# BullMQ vs Memphis

**Leader by Vioscale score:** BullMQ

| Attribute | BullMQ | Memphis |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 58.6 (55% (medium)) | 45.8 (24% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 0 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 1,185 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 9,333 | 3,439 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 8,237,365 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An open source system for queueing and processing background tasks using Redis as the data store, with support for Node.js, Python, Rust, Elixir, and PHP applications. | - |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"self","paradigm":"job_queue","persistent_log":true,"managed_offering":false}` | `{"hosting":"both","ordering":"per_partition","paradigm":"queue","message_replay":true,"persistent_log":true,"consumer_groups":true,"managed_offering":true,"dead_letter_queue":true,"delivery_guarantee":"at_least_once","horizontal_scaling":true}` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | Go |
| license.spdx | MIT | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://bullmq.io/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T08:33:58.453Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"http://memphis.dev/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T13:19:54.561Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| release.cadence_days | - | 21 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 7.5 | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=bullmq&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=memphis%2Fmemphis&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Message Queues)

| Capability | BullMQ | Memphis |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Messaging paradigm | Job / task queue | Queue |
| **Correctness** |  |  |
| Delivery guarantee | - | At-least-once |
| Ordering guarantee | - | Per-partition |
| **Durability** |  |  |
| Durable replayable log | ✓ | ✓ |
| Message replay / rewind | - | ✓ |
| **Interop** |  |  |
| Wire protocol | - | - |
| Kafka-protocol compatible | - | - |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Partitioned horizontal scaling | - | ✓ |
| Geo / cross-region replication | - | - |
| **Consumption** |  |  |
| Consumer groups / competing consumers | - | ✓ |
| Dead-letter queue | - | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Managed cloud offering exists | ✗ | ✓ |
| Hosting | Self-hosted only | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Processing** |  |  |
| Built-in stream processing | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:41:13.577Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*