Our take
Pick Kestra if data / platform teams who will stay on Open Source at $0 (unlimited flows and executions, Postgres/MySQL queue) while they ship a first Webhook Flow, then talk to sales for Enterprise when they need SSO, RBAC, and a support SLA — Cloud is request-access with no public dollar on the page. Pick Temporal if backend teams who will burn the $150 / 90-day Cloud credits (no base fee) while they reset a first
Best for
Kestra Flows you start at $0
Temporal A workflow you start on $150 credits
Free plan
Kestra $0 · unlimited flows and executions. 2,300+ plugins. Code and no-code editors. Event-driven scheduling. MCP server. Queue on PostgreSQL or MySQL. Confirmed by the Offer named “Kestra Open Source” (price 0, priceCurrency USD)
Temporal $0 · $150 for 90 days. No base monthly fee. Start for free
Lowest paid
Kestra Not published by the vendor
Temporal Pay-As-You-Go $50
Next step up
Kestra
Temporal Business support add-on $500/mo
Watch out
Kestra Cloud and Enterprise have no public $
Temporal $50 / million actions is the starting Cloud meter
Last checked
Kestra 2026-10-23 · kestra.io/pricing
Temporal 2026-10-22 · temporal.io/pricing
data / platform teams who will stay on Open Source at $0 (unlimited flows and executions, Postgres/MySQL queue) while they ship a first Webhook Flow, then talk to sales for Enterprise when they need SSO, RBAC, and a support SLA — Cloud is request-access with no public dollar on the page.
Read the Kestra pagebackend 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.
Read the Temporal page