Compare 2 free alternatives to DBOS for Workflow Automation. Every one of their free tier limits side by side, with the read and catalogue dates we hold.
2 free alternatives in Workflow Automation. Sorted by pricing stability.
Current DBOS Situation
Risk Level:caution
Why:effective 2025-04-04 — DBOS replaced its free DBOS Cloud plan ($0 a month, "Free forever": 100,000 requests a day, 1,000,000 ms of CPU a month, 1 application) with DBOS Pro at $99 a month with a 30-day free trial, between captures of 2025-03-21 and 2025-04-04. The open-source DBOS Transact library stays free. Source ↗
DBOS replaced its free DBOS Cloud plan ($0 a month, "Free forever": 100,000 requests a day, 1,000,000 ms of CPU a month, 1 application) with DBOS Pro at $99 a month with a 30-day free trial, between captures of 2025-03-21 and 2025-04-04. The open-source DBOS Transact library stays free. Source ↗
Background jobs platform — $5 free monthly compute, 20 concurrent runs, unlimited tasks, 5 team members, 10 schedules, 1 day log retention, community support
2 of these carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold; their order rotates daily. 0 are demoted with the reason named, and 0 are listed last because they are not generally available or are not a free offer. How we rank.
Background jobs platform — $5 free monthly compute, 20 concurrent runs, unlimited tasks, 5 team members, 10 schedules, 1 day log retention, community support
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We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 2 free alternatives to DBOS, each listed below with its tier, category and the read and catalogue dates we hold. Of those, 2 carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold, so they are listed in an order that rotates daily. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.
Is DBOS's free tier still available?
DBOS has a free tier (Free (open-source library; managed cloud is paid-only)), but it's flagged as "caution" because of one specific recorded change, on 2025-04-04: DBOS replaced its free DBOS Cloud plan ($0 a month, "Free forever": 100,000 requests a day, 1,000,000 ms of CPU a month, 1 application) with DBOS Pro at $99 a month with a 30-day free trial, between captures of 2025-03-21 and 2025-04-04. The open-source DBOS Transact library stays free. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20250404224119/https://www.dbos.dev/dbos-pricing
How many free alternatives to DBOS exist?
There are 2 free alternatives to DBOS tracked on AgentDeals across the Workflow Automation, Background Jobs categories.
Has DBOS changed their pricing?
DBOS has 1 recorded pricing change. The most recent was on 2025-04-04: DBOS replaced its free DBOS Cloud plan ($0 a month, "Free forever": 100,000 requests a day, 1,000,000 ms of CPU a month, 1 application) with DBOS Pro at $99 a month with a 30-day free trial, between captures of 2025-03-21 and 2025-04-04. The open-source DBOS Transact library stays free. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20250404224119/https://www.dbos.dev/dbos-pricing