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Beanstalkd
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Beanstalkd

#24in Background Jobs
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What is Beanstalkd?

Beanstalks's interface is generic, but was originally designed for reducing the latency of page views in high-volume web applications by running time-consuming tasks asynchronously.

Beanstalkd is a tool in the Background Jobs category of a tech stack.

Beanstalkd Pros & Cons

Pros of Beanstalkd

  • ✓Fast
  • ✓Does one thing well
  • ✓Free
  • ✓Scalability
  • ✓Simplicity
  • ✓External admin UI developer friendly
  • ✓Job delay
  • ✓External admin UI
  • ✓Job prioritization

Cons of Beanstalkd

No cons listed yet.

Beanstalkd Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Beanstalkd?

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Beanstalkd Discussions

Discover why developers choose Beanstalkd. Read real-world technical decisions and stack choices from the StackShare community.Showing 1 of 3 discussions.

Frédéric MARAND
Frédéric MARAND

Core Developer at OSInet

Mar 9, 2019

Needs adviceonBeanstalkdBeanstalkdRabbitMQRabbitMQKafkaKafka

I used Kafka originally because it was mandated as part of the top-level IT requirements at a Fortune 500 client. What I found was that it was orders of magnitude more complex ...and powerful than my daily Beanstalkd , and far more flexible, resilient, and manageable than RabbitMQ.

So for any case where utmost flexibility and resilience are part of the deal, I would use Kafka again. But due to the complexities involved, for any time where this level of scalability is not required, I would probably just use Beanstalkd for its simplicity.

I tend to find RabbitMQ to be in an uncomfortable middle place between these two extremities.

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