Faktory

Faktory is ranked #3 of 37 in task queue software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at $99/mo.

Faktory plans and pricing

All plans

Faktory OSS Free AGPL · no dedicated support contribsys.com · 28 Sept 2026

Faktory Enterprise — additional packs $99/mo Monthly Each pack adds 100 connections billing.contribsys.com · 28 Sept 2026

Faktory Enterprise — first pack $299/mo Monthly 100 connections per pack · email support billing.contribsys.com · 28 Sept 2026

Compared on task queue software

Free plan: Yes
Paid from: $299/mo
Deployment model: self_hosted
Custom retry policy: Yes
Scheduled jobs: Yes
Dead-letter queue: Yes
Official SDK languages: Go, Ruby

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Faktory

Purpose: Faktory is a language-agnostic, persistent background job system.
Audience: The maker lists hobbyists and startups as the OSS audience and companies with budgets as the Enterprise audience.
Web UI: Faktory includes a responsive web UI for viewing and managing jobs.
Enterprise features: Enterprise features listed by the maker include cron jobs, unique and expiring jobs, Redis Gateway, StatsD metrics, queue throttling, batches or workflows, and job status.
Language integrations: The maker's related-projects page lists worker bindings for Node/JavaScript, Ruby, Go, Python, PHP, Elixir, Rust, Swift, Crystal, Haskell, Java/JVM, .NET, and Clojure.
Installation: The maker documents Linux RPM/DEB packages, macOS Homebrew installation, and a Docker image.
Data persistence: Faktory starts Redis as a child process and uses it for local storage, persisting data to its configured data directory.
Security: Faktory supports TLS for worker and HTTP ports and authenticates clients using a configured global password.
Support: The maker lists no dedicated support for OSS and email support for Enterprise.
Enterprise licensing: Enterprise production use requires a valid license and is limited to the number of connections purchased.
High availability limit: The maker says Faktory does not provide a clustered high availability mode and relies on Redis replication for persistence and failover.
Managed hosting: The maker's related-projects page says there are no managed Faktory-as-a-service providers listed yet.
Price from: $99/mo

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Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Task Queue Software in 2026#3 of 37

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Sources

github.com/contribsys/faktory/wiki· checked 28 Sept 2026
contribsys.com/faktory/· checked 28 Sept 2026
github.com/contribsys/faktory/wiki/Related-Project· checked 28 Sept 2026
github.com/contribsys/faktory/wiki/Installation· checked 28 Sept 2026
github.com/contribsys/faktory/wiki/Deployment· checked 28 Sept 2026
github.com/contribsys/faktory/wiki/Security· checked 28 Sept 2026
github.com/contribsys/faktory/wiki/Licensing· checked 28 Sept 2026
billing.contribsys.com/fent/new.cgi· checked 28 Sept 2026