Hangfire
8.0#2 in task queue softwareFrom $500 a yearFree planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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What both publish
| Fact | Hangfire | Sidekiq |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Ahtri 12, Tallinn, Harju County 15551, Estonia | Lake Oswego, Oregon, United States |
| Integrations | The documentation lists integrations with ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core, console applications, Windows Services, WCF, Nancy, and ServiceStack. | Sidekiq's wiki says server processes boot Rails, making the Rails API, including Active Record, available to jobs and workers. |
| Purpose | Hangfire performs background processing in .NET and .NET Core applications without requiring a Windows Service or separate process. | Sidekiq is a framework for background job processing that scales applications by performing work in the background. |
Hangfire plans
- OpenFree
- Startup$500 a year
- Business$1,500 a year
- Enterprise$4,500 a year
Sidekiq plans
- Sidekiq OSSFree
- Sidekiq Enterprise$269 a month
- Sidekiq Pro$995 a year
Pick Hangfire if…
Hangfire suits developers adding scheduled or background jobs to .NET applications. It is relevant for teams that need persistent jobs, retries or processing across multiple machines.
Pick Sidekiq if…
The listed audience ranges from hobbyists using OSS to small businesses using Pro and medium to large companies using Enterprise. It suits Ruby application teams that can run Sidekiq themselves and use Redis.