Best Procrastinate Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from task queue software ranked against Procrastinate on the same published basis.
- 1Procrastinate vs IronWorker
- 2Procrastinate vs Faktory
- 3Procrastinate vs Hangfire
- 4Procrastinate vs Inngest
- 5Procrastinate vs pg-boss
- 6Procrastinate vs Celery
- 7Procrastinate vs River
- 8Procrastinate vs Trigger.dev
- 9Procrastinate vs Upstash QStash
- 10Procrastinate vs Asynq
- 11Procrastinate vs Delayed Job
- 12Procrastinate vs GoodJob
- 13Procrastinate vs Huey
- 14Procrastinate vs Resque
- 15Procrastinate vs Sidekiq
- 16Procrastinate vs Taskiq
- 17Procrastinate vs Dramatiq
- 18Procrastinate vs Google Tasks
- 19Procrastinate vs Taskcluster
- 20Procrastinate vs TaskTiger
Procrastinate alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IronWorker | 6.6 | Free plan | $169/mo | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 2 | Faktory | 6.5 | Free plan | $99/mo | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web |
| 3 | Hangfire | 6.5 | Free plan | $41.67/mo | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 4 | Inngest | 6.5 | Free plan | $99/mo | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 5 | pg-boss | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 6 | Celery | 6.4 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted |
| 7 | River | 6.4 | Free plan | $125/mo | self-hosted, Web |
| 8 | Trigger.dev | 6.4 | Free plan | $10/mo | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 9 | Upstash QStash | 6.4 | Free plan | $1/mo | API, Web |
| 10 | Asynq | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | API, self-hosted |
| 11 | Delayed Job | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | self-hosted |
| 12 | GoodJob | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | self-hosted, Web |
| 13 | Huey | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | self-hosted |
| 14 | Resque | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | self-hosted |
| 15 | Sidekiq | 6.3 | Free plan | $82.92/mo | API, self-hosted |
| 16 | Taskiq | 5.6 | No | — | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 17 | Dramatiq | 5.5 | No | — | Linux, self-hosted, Windows |
| 18 | Google Tasks | 5.4 | No | — | Android, iOS, Web |
| 19 | Taskcluster | 5.4 | No | — | Web, Linux, Windows, Mac |
| 20 | TaskTiger | 5.4 | No | — | Windows, Mac, Linux |
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Questions about Procrastinate alternatives
What is the best alternative to Procrastinate?
IronWorker, number 1 in task queue software with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: Faktory, Hangfire, Inngest and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to Procrastinate?
IronWorker is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 15 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.