The open source Background Jobs framework for TypeScript
Workflow OrchestrationFree plan availableOpen SourceSelf-hosted
- AI Tasks
- AI Agents
- Realtime Streams
Best Tray Alternatives in 2026
6 top Workflow Orchestration tools you can use instead of Tray, with pricing and key features.
Tray
The AI-ready integration and automation platform
Workflow OrchestrationPaid plans
Tray is an AI-ready integration and automation platform built for developers, ops teams, and RevOps to connect services, automate workflows, and govern runtime artifacts. A single credential store and one access model behind every connector lets you scale across 700+ services and any API.
- Unified credentials and access model
- Extensive connectors library
- Governance and audit
- Tray CLI and AI SDLC tooling
Tray alternatives
Platform to programmatically author, schedule and monitor workflows.
Workflow OrchestrationOpen Source
- Pure Python
- Useful UI
- Robust Integrations
The orchestration engine for teams who ship
Workflow OrchestrationFree plan availableOpen Source
- AI Agent Orchestration
- Background Task Scheduling
- Workflow Runtime & Observability
Open Source Declarative Data Orchestration Platform
Workflow OrchestrationPaid plansOpen Source
- Declarative YAML Workflows
- Plugins & integrations
- Deployment options
Workflow Orchestration for Data, ML, and Agents
Workflow OrchestrationFree plan availableOpen Source
- Python-native orchestration
- Dynamic DAGs
- Observability and failure clarity
Durable Execution Solutions
Workflow OrchestrationFrom $25 per million actions / None
- Workflow Orchestration
- Durable State Management
- Framework Agnostic & Language Bindings
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Tray?
Tray is a Workflow Orchestration tool: The AI-ready integration and automation platform. Key features include Unified credentials and access model, Extensive connectors library, Governance and audit and Tray CLI and AI SDLC tooling.
Are there free alternatives to Tray?
Yes. Trigger.dev, Hatchet and Prefect have a free plan.
Is there an open-source alternative to Tray?
Yes. Trigger.dev, Airflow, Hatchet, Kestra and Prefect are open source.
Which Tray alternatives are paid-only?
Temporal: From $25 per million actions / None.
Which Tray alternative can I self-host?
Trigger.dev can be self-hosted.