# Memphis vs Temporal

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Temporal

| Attribute | Memphis | Temporal |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 40.6 (24% (low)) | 71 (76% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 0 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 30 |
| adoption.github_stars | 3,439 | 22,544 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 7,338,116 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | - | A platform that enables applications to automatically recover from failures by maintaining execution state and resuming operations without manual intervention or data loss. |
| features.capabilities | `{"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}` | `{"hosting":"both","paradigm":"durable_exec","message_replay":true,"persistent_log":true,"geo_replication":true,"managed_offering":true,"delivery_guarantee":"at_least_once","horizontal_scaling":true}` |
| integrations.count | - | 2 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Google ADK"},{"name":"OpenAI Agents SDK"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | Go |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | - | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"http://memphis.dev/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T13:19:54.561Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","features":["Full durable execution capabilities","Self-hosted deployment","Community support"],"description":"Self-hosted open-source platform","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Temporal Cloud Pay-as-You-Go","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"action"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.000025,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Managed cloud service with consumption-based billing","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free open-source self-hosted. Cloud from $0.000025 per action. 90-day free trial with $1,000 credits.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://temporal.io/blog/introducing-pay-as-you-go-pricing-for-temporal-cloud-on-the-aws-marketplace","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T12:10:32.063Z","freeTrialDays":90,"startingPrice":{"amount":0.000025,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 21 | 4 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.9 |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 5.7 |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"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}` | `{"count":6,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=go.temporal.io%2Fserver&per_page=100","last_12m":5,"max_severity":"MODERATE"}` |

## Capabilities (Message Queues)

| Capability | Memphis | Temporal |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Messaging paradigm | Queue | Durable execution |
| **Correctness** |  |  |
| Delivery guarantee | At-least-once | 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 | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Processing** |  |  |
| Built-in stream processing | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:34:16.116Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*