Pick Hatchet if
teams who will stay on the $0 free million runs (no card) while a worker handles staging, then put a card on file when they need the full 1M/mo envelope and 7-day retention.
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Our take
Pick Hatchet if teams who will stay on the $0 free million runs (no card) while a worker handles staging, then put a card on file when they need the full 1M/mo envelope and 7-day retention. Pick Temporal if backend teams who will burn the $150 / 90-day Cloud credits (no base fee) while they reset a first getAddressFromIP run, then land on Pay-As-You-Go from $50 per million actions — or self-host OSS at $0 when they
Best for
Hatchet Tasks and events metered in runs
Temporal A workflow you start on $150 credits
Free plan
Hatchet $0 · 2,000 task runs/day and 2,000 events/day. 10 workers. 3 users. 500 MB active storage. Discord support
Temporal $0 · $150 for 90 days. No base monthly fee. Start for free
Lowest paid
Hatchet Not published by the vendor
Temporal Pay-As-You-Go $50
Next step up
Hatchet
Temporal Business support add-on $500/mo
Watch out
Hatchet No-card is 2,000 runs/day
Temporal $50 / million actions is the starting Cloud meter
Last checked
Hatchet 2026-10-22 · hatchet.run/pricing
Temporal 2026-10-22 · temporal.io/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Temporal if
backend teams who will burn the $150 / 90-day Cloud credits (no base fee) while they reset a first getAddressFromIP run, then land on Pay-As-You-Go from $50 per million actions — or self-host OSS at $0 when they will run the server.
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