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Beanstalkd vs delayed_job: What are the differences?
What is Beanstalkd? A simple, fast work queue. 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.
What is delayed_job? Database backed asynchronous priority queue -- Extracted from Shopify. Delayed_job (or DJ) encapsulates the common pattern of asynchronously executing longer tasks in the background. It is a direct extraction from Shopify where the job table is responsible for a multitude of core tasks.
Beanstalkd and delayed_job can be primarily classified as "Background Processing" tools.
"Fast" is the primary reason why developers consider Beanstalkd over the competitors, whereas "Easy to get started" was stated as the key factor in picking delayed_job.
Beanstalkd and delayedjob are both open source tools. It seems that Beanstalkd with 5.12K GitHub stars and 748 forks on GitHub has more adoption than delayedjob with 4.46K GitHub stars and 915 GitHub forks.
According to the StackShare community, Beanstalkd has a broader approval, being mentioned in 27 company stacks & 8 developers stacks; compared to delayed_job, which is listed in 8 company stacks and 5 developer stacks.
Pros of Beanstalkd
- Fast23
- Free12
- Does one thing well12
- Scalability9
- Simplicity8
- External admin UI developer friendly3
- Job delay3
- Job prioritization2
- External admin UI2
Pros of delayed_job
- Easy to get started3
- Reliable2
- Doesn't require Redis1