Django Q2 vs Procrastinate
Django Q2
github.comProcrastinate
procrastinate.readthedocs.ioSide by side
| Figure | Django Q2 | Procrastinate |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Task Queue Software | 8.1 (#12) | 7.7 (#22) |
| Error reporting | The project lists Rollbar and Sentry support. | When a job raises an error, Procrastinate logs the error with `exc_info`; the documentation names Sentry logging integration and Google Cloud as tools that can collect these errors. |
| Installation | The README installs Django Q2 with pip using the package name django-q2. | The quickstart installs Procrastinate in a Python virtual environment with `pip install procrastinate`. |
| Monitoring | It provides a multi-cluster monitor and integrates with Django Admin. | The command-line interface provides health checks, and its interactive shell can inspect and administer jobs, tasks, queues, and locks. |
| Purpose | Django Q2 is a native Django task queue, scheduler and worker application using Python multiprocessing. | Procrastinate is an open-source distributed task processing library for Python that uses PostgreSQL to store task definitions, manage locks, and dispatch tasks. |
| Scheduling | It supports scheduled, cron and repeated tasks. | Jobs can be scheduled to run once in the future or after a specified delay, and tasks can also be launched periodically. |
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In their own words
Django Q2
Django Q2 is a Django task queue, scheduler and worker application built around Python multiprocessing. It runs asynchronous tasks with worker pools and supports scheduled, cron and repeated jobs. For task workflows, it offers result hooks, groups and chains. A multi-cluster monitor and Django Admin integration provide monitoring options. Brokers include Redis, IronMQ, Amazon SQS, MongoDB and Django ORM; the project also lists Rollbar and Sentry support for error reporting. Signed and compressed packages are among its listed security features. The documentation says it is tested with Python 3.10 through 3.14 and works with Django 5.2, 6.0 and 6.1. It is self-hosted, with the README describing compatibility with PaaS deployment across multiple instances. The project is free, MIT-licensed software, installed with pip using the package name django-q2. Listed platforms are Linux, macOS, self-hosted and web. Disque support has been dropped.
Procrastinate
Procrastinate has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.