Faktory vs IronWorker

Faktory is a persistent background job system that works across programming languages. It includes a responsive web interface for viewing and managing jobs, and uses Redis as a child process for local storage, persisting data to its configured directory. The maker lists worker bindings for Node/JavaScript, Ruby, Go, Python, PHP, Elixir, Rust, Swift, Crystal, Haskell, Java/JVM,.NET, and Clojure. Linux RPM and DEB packages, macOS Homebrew installation, and a Docker image are documented. Faktory supports TLS for worker and HTTP ports, with clients authenticated by a configured global password. The OSS edition is free under AGPL and has no dedicated support. Enterprise features include cron jobs, unique and expiring jobs, Redis Gateway, StatsD metrics, queue throttling, batches or workflows, and job status. Enterprise production use requires a valid license and is limited to purchased connections: the first pack is $299 a month for 100 connections, and each additional pack is $99 a month for 100 connections. Faktory does not provide clustered high availability; persistence and failover rely on Redis replication.

IronWorker is a container-based platform for running custom code as queued, asynchronous background tasks. It supports parallel processing, and jobs can run once, a set number of times or on a recurring schedule. Workers run in Docker containers and support Ruby, Python, PHP, Java,.NET, Node.js and Go. Tasks can be triggered by HTTP POST webhooks, other workers or IronMQ queues; the Iron.io dashboard displays task status and performance. The platform describes SSL connections, isolated Docker sandboxes and OAuth2 for task execution. Deployment choices include shared, dedicated, hybrid and on-premise environments. Listed uses include image and video processing, push notifications, ETL, email delivery and cron replacement. Basic costs nothing and includes five hours per month, one concurrency, 512 MB RAM and a 30-minute runtime. Standard costs $169 a month and includes unlimited hours with ten concurrency. Premium costs $699 a month. A 14-day trial is available only for non-dedicated clusters.