beanstalkd vs Gearman
beanstalkd
beanstalkd.github.ioGearman
gearman.orgSide by side
| Figure | beanstalkd | Gearman |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Task Queue Software | 8.1 (#10) | 8.8 (#4) |
| Architecture | Producers put jobs into the queue and worker processes take jobs out and run them. | A Gearman deployment has clients that submit jobs, a job server that routes them, and workers that execute them and return results. |
| Notable limit | The README lists Linux 2.6.17 or later, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, and Illumos as required operating systems. | The download page describes GearmanSharp as incomplete and says it does not yet implement the full protocol. |
| Security | The project’s download page identifies the source release as MIT-licensed; the opened official pages make no security or compliance claims. | The download page says the pure Perl Gearman client and worker API supports SSL. |
| Support | The site directs bug reports to its mailing list. | The project directs users to its Google Groups mailing list and Matrix chat. |
Plans
In their own words
beanstalkd
beanstalkd has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Gearman
Gearman is a free, self-hosted application framework for distributing work across machines or processes. A client submits jobs, a job server routes them, and a worker performs them, allowing parallel processing and load balancing. Jobs can run asynchronously in the background or receive priorities. Clients and workers may use different language interfaces when they understand the workload; listed interfaces include C, C#/.NET, Go, Java, Node.js, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Lisp. Messages can reach 4 GB, with chunking for larger messages. Clients and workers can connect to multiple job servers and fail over when one dies. The C job server supports persistent queues. MySQL and PostgreSQL functions expose client calls to queries, triggers, and stored procedures, while the pure Perl API supports SSL. Gearman runs on Linux and Windows, offers API access, and is licensed under BSD. GearmanSharp is incomplete.