# Hatchet vs Temporal (slim)

> Temporal scores 77.2 (BB) to Hatchet's 68.3 (B) for human approval. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Temporal scores 77.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Hatchet's 68.3 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Hatchet leads on payments & pricing. Both do human approval.

- Hatchet: B 68.3, rank #225 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hatchet.min.md
- Temporal: BB 77.2, rank #22 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/temporal.min.md
- Hatchet, good for It suits a team already running background jobs or agent loops on Hatchet that wants an approval pause inside the same durable task, in Python, TypeScript, Go or Ruby. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 40 against 20. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Runs on your own machine.
- Temporal, good for A team that already runs, or wants to run, agents as durable workflows with strict guarantees and an audit trail per run. Ahead on Reliability, 85 against 66; Schema & documentation, 91 against 85; Security & auth, 86 against 62. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.

| Category | Hatchet | Temporal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 66 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 91 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 82 | 85 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 86 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 90 | 90 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 71 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hatchet | Temporal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Hatchet Technologies, Inc. | Temporal Technologies |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://cloud.hatchet.run` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Tools exposed | 7 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-09-15 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-07-17 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-18 | 2026-04-22 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.6/5 (8) |