream–
Temporal✓
Gdpr
Pipedream✓
Temporal✓
Hipaa
Pipedream✓
Temporal✓
Scorecard
Pipedream–
Temporal5.7
Soc2
Pipedream✓
Temporal✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Pipedream99.95
Temporal99.9
Status page
Pipedream✓
Temporal✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Pipedream–
Temporal30
Github stars
Pipedream–
Temporal23,468
Package downloads weekly
Pipedream–
Temporal8,455,032
Activity
Commits last 30d
Pipedream–
Temporal100
Release
Cadence days
Pipedream–
Temporal3
History
Pipedream–
Temporal20 items
License
Spdx
Pipedream–
TemporalMIT
Language
Primary
Pipedream–
TemporalGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Pipedream6 items
Temporal8 items

Features

The capabilities each product documents. These tools do not share a category taxonomy, so this aligns what each vendor states rather than a normalised feature set.

Declared feature comparison
FeaturePipedreamTemporal
Ai steps✓-
App builder✓-
Code steps✓-
Custom http connector✓-
Delivery guarantee-at_least_once
Free tier✓-
Geo replication-✓
Horizontal scaling-✓
Hostingbothboth
Managed offering-✓
Message replay-✓
Paradigm-durable_exec
Persistent log-✓
Prebuilt connectors3,000+ apps with pre-built triggers and actions-
Pricing metricconsumption-
Protocol-gRPC
Rbac audit✓-
Visual builder✓-

What each one is

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

Pipedream

Leader

A managed platform that handles OAuth authentication for thousands of APIs and offers pre-built integrations, enabling developers to quickly add thousands of integrations to AI agents, workflows, and applications without managing credentials or OAuth flows.

Independently observed

Temporal

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.

Pipedream

Leader
from $2/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $29/mo (Basic). Free tier available.

  • FreeFree
    • 100 credits/mo
    • 1M AI tokens
    • 3 active workflows
    • 3 connected accounts
    • Unlimited workflow testing
    • +2 more
  • Basic$29/mo ($348/year)
    • 2,000 credits/mo
    • 20M AI tokens
    • 10 active workflows
    • 5 connected accounts
    • 3,000+ integrated apps
    • +1 more
  • Advanced$49/mo ($588/year)
    • 2,000 credits/mo
    • 50M AI tokens
    • Unlimited workflows
    • Unlimited connected accounts
    • Control flow operators
    • +4 more
  • Connect$99/mo ($1,188/year) + $2 per additional external user
    • 10,000 credits/mo
    • Pipedream Connect in production
    • Auth for 100 external users
    • Custom OAuth clients
    • API Proxy
    • +3 more
  • BusinessContact sales
    • Volume pricing
    • Custom invoicing
    • Priority integration development
    • Dedicated support in Slack
    • Support for HIPAA workloads
    • +6 more
as of verify ↗

Temporal

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
Pipedream✓
Temporal✓
CLI
Pipedream✓
Temporal✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Pipedream✓
Temporal✓
Self-hosted
Pipedream✗
Temporal✓
Hybrid
Pipedream✗
Temporal✓

Integrations

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

Pipedream

Leader
22 total
  • Slack
  • Google Sheets
  • Google Drive
  • Gmail
  • GitHub
  • Linear
  • Notion
  • Shopify
  • Supabase
  • Anthropic
  • Airtable
  • Amazon S3
  • Snowflake
  • RSS
  • HTTP
  • Email
  • Salesforce
  • AWS
  • OpenAI
  • Stripe
  • HubSpot
  • Zapier
Independently observed

Temporal

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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Pipedream or Temporal: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.