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Temporal vs Apache Airflow: catalog facts
Temporal	Apache Airflow
Freemium The open-source server is free to self-host; Temporal Cloud is a paid managed service.	Free Free and open source, developed as an Apache Software Foundation project.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	Web, Self-hosted
Workflows survive crashes and resume without manual recovery SDKs for several mainstream programming languages	Workflows are plain Python, so tasks can be generated dynamically Web UI with status and logs for every task run
Requires designing code around Temporal's workflow model Running the server in production adds operational work	Requires Python knowledge to define workflows You run and maintain the scheduler, workers and web server yourself
Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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