Cloudflare Workflows alternatives

Durable execution engine on Cloudflare Workers that runs multi-step workflows with automatic retries, sleeping and waiting for events. The docs include a guide to building a durable AI agent. Full Cloudflare Workflows record →

  1. 1 Hatchet Durable execution & workflow engines

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    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ? ★ 8.2k released 2026-10-29 MIT Compare with Cloudflare Workflows →

  2. 2 DBOS Durable execution & workflow engines

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    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ? ★ 1.7k released 2026-10-27 MIT Compare with Cloudflare Workflows →

  3. 3 Golem Durable execution & workflow engines

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    OSS — Self-host ? Managed ? MCP ✓ ★ 1.5k released 2026-10-29 BUSL-1.1 Compare with Cloudflare Workflows →

  4. 4 Dapr Agents Durable execution & workflow engines

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    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ✓ ★ 768 released 2026-10-27 Apache-2.0 Compare with Cloudflare Workflows →

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