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Hatchet

by Hatchet · Orchestration engine for AI agents, background tasks and workflows

59.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Hatchet is an orchestration engine for background tasks, AI agents and multi-step workflows. Tasks are written as functions in TypeScript, Python or Go and composed into workflows with DAGs, conditions, retries, cron schedules and event triggers. The engine runs as a managed cloud service or self-hosted, while workers run on your own container platform such as Kubernetes, Docker or ECS.

Best for: Engineering teams orchestrating AI agents and background tasks in TypeScript, Python or Go
Pricing: Developer tier is free with the first 100,000 runs included, then $10 per 1M task runs; Team is $500/month and Scale $1,000/month, both plus usage, with Enterprise priced on request.
Runs on: WebmacOSSelf-hostedCLI

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

MIT-licensed and self-hostable; runs locally from one CLI command
Native SDKs for TypeScript, Python and Go
Built-in OpenTelemetry traces, Prometheus metrics and log search
Task history kept for automatic retries, manual replay and debugging

Trade-offs

Short cloud retention: 3 days on Team, 7 days on Scale
Workers run on your own infrastructure, which you operate and scale
Audit logs and HIPAA start at the $1,000/month Scale plan
SSO, custom SLAs and self-host support are Enterprise, priced on request

Pricing

Published plans from Hatchet’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Hatchet pricing tiers, monthly rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Includes
Developer	Freeper month plus usage	Free, no credit card required $10 per 1M task runs First 100,000 runs included SOC 2 Type II
Team	$500per month plus usage	Everything in Developer 10 users and 5 tenants 3-day retention 500 RPS throughput
Scale	$1000per month plus usage	Everything in Team Unlimited users and tenants 7-day data retention Audit logs and HIPAA
Enterprise	Contact sales	300M+ runs per month SSO, audit logging and latency guarantees Bring your own cloud and self-host support Custom SLAs, dedicated support and onboarding

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
API quality: 30 out of 100
Documentation: 80 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 85 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 100 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 65 out of 100
Operational trust: 75 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 85 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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