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Julep

Serverless platform for durable, composable AI agents and workflows

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About Julep

Julep is a serverless platform for building durable, composable AI agents and workflows that crash-resume, retry safely, and restrict tool access, backed by Temporal and PostgreSQL.

Julep is an open-source, serverless platform for building production-ready AI agents and workflows. Instead of ad-hoc loops, it models agents as composable, durable dataflows: flows that can crash and resume, retry safely, and explain every step through a derived projection, with strict control over which tools the model may call. Under the hood, Julep combines a core service for agent definitions and task execution, persistent storage backed by PostgreSQL with vector capabilities, and a Temporal-based workflow engine for reliable execution. Connectors integrate external services and tools, while a declarative YAML-based configuration lets teams define multi-step pipelines that scale, retry, and recover automatically. Because execution, scaling, and retries are handled for you, data and ML teams can iterate on complex AI operations without provisioning servers. Julep 3 has shipped as a release candidate in 2026, signaling active development and a focus on durability and safety for agentic workloads.

TL;DR

Julep is an open-source serverless platform for building durable, composable AI agents and workflows with safe retries, resumability, and strict tool control.

Company overview

Julep builds infrastructure for production AI agents, positioning agents as durable dataflows rather than fragile loops. Its focus is reliability, safety, and explainability for agentic workloads.

The open-source project is under active development, with Julep 3 shipping as a release candidate in 2026. It appeals to data and ML teams that need dependable orchestration of complex AI operations.

Product features

Julep combines a core agent/task service, PostgreSQL-based persistent storage with vector support, and a Temporal-based workflow engine. Declarative YAML configuration defines multi-step pipelines that scale, retry, and recover automatically.

Flows can crash and resume, retry safely, and explain every step, while explicit tool-access controls constrain what the model can do. Connectors integrate external services, and SDKs plus an API support integration.

Target market

Julep targets data and ML teams, agent developers, and backend engineers who need durable, fault-tolerant orchestration. It is less suited to no-code users or simple one-shot prompting.

Buyer personas

End users

Engineers building and running agent workflows.

Buyers

Engineering and data-science leads choosing an orchestration platform.

Key influencers

Platform engineers evaluating reliability and safety.

Ideal customer profile

Technical teams productionizing multi-step AI pipelines that demand durability and safe tool use.

Funding & performance

Verify current funding details with the vendor or public sources.

Pros & cons

Pros

  • Durable flows that crash and resume
  • Safe retries and step-by-step explainability
  • Explicit tool-access control for safety
  • Serverless: no infrastructure to manage
  • Temporal-based reliable execution engine
  • Open source with SDKs and API

Cons

  • Declarative YAML has a learning curve
  • Best suited to technical data/ML teams
  • Julep 3 still in release-candidate stage
  • Temporal-based model adds conceptual overhead
  • Not aimed at non-developers

Pricing plans

Open Source
$0 / month
  • Self-hosted platform
  • Durable workflows
  • Tool-access control
Cloud
Usage-based / month
  • Managed serverless execution
  • Auto-scaling and retries
  • Hosted storage

Key features

API
Team collaboration
Self-hosted
Multi-language
Integrations
PostgreSQL, Temporal, external tool connectors, Python SDK, REST API
Input types
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Output types
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Best For
Durable AI workflows, Multi-step agent pipelines, Fault-tolerant orchestration

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Frequently asked questions

What makes Julep's workflows durable?+

Flows can crash and resume, retry safely, and explain each step through a derived projection, backed by a Temporal-based engine.

How does Julep handle tool safety?+

It denies any tool the model was not explicitly allowed to call, giving fine-grained control over agent actions.

Do I need to manage servers?+

No. Julep is serverless and handles execution, scaling, and retries automatically.

Is Julep open source?+

Yes. Julep is open source, with SDKs and an API, and can be self-hosted.

What backs Julep's storage and execution?+

It uses PostgreSQL with vector capabilities for storage and a Temporal-based workflow engine for execution.

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