Comparison

Temporal vs ZeroMQ

On the evidence we track, Temporal leads this comparison with a composite score of 71/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Temporal71
ZeroMQ60
Score
Vioscale score
Temporal71 / 100high · 76%updating
ZeroMQ60 / 100low · 48%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Temporal
ZeroMQ
Model
Temporalcommercial
Price level
Temporallow
ZeroMQfree
Transparent
Temporal
ZeroMQ
Integrations
Count
Temporal2
ZeroMQ11
Reliability
Sla pct
Temporal99.9
ZeroMQ
Status page
Temporal
ZeroMQ
Adoption
Dependent repos
Temporal30
ZeroMQ2,003
Github stars
Temporal22,544
ZeroMQ10,972
Package downloads weekly
Temporal7,338,116
Activity
Commits last 30d
Temporal100
ZeroMQ19
Release
Cadence days
Temporal4
ZeroMQ114
History
Temporal20 items
ZeroMQ13 items
License
Spdx
TemporalMIT
ZeroMQMPL-2.0
Language
Primary
TemporalGo
ZeroMQC++
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Core
Messaging paradigm
TemporalDurable execution
ZeroMQPub/sub
Correctness
Delivery guarantee
TemporalAt-least-once
ZeroMQ-
Ordering guarantee
Temporal-
ZeroMQ-
Durability
Durable replayable log
Temporal
ZeroMQ-
Message replay / rewind
Temporal
ZeroMQ-
Interop
Wire protocol
Temporal-
ZeroMQZMTP/3.1
Kafka-protocol compatible
Temporal-
ZeroMQ-
Scale
Partitioned horizontal scaling
Temporal
ZeroMQ-
Geo / cross-region replication
Temporal
ZeroMQ-
Consumption
Consumer groups / competing consumers
Temporal-
ZeroMQ-
Dead-letter queue
Temporal-
ZeroMQ-
Deployment
Managed cloud offering exists
Temporal
ZeroMQ
Hosting
TemporalCloud + self-hosted
ZeroMQSelf-hosted only
Processing
Built-in stream processing
Temporal-
ZeroMQ-

What each one is

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

Temporal

Leader

A platform that enables applications to automatically recover from failures by maintaining execution state and resuming operations without manual intervention or data loss.

Independently observed

ZeroMQ

ZeroMQ is a messaging library that enables asynchronous communication through socket abstractions, supporting multiple communication patterns, message subscriptions, and access to various transport protocols.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Temporal

Leader
from $0.00/moHybridFree tier90-day trial

Free open-source self-hosted. Cloud from $0.000025 per action. 90-day free trial with $1,000 credits.

  • Open SourceFree
    • Full durable execution capabilities
    • Self-hosted deployment
    • Community support
  • Temporal Cloud Pay-as-You-Go$0.00 per action
as of verify ↗

ZeroMQ

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Temporal
ZeroMQ
Android
Temporal
ZeroMQ
macOS
Temporal
ZeroMQ
Windows
Temporal
ZeroMQ
Linux
Temporal
ZeroMQ
CLI
Temporal
ZeroMQ
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Temporal
ZeroMQ
Self-hosted
Temporal
ZeroMQ

Integrations

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

Temporal

Leader
2 total
  • Google ADK
  • OpenAI Agents SDK
Independently observed

ZeroMQ

11 total
  • Microsoft
  • Samsung
  • AT&T
  • Spotify
  • Facebook
  • Digital Ocean
  • Auth0
  • Bitcoin
  • Jupyter
  • Mongrel2
  • Jina
Independently observed

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