Temporal vs 1Password
Durable execution platform for mission-critical workflows
vs. Enterprise password + secrets management — for humans and machines
Pricing tiers
Temporal
Self-Hosted (OSS)
Free forever. MIT license. Run the Temporal cluster yourself on K8s/Docker.
$0 base (usage-based)
Cloud (usage-based)
Temporal Cloud. Pay per action ($25 per 1M actions base). Active user + storage also billed.
$0 base (usage-based)
Business Plan
Starts ~$100/mo commit. Multi-region, SSO, priority support.
Custom
Enterprise
Custom. HIPAA, PCI, dedicated clusters, enterprise SLA.
Custom
1Password
Individual
$3.99/mo (annual). 1 user. Unlimited passwords, devices. Travel mode.
$4/mo
Families
$4.99/mo total (annual) for 5 family members. Shared vaults.
$5/mo
Business
$7.99/user/mo (annual). Unlimited guests, custom roles, SSO, advanced reports.
$8/mo
Teams Starter
$19.95/mo total (up to 10 users). Shared vaults, guest users, usage reports.
$20/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Dedicated support, annual security reviews, SLA, account management.
Custom
Service Accounts (Business+)
Included with Business/Enterprise. Non-human accounts for CI/CD + secret automation.
Custom
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing oss on Temporal vs individual on 1Password.
| Metric | Temporal | 1Password |
|---|---|---|
| No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers. | ||
Features
Temporal · 16 features
- Activities — Retryable units of work.
- Activity Retries — Declarative retry policies.
- Child Workflows — Nested workflow composition.
- Continue-As-New — Close + restart workflow to prune history.
- Nexus (cross-namespace) — Call workflows across namespaces/teams.
- Queries — Synchronous read of workflow state.
- Saga / Compensations — Rollback pattern via compensating activities.
- Schedules — Cron-like recurring workflows.
- Self-Host — Deploy cluster on your infra.
- Signals — Async messages into a running workflow.
- Timers — Durable sleeps — hours, days, months.
- Update — Synchronous RPC into workflow with validation.
- Visibility + Search Attrs — Query workflow state via Elasticsearch/native store.
- Web UI — Inspect workflow history, events, stack.
- Workflows — Durable, replayable, long-running functions.
- Workflow Versioning — Patch workflow code without breaking in-flight runs.
1Password · 18 features
- Browser Extensions — Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge.
- Connect Server — Self-hosted secret delivery.
- Desktop Apps — Mac, Windows, Linux.
- Events API — SIEM-compatible audit stream.
- iOS + Android Apps — Native mobile.
- op CLI — Command-line access + biometrics.
- Passkey Support — WebAuthn/FIDO2.
- Password Management — Store, generate, autofill.
- SCIM — User provisioning.
- Secret References (op://) — Reference secrets in config files.
- Secrets Automation — Dev secrets workflow.
- Service Accounts — CI/CD auth.
- Shell Plugins — Intercept CLI auth.
- SSH Key Mgmt + Agent — Store + use SSH keys.
- SSO (OIDC / SAML) — Enterprise auth.
- Travel Mode — Hide vaults at borders.
- Vaults — Shared + personal vaults.
- Watchtower — Breach + weak password alerts.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Temporal | 1Password |
|---|---|---|
| CLI | temporal CLI | op CLI |
| SDK | Temporal Go SDK, temporalio (Python), @temporalio (TypeScript), Temporal Java SDK, Temporal .NET SDK, Temporal PHP SDK | @1password/sdk (JS), onepassword (Python), onepassword-sdk-go |
| REST | — | Connect Server API, Events API, SCIM Bridge |
| OTHER | Temporal gRPC API, Temporal Web UI | 1Password Apps, 1Password.com, Browser Extension |
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