Temporal
An open-source platform for building fault-tolerant applications that automatically preserve and recover application state across failures.
- Vendor
- Temporal Technologies Inc.
- Also known as
- temporal
Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is Temporal?
A durable execution platform that simplifies building resilient distributed systems by automatically managing workflow state, retries, and recovery. It eliminates the need for custom failure handling, reconciliation logic, and infrastructure like message queues or schedulers.
Temporal pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $0.000025 per action with $0/mo minimum. Free trial available.
Paygo with Developer Support
Pay-as-you-go consumption-based pricing with developer support included
What Temporal does
The capabilities that matter for message queues, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Messaging paradigm
- Durable execution
- Delivery guarantee
- At-least-once
- Ordering guarantee
- -
- Durable replayable log
- ✓
- Message replay / rewind
- ✓
- Wire protocol
- gRPC
- Kafka-protocol compatible
- -
- Partitioned horizontal scaling
- ✓
- Geo / cross-region replication
- ✓
- Consumer groups / competing consumers
- -
- Dead-letter queue
- -
- Managed cloud offering exists
- ✓
- Hosting
- Cloud + self-hosted
- Built-in stream processing
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
- Self-hosted
Integrations (7)
Independently observed- AWS Lambda•
- AWS RDS•
- GCP Cloud SQL•
- Vercel's AI SDK•
- Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)•
- Google ADK
- OpenAI Agents SDK
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 6 (4 in the last 12 months), max severity MODERATE sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Temporal FAQ
Common questions about Temporal, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Temporal?
Temporal is a durable execution platform that automatically captures and persists application state, allowing workflows to recover from failures and resume exactly where they left off. It eliminates manual reconciliation code and enables building AI agents, orchestrations, and complex business processes across multiple programming languages. It is indexed under Message Queues.
Source: https://temporal.io/blog/temporal-cloud-pricing-update
Is Temporal free?
Temporal offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $100 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://temporal.io/blog/temporal-cloud-pricing-update
What platforms does Temporal support?
Temporal supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://temporal.io/blog/temporal-cloud-pricing-update
Can Temporal be self-hosted?
Yes. Temporal can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://temporal.io/blog/temporal-cloud-pricing-update
What does Temporal integrate with?
We have confirmed 5 integrations for Temporal, including Google ADK, OpenAI Agents SDK, AWS Lambda, AWS RDS and GCP Cloud SQL. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://temporal.io/blog/temporal-cloud-pricing-update
What security certifications does Temporal have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Temporal. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Temporal not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://temporal.io/security
Is Temporal open source?
Yes. Temporal 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.
Where is Temporal available?
Temporal is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.
Source: https://temporal.io/blog/temporal-cloud-pricing-update
Temporal alternatives
Other message queues we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Confluent CloudA fully managed, serverless cloud platform for Apache Kafka enabling real-time data streaming, processing, and integration at any scalemedium · 73%
- WarpStreamA Kafka-compatible data streaming platform that drastically reduces infrastructure costs while combining cloud convenience with on-premises control.medium · 62%
- NATSlow · 47%
- RabbitMQA unified messaging and streaming broker for distributed application communicationlow · 47%
- RedpandaA fast, developer-friendly streaming data platform that works with Apache Kafka without ZooKeeper or Javamedium · 59%
- Trigger.devAn open-source platform for building durable AI agents with built-in task scheduling and streamingmedium · 73%
Compare Temporal
Side by side against other message queues, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
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 Temporal, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 95 | 0.16 | 14.9 | ✓ |
| Package downloads | 90 | 0.14 | 12.2 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 60 | 0.12 | 6.9 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.06 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 63 | 0.09 | 5.9 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 98 | 0.05 | 5.1 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 75 | 0.06 | 4.7 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Security score | 57 | 0.04 | 2.4 | ✓ |
| Stars | 82 | 0.03 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 25 | 0.06 | 1.6 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 17 | 0.08 | 1.5 | ✓ |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 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 | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 8 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 68% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: both · Paradigm: durable_exec · Protocol: gRPC · Message replay: Yes · Persistent log: Yes · Geo replication: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 3 | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Go | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | MIT | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 95% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
Reliability
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 75% |
| Hipaa | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-05 · 75% |
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-05 · 75% |
| Scorecard | 5.7 | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 90% |
| Vulnerabilities | Count: 6 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=go.temporal.io%2Fserver&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 4 · Max severity: MODERATE | highsource · 2026-10-05 · 90% |
| Trust center | https://temporal.io/blog/trusting-ai-agents-a-reinsurance-case-study | mediumsource · 2026-10-05 · 60% |
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