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Why it stands out
Convert Actions to events per business transaction before signing—replay doubles some counts.
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Durable workflow platform for running long lived, stateful jobs with strong reliability guarantees.
Sagas across microservices replacing brittle cron chains
Temporal provides durable execution for workflows with Temporal Cloud or self-hosted open-source servers.
temporal.io/pricing (March 2026) advertises $1,000 in credits to start on Cloud. Essentials begins at $100/month including 1 million Actions, 1 GB active workflow storage, 40 GB retained history, 99.9% SLA, roles, service accounts, audit logging, and 1 business day P0 support response on the card. Business starts at $500/month with 2.5 million Actions, 2.5 GB active, 100 GB retained, SAML SSO, and faster support. Enterprise is contact sales with 10 million Actions, larger storage pools, SCIM, and 24/7 thirty-minute P0 on marketing.
Pay-as-you-go tables list additional Actions from about $50 per million on the first overage tranche stepping down with volume, Active storage about $0.042 per GB-hour, Retained about $0.00105 per GB-hour, and support fees described as 5–10% of usage at scale. Startup Program offers $6,000 credits for eligible startups under $30M funding.
Self-hosted Temporal is open source (MIT) aside from infra—you operate persistence and upgrades.
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Editorial take
Convert Actions to events per business transaction before signing—replay doubles some counts.
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Pricing snapshot
Temporal Cloud starts with $1,000 in credits rather than a permanent free tier. Essentials starts at $100 per month with 1 million Actions, 1 GB of active workflow storage, and 40 GB of retained history, while Business starts at $500 per month. Additional Actions start at about $50 per million before volume discounts, and self-hosted Temporal remains $0 for the software plus your own infrastructure.
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