Sidekiq
sidekiq.org
Spec sheet
- Purpose
- Sidekiq is a framework for background job processing that scales applications by performing work in the background.Read 3 Oct 2026 · sidekiq.org
- Audience
- The maker's comparison lists hobbyists for OSS, small business for Pro, and medium to large companies for Enterprise.Read 3 Oct 2026 · sidekiq.org
- Deployment
- The maker documents configuring Sidekiq with Redis URLs through environment variables, including REDIS_URL and Heroku's REDIS_PROVIDER pattern.Read 3 Oct 2026 · sidekiq.org
- Integrations
- Sidekiq's wiki says server processes boot Rails, making the Rails API, including Active Record, available to jobs and workers.Read 3 Oct 2026 · sidekiq.org
- Support
- Commercial priority support covers one incident per quarter, has a maximum response time of two working days, and excludes the customer's application and infrastructure.Read 3 Oct 2026 · sidekiq.org
- Headquarters
- Lake Oswego, Oregon, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · sidekiq.org
- Founded
- 2012Read 28 Sep 2026 · sidekiq.org
- Core features
- The plans comparison lists scheduled jobs, error handling, a Web UI, a Ruby API, middleware, and long-running jobs across OSS, Pro, and Enterprise.Read 3 Oct 2026 · sidekiq.org
- Data store
- Sidekiq stores job and operational data in Redis.Read 3 Oct 2026 · sidekiq.org
- Encryption scope
- Enterprise encryption protects only the last job argument; error messages and backtraces remain plaintext.Read 3 Oct 2026 · sidekiq.org
- Enterprise capabilities
- Enterprise includes encryption, rate limiting, periodic jobs, unique jobs, historical metrics, multi-core processing, and rolling restarts, plus Pro features.Read 3 Oct 2026 · sidekiq.org
- Free trial
- The maker says it does not offer pre-sales demos or free trials, but a purchased month of Pro or Enterprise may be tried and refunded if the customer is unhappy.Read 3 Oct 2026 · sidekiq.org
- Job model
- The client serializes job data as JSON and pushes it into a Redis queue, where Sidekiq server processes pull and process jobs.Read 3 Oct 2026 · sidekiq.org
- Limits
- Enterprise licensing is based on production worker thread count; development and staging use is free and unlimited.Read 3 Oct 2026 · sidekiq.org
- Pro reliability
- Sidekiq Pro uses Redis RPOPLPUSH to protect jobs when a process crashes or receives a KILL signal, and its client retries delivery after transient Redis errors.Read 3 Oct 2026 · sidekiq.org
- Pro workflows
- Sidekiq Pro adds batches and callbacks for tracking grouped jobs and building more complex workflows.Read 3 Oct 2026 · sidekiq.org
Plans and prices
Sidekiq OSS Free Free Open source · LGPL · hobbyists Read 3 Oct 2026 · sidekiq.org
Sidekiq Enterprise $269 a month Starting at $269/mo Commercial license · starts at 100 threads · volume discounts may apply Read 3 Oct 2026 · sidekiq.org
Sidekiq Pro $995 a year $995/year Commercial license · priority email support · no server or environment limit Read 3 Oct 2026 · sidekiq.org
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- Task Queue Software#16 of 377.9
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