Oban
oban.pro
Spec sheet
- Purpose
- Oban is a background job framework for Elixir and Python, backed by a database.Read 7 Oct 2026 · oban.pro
- Trial
- The pricing FAQ says Oban does not offer a free trial.Read 7 Oct 2026 · oban.pro
- Integrations
- The maker documents Elixir and Python packages, and says workflows coordinate directly through Postgres without a separate orchestration service.Read 7 Oct 2026 · oban.pro
- Support
- Pro includes email support, while Enterprise Support offers a private Slack or Teams channel, prioritized support, configuration review, and video issue-triage calls during US and UK business hours.Read 7 Oct 2026 · oban.pro
- Company
- The makers describe themselves as Parker and Shannon Selbert, a small software shop developing, designing, and supporting Oban.Read 7 Oct 2026 · oban.pro
- Concurrency
- Pro adds cluster-wide concurrency limits, rate limiting, queue partitioning, and burst mode.Read 7 Oct 2026 · oban.pro
- Dashboard
- Oban Web shows jobs, queues, schedules, and workflows across a cluster in a real-time dashboard, with controls to pause queues, retry or cancel jobs, and trigger crons.Read 7 Oct 2026 · oban.pro
- Data protection
- Oban Pro supports encrypted job arguments at rest; its documentation says metadata, error messages, and stacktraces remain plaintext.Read 7 Oct 2026 · oban.pro
- License limit
- A standard Pro license covers one application, defined as a system sharing one production database, and permits unlimited staging or production nodes for that application.Read 7 Oct 2026 · oban.pro
- Reliability
- The open-source foundation provides durable background jobs, automatic retries, error handling, transaction safety, and at-least-once execution.Read 7 Oct 2026 · oban.pro
- Security review
- The enterprise page says Oban will answer security questionnaires and share the executive summary from its latest security audit.Read 7 Oct 2026 · oban.pro
- Workflows
- Oban Pro workflows checkpoint each step in Postgres and resume from the last completed step after a crash, restart, or deploy.Read 7 Oct 2026 · oban.pro
Plans and prices
Open Source Free Free · Community support · No durable workflows · No global and rate limiting · No queue partitioning Read 7 Oct 2026 · oban.pro
Pro (monthly) $150 a month Billed monthly 1 application · Unlimited nodes · Email support · Elixir or Python Read 7 Oct 2026 · oban.pro
Pro (yearly) $1,620 a year Billed yearly as $1,620 1 application · Unlimited nodes · Email support · Elixir or Python Read 7 Oct 2026 · oban.pro
Enterprise Priced on request Custom Application bundles · Elixir and Python included · Multi-year licenses · Invoice/PO payment · Enterprise support available Read 7 Oct 2026 · oban.pro
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