What are the best alternatives to Temporal?

The top alternatives to Temporal are Browser Use, Stripe Agent Toolkit, Zapier MCP, ranked by real usage data on Unfragile.

Are there free alternatives to Temporal?

Yes, 20 free alternatives to Temporal exist, including Browser Use, Stripe Agent Toolkit, Zapier MCP.

Best Temporal Alternatives (2026) — Ranked by Real Data | Unfragile

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Best Alternatives to Temporal

20 alternatives ranked by real usage data. Temporal scores 61/100 — 10 tools score higher.

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Browser Use86/100FreeHigher rated

Most-starred open-source browser-agent library — agents drive real browsers via Playwright + any LLM.

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Stripe Agent Toolkit84/100FreeHigher rated

Stripe's official agent SDK + MCP — payments, invoices, billing, and usage metering as agent tools.

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Zapier MCP82/100FreeHigher rated

Zapier's hosted MCP — 8,000+ app integrations exposed as allowlisted agent tools.

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Atlassian Remote MCP Server82/100FreeHigher rated

Atlassian's official hosted MCP — Jira + Confluence with OAuth, permission-bounded agent access.

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Arcade80/100FreeHigher rated

Delegated-auth tool platform — agents act as the user in Gmail/Slack/GitHub via managed OAuth.

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Apify MCP Server80/100FreeHigher rated

Official Apify MCP — 6,000+ scrapers/automations (Actors) callable as agent tools.

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Sweep72/100FreeHigher rated

AI junior developer — turns GitHub issues into pull requests automatically with full codebase context.

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n8n62/100FreeHigher rated

Workflow automation with AI — 400+ integrations, agent nodes, LLM chains, visual builder.

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Dify Template Gallery62/100FreeHigher rated

Visual LLM app builder with pre-built workflow templates.

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Dify62/100FreeHigher rated

Open-source LLM app platform — prompt IDE, RAG, agents, workflows, knowledge base management.

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Prefect61/100Free

Python workflow orchestration — decorators for tasks/flows, retries, caching, scheduling.

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Julep60/100Free

Stateful AI agent platform — long-term memory, workflow execution, persistent sessions.

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Stagehand59/100Free

AI browser automation — natural language commands for web actions, built on Playwright.

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Pipedream59/100Free

Serverless integration platform.

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Mastra59/100Free

TypeScript AI framework — agents, workflows, RAG, and integrations for JS/TS developers.

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ComfyUI CLI59/100Free

Node-based Stable Diffusion CLI/GUI.

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ComfyUI59/100Free

Node-based Stable Diffusion UI — visual workflow editor, custom nodes, advanced pipelines.

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Argo Workflows59/100Free

Kubernetes-native workflow engine.

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Agency Swarm59/100Free

Framework for creating collaborative AI agent swarms.

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Trigger.dev58/100Free

Background jobs framework for TypeScript.

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