Solid Queue
A job queue library that stores tasks in your database
- Also known as
- solid-queue
What is Solid Queue?
A Ruby library for managing background job processing with support for deferred execution, recurring scheduled tasks, priority-based job ordering, and horizontal scaling across multiple servers.
Solid Queue pricing
We don't have Solid Queue's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Solid Queue does
The capabilities that matter for background jobs queues, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Backing store
- -
- Delivery guarantee
- -
- Cron recurring jobs
- ✓
- Delayed scheduled jobs
- ✓
- Dead letter queue
- -
- Priority queues
- ✓
- Rate limiting
- -
- Configurable retry backoff
- -
- Durable workflow orchestration
- -
- Web dashboard UI
- -
- Multi language workers
- -
- Event webhook triggers
- -
- Self hostable
- ✓
- Managed cloud offering
- -
- Pricing model
- Open source
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Self-hosted
Integrations (3)
Independently observed- Ruby on Rails
- Active Job
- Puma
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Solid Queue FAQ
Common questions about Solid Queue, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Solid Queue?
An open-source job processing backend for Rails that uses a database for storage, supporting delayed execution, concurrency management, recurring scheduled tasks, queue pausing, and job priorities. It scales horizontally and can run on the same server as the web application or separately. It is indexed under Background Jobs Queues.
Source: https://github.com/pricing
Is Solid Queue free to use?
Solid Queue is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://github.com/pricing
What platforms does Solid Queue support?
Solid Queue supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://github.com/pricing
Can Solid Queue be self-hosted?
Yes. Solid Queue can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://github.com/pricing
What does Solid Queue integrate with?
We have confirmed 3 integrations for Solid Queue, including Ruby on Rails, Active Job and Puma. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://github.com/pricing
Is Solid Queue open source?
Yes. Solid Queue is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Solid Queue alternatives
Other background jobs queues we track, ranked by the same independent score.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Solid Queue, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 50 | 0.12 | 6.0 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 87 | 0.07 | 5.8 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 67 | 0.08 | 5.6 | ✓ |
| Stars | 64 | 0.03 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 17 | 0.05 | 0.9 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.17 | 0.0 | - |
| Security score | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 37 | mediumsource · 2026-09-13 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 66% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Pricing model: open-source · Self hostable: Yes · Priority queues: Yes · Cron recurring jobs: Yes · Delayed scheduled jobs: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-14 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 3 | mediumsource · 2026-08-18 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Ruby | highsource · 2026-10-14 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | MIT | highsource · 2026-10-14 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
Security
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