sidekiq Alternatives

sidekiq is described as 'Simple, efficient background processing for Ruby. Sidekiq uses threads to handle many jobs at the same time in the same process. It does not require Rails but will integrate tightly with Rails to make background processing dead simple' and is an app. There are five alternatives to sidekiq for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Self-Hosted and Ruby apps. The best sidekiq alternative is Zenaton, which is free. Other great apps like sidekiq are Resque, Delayed::Job, Celery: Distributed Task Queue and Hangfire.

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Simple, efficient background processing for Ruby. Sidekiq uses threads to handle many jobs at the same time in the same...

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sidekiq alternatives page was last updated Jul 10, 2019
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  1. Zenaton icon

    Zenaton

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    Zenaton is a developer tool and hosted workflow engine for writing, running and monitoring all of your background processes whether it is a single task or a long running workflow. It allows developers to easily integrate third party services and APIs iby triggering tasks and...

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Clever Cloud
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Heroku
    Zenaton screenshot 1

    Zenaton Features

    1.  Workflow
    2.  Container Orchestration
    3.  Real-time monitoring
    4.  Workflow Triggers
    5.  Task Scheduling
    6.  API Integration
    7.  Scheduling

    Zenaton VS sidekiq

     

    • Zenaton is the most popular SaaS alternative to sidekiq.

    • Zenaton is the most popular free alternative to sidekiq.

    • Zenaton is Freemium and Proprietarysidekiq is Freemium and Open Source

  2. Resque

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    Resque is a Redis-backed Ruby library for creating background jobs, placing them on multiple queues, and processing them later.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
    • Redis
    • Ruby on Rails
    • RubyGems
    Resque screenshot 1

    Resque VS sidekiq

     

    • Resque is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to sidekiq.

    • Resque is the most popular Open Source alternative to sidekiq.

    • Resque is Free and Open Sourcesidekiq is Freemium and Open Source
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    Delayed::Job

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    Database based asynchronous priority queue system -- Extracted from Shopify - collectiveidea/delayed_job

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
    • Redis
    • Ruby on Rails

    Delayed::Job Features

    1.  Server Monitoring
    2.  Dashboard
    3.  Web-Based

    Delayed::Job VS sidekiq

     
  5. Celery: Distributed Task Queue icon

    Celery: Distributed Task Queue

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    Celery is an asynchronous task queue/job queue based on distributed message passing. It is focused on real-time operation, but supports scheduling as well.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python

    Celery: Distributed Task Queue VS sidekiq

     

  6. Hangfire

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    An easy way to perform background processing in .NET and .NET Core applications. No Windows Service or separate process required. Backed by persistent storage. Open and free for commercial use.

    License model

    • Free Personal • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • EE flagEstonia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Hangfire screenshot 1

    Hangfire Features

    1.  Server Monitoring
    2.  Dashboard
    3.  Web-Based

    Hangfire VS sidekiq

     
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