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Best River Alternatives in 2026

12 apps from task queue software ranked against River on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Trigger.dev Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $10/mo8.1
    River vs Trigger.dev
  2. 2
    Inngest Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $99/mo8.0
    River vs Inngest
  3. 3
    pg-boss Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free8.0
    River vs pg-boss
  4. 4
    Celery Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hosted Free7.7
    River vs Celery
  5. 5
    Sidekiq Free plan apiself-hosted $82.92/mo7.7
    River vs Sidekiq
  6. 6
    Taskiq LinuxMacself-hostedWin 7.5
    River vs Taskiq
  7. 8
    BullMQ self-hosted $116.25/mo7.4
    River vs BullMQ
  8. 9
    Faktory Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWeb $99/mo7.3
    River vs Faktory
  9. 10
    Hatchet Web 7.1
    River vs Hatchet
  10. 11
    Dramatiq Linuxself-hostedWin 7.1
    River vs Dramatiq
  11. 12
    Asynq Free plan apiself-hosted Free7.0
    River vs Asynq
  12. 13
    Upstash QStash Web 6.6
    River vs Upstash QStash
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