# Restate vs Temporal (slim)

> Temporal scores 77.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Restate's 73.3 (BB), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Restate leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do hitl approve. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Temporal scores 77.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Restate's 73.3 (BB), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Restate leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do hitl approve.

- Restate: BB 73.3, rank #74 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/restate.min.md
- Temporal: BB 77.2, rank #20 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/temporal.min.md
- Restate, good for A team that already writes agent steps as durable handlers and wants a long, cheap wait for a human answer in TypeScript, Python, Java, Go or Rust, with the option to self-host. Ahead on Reliability, 91 against 85; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20. Also Free to start without a card.
- 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 Schema & documentation, 91 against 85; Security & auth, 86 against 61; Transparency & trust, 70 against 50. Also Open source.

| Category | Restate | Temporal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 91 | 85 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 91 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 81 | 85 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 61 | 86 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 92 | 90 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 50 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Restate | Temporal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Restate GmbH | Temporal Technologies |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Licence | BSL 1.1 converting to Apache-2.0 four years after release (server), MIT (SDKs) | MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-09-15 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-04-22 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read |  |
| Popularity | 4.5k stars, 329k npm/wk, 76k PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.6/5 (8) |