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Schedulers 5.4/10 Jun 17, 2026

Postgres-backed task orchestration engine with cron schedules, durable workflows, and a monitoring dashboard — free Cloud tier or MIT self-host.

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Hatchet scores 5.4/10 for free value in Schedulers. The main constraint: Cloud "Developer" tier is free with the first 100,000 task runs per month included (then $10 per 1M), no credit card required; or self-host the 100% MIT-licensed engine for unlimited free use.

Category Schedulers Kind Task orchestration / scheduler Caveats The free Developer tier omits paid-tier features: extended data retention (3-day starts at Team $500/mo, 7-day at Scale $1,000/mo), higher RPS throughput, multiple users/tenants, and audit logs/HIPAA. Cloud meters every task run, and 6-field cron (per-second) expressions can burn through the 100k included runs quickly. Renewal monthly Card required No Eligibility anyone

Free value score

5.4 / 10
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Overall 5.4/10
value = 5.4/100
weighted_components_v1
Run value 3.6/10
value = 0.02 $/mo
fixed_log_v1
Reliability 6.5/10
value = 6.5/100
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Workflow fit 8.3/10
value = 8.3/100
policy_score_v1

Key metrics

100.0K/mo Run quota Uses stated run/message/execution quota when present; otherwise a conservative floor.
3750.0/hr Granularity/reliability Derived from minimum interval with conservative reliability adjustment.
9 Workflow/runtime api, cron, durable, history, logs, queue, timeout, workflow, workflows
∞ Cron jobs
1.2 s Min interval 6-field cron
100K/mo Executions
No extended Run history
Configurable Job timeout

What you get

Free Cloud tier: first 100,000 task runs/month included, no credit card, then usage-based $10 per 1M runs

100% MIT-licensed — self-host the full control plane (runs on Postgres) for unlimited free use

Cron triggers with standard 5- or 6-field syntax (per-second granularity) plus durable, fault-tolerant workflow orchestration

Web dashboard for monitoring, triggering, and managing scheduled runs; SOC 2 Type II

Gotchas

  • 100,000 task runs/month included

    The free Cloud Developer tier includes the first 100,000 task runs each month; beyond that, usage is billed at $10 per 1M runs. The included allowance resets monthly.

  • No extended data retention

    Extended run/data retention is a paid feature — 3-day retention starts at the Team tier ($500/mo) and 7-day at the Scale tier ($1,000/mo). The free Developer tier does not include an extended retention window.

  • Single user / limited tenants

    Multi-user and multi-tenant support (10 users & 5 tenants) begins at the Team tier; unlimited users/tenants at Scale. The free Developer tier is geared to a single developer.

  • Throughput not guaranteed

    Guaranteed RPS throughput (500 RPS) and latency guarantees are paid-tier features (Team and above). The free tier has no committed throughput or latency SLA.

  • No audit logs / HIPAA / SSO

    Audit logging and HIPAA compliance start at the Scale tier; SSO/SAML and custom SLAs are Enterprise-only. Not available on the free Developer tier.

Sources

scheduler cron task-queue workflow-orchestration background-jobs durable-execution postgres open-source mit-license ai-agents self-hostable
Open service Source ← All Schedulers

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