Airflow vs Temporal

Is Temporal a good alternative to Airflow? Here’s what you need to know.

Temporal

Free

Durable execution platform for reliable distributed systems.

Temporal is an open-source durable execution platform. Write workflows as code in Go, Java, TypeScript, Python, or .NET with automatic retries, timeouts, and error handling. Makes distributed systems reliable without the complexity.

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Why switch from Airflow?

Indie pricing — no enterprise markup or per-seat fees
Direct maker support — talk to the person who built it
Transparent & open — many indie tools are open-source
No vendor lock-in — own your data, export anytime

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