Alternatives · Automation
Restate alternatives
As of Nov 13, 2026, the highest-graded Restate alternative is Inngest (2.4 GPA). It's also the best free one.
Restate compared with 5 alternatives: Hatchet, Inngest, Trigger.dev, Camunda and Prefect.
Restate has a free plan. Paid plans start at $75 per month for 5M actions. All 5 alternatives are free or have a free plan.
Listings checked up to Nov 13, 2026 · Where the facts come from
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At a glance
Price against what you get
Restate starts at $75 a month and scores 1.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. 1 of the 3 alternatives on this chart scores higher and starts lower: Trigger.dev.
Inngest and Prefect score higher without starting lower.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
How each one differs from Restate
Hatchet
Open-source task queue and durable workflow engine
- Hatchet starts at $0, then $30 per million runs and $5 per million events.
- Hatchet also covers job scheduling.
Suits: Engineering teams replacing a queue like Celery with durable workflows
Inngest
Durable execution for background jobs, event-driven apps and agents
- Inngest starts at $99 per month (Pro), billing basis not stated.
Suits: Developers who need reliable background jobs and workflows written in code
Trigger.dev
Open-source platform for long-running background tasks and AI agents
- Trigger.dev starts at $10 per month (Hobby), with $10 of usage credits included.
Suits: Developers who want background jobs written in code, not a visual builder
Camunda
BPMN process orchestration, self-hosted or as a cloud service
- Camunda also covers dashboards.
Suits: Engineering teams that model processes in BPMN and want to host the engine
Prefect
Python workflow orchestration with an open-source core and a cloud
- Prefect starts at $100 per month, billed monthly (Starter, 3 users).
Suits: Python data and ML teams moving scripts into scheduled, monitored workflows
Limits worth knowing in Restate
- Throughput is rate-limited per plan, with burst headroom, and actions past the allotment are billed as overage.
- Multi-AZ redundancy and a HIPAA BAA cost extra: $200 to $500 and $300 respectively.
- The Free plan has no overage option and keeps only 1 day of history.
- The pricing page does not say whether the monthly prices are billed monthly or annually.
Common questions
What are the alternatives to Restate?
The alternatives to Restate in this directory are Hatchet, Inngest, Trigger.dev, Camunda and Prefect. Each one has a side-by-side comparison with Restate.
Is there a free alternative to Restate?
Yes. Hatchet, Inngest, Trigger.dev, Camunda and Prefect have a free plan alongside paid ones.
When were these prices checked?
Each listing shows its own date. On this page they run from Nov 12, 2026 to Nov 13, 2026. Vendors change prices without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.
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