DBOS alternatives

Postgres-backed durable workflow library that makes AI agents and applications resilient to failures, with durable queues, cron and human-in-the-loop. It integrates with Pydantic AI, LlamaIndex, the OpenAI Agents SDK and the Vercel AI SDK. Full DBOS 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 DBOS →

  2. 2 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 DBOS →

  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 DBOS →

  4. 4 Cloudflare Workflows Durable execution & workflow engines

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    OSS — Self-host ? Managed ? MCP ? proprietary Compare with DBOS →

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