# Temporal vs WarpStream

**Leader by Vioscale score:** WarpStream

| Attribute | Temporal | WarpStream |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 71 (76% (high)) | 80.3 (73% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 30 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 22,544 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 7,338,116 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":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. | WarpStream is a Kafka-compatible streaming platform that eliminates local disks by using cloud object storage, enabling automatic scaling and reducing costs significantly compared to traditional Kafka. It maintains full protocol compatibility while simplifying operations through managed deployment in customer cloud accounts. |
| features.capabilities | `{"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}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","ordering":"per_partition","paradigm":"log_stream","protocol":"Kafka","message_replay":true,"persistent_log":true,"consumer_groups":true,"geo_replication":true,"kafka_compatible":true,"managed_offering":true,"stream_processing":true,"delivery_guarantee":"at_least_once","horizontal_scaling":true}` |
| integrations.count | 2 | 12 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Google ADK"},{"name":"OpenAI Agents SDK"}]` | `[{"name":"Apache Kafka"},{"name":"Bento"},{"name":"RisingWave"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"Materialize"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Schema Registry"},{"name":"Iceberg"},{"name":"Tigris"},{"name":"Protobuf"},{"name":"Avro"},{"name":"JSON"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | - |
| license.spdx | MIT | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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"]}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Dev","summary":"$100/month base + metered write throughput and cluster minutes","features":["Core functionality","99.9% SLA","mTLS"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":100,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":15,"unit":"min"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0345,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Development-grade cluster with basic functionality","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"retention":"7 days","partitions":"4,096"}},{"free":false,"name":"Fundamentals","summary":"$500/month base + metered usage","features":["Production functionality","99.9% SLA","Agent Groups","Cluster Recovery","mTLS","PrivateLink","Audit Logs","Schema Validation"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":15,"unit":"min"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1725,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Production-grade cluster with standard SLA","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"partitions":"16,384"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$1,500/month base + metered usage","features":["Advanced isolation","Multi-region replication","99.99% SLA","Lightning Topics","Topic Recovery","Lower Latency"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":1500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":15,"unit":"min"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.52083,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Advanced cluster with high availability and multi-region replication","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"partitions":"50,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Contact sales for pricing","features":["99.999% SLA","Dedicated Control Plane Cell","Multi-Region HA Replication"],"description":"Custom enterprise deployment","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"partitions":"200,000+"}}],"summary":"From $100/month base + metered write throughput ($0.01-$0.003/GiB, tiered by volume) and storage. Free $400 non-expiring credits with no card required.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.warpstream.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:20:17.521Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.01,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 4 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.31.2","date":"2026-07-08T17:10:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.31.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.30.6","date":"2026-07-08T17:10:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.30.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.30.5","date":"2026-06-15T20:06:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.30.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.29.7","date":"2026-06-12T16:51:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.29.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.31.1","date":"2026-06-10T16:46:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.31.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.30.4.1","date":"2026-05-01T22:37:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.30.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.31.0","date":"2026-04-29T21:09:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.31.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.29.6.1","date":"2026-05-06T20:41:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.29.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.30.4","date":"2026-04-10T21:06:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.30.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.29.6","date":"2026-04-10T21:07:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.29.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.28.4","date":"2026-04-10T21:07:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.28.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.30.3","date":"2026-04-01T17:55:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.30.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.29.5","date":"2026-04-01T17:55:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.29.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.28.3.1","date":"2026-03-26T20:05:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.28.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.29.4.1","date":"2026-03-25T17:07:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.29.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.30.2","date":"2026-03-24T22:40:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.30.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.28.3","date":"2026-03-18T17:30:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.28.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.29.4","date":"2026-03-07T03:40:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.29.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.30.1","date":"2026-03-02T22:45:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.30.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v1.29.3","date":"2026-02-04T18:17:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.29.3"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | 99.9 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 5.7 | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"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 | Temporal | WarpStream |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Messaging paradigm | Durable execution | Log / streaming |
| **Correctness** |  |  |
| Delivery guarantee | At-least-once | At-least-once |
| Ordering guarantee | - | Per-partition |
| **Durability** |  |  |
| Durable replayable log | ✓ | ✓ |
| Message replay / rewind | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Interop** |  |  |
| Wire protocol | - | Kafka |
| 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 only |
| **Processing** |  |  |
| Built-in stream processing | - | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:34:55.523Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*