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Rivet vs Tigris
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Rivet and Tigris — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Shared themes:ai-agents
Rivet vs Tigris: at a glance
| Feature | Rivet | Tigris |
|---|---|---|
| Sector | DevOps | DevOps |
| Velocity score | 1.3 | 8.8 |
| Sparks · 30d | 0 | 2 |
| Top themes | actor-runtime, agent-infra, durable-workflows, edge-sqlite | ai-agents, object-storage, developer-tools, agent-infrastructure |
| Last editorial update | 5h ago | 1d ago |
| Website | — | — |
What is Rivet?
Rivet stacked three actor primitives and a custom agent VM in 90 days.
Rivet shipped a coordinated set of actor primitives over three consecutive days in February — durable TypeScript Workflows, per-actor durable Queues, and per-actor SQLite that scales to zero — then introduced agentOS in April, a WASM-plus-V8-isolate VM for AI agents claiming ~6 ms cold starts and 32x lower cost than container sandboxes. The platform now spans the data, control-flow, and runtime layers an AI-agent builder otherwise stitches together. A May dashboard redesign followed the heavy platform-primitive push.
What is Tigris?
Tigris turns its object store into the substrate for AI-agent state.
Tigris is no longer marketing itself as just an S3-compatible object store. Nearly every release in the last six weeks targets AI-agent workflows: agent-shell for persistent bash sessions, Agent Kit for storage primitives, bucket forking for per-agent sandboxes, S2-based streaming for reasoning traces. The S3 API remains the substrate, but the product narrative has shifted to agent infrastructure.
Rivet vs Tigris: editorial side-by-side
Rivet
1.3DEVOPS
Rivet stacked three actor primitives and a custom agent VM in 90 days.
◆ Current state
Rivet shipped a coordinated set of actor primitives over three consecutive days in February — durable TypeScript Workflows, per-actor durable Queues, and per-actor SQLite that scales to zero — then introduced agentOS in April, a WASM-plus-V8-isolate VM for AI agents claiming ~6 ms cold starts and 32x lower cost than container sandboxes. The platform now spans the data, control-flow, and runtime layers an AI-agent builder otherwise stitches together. A May dashboard redesign followed the heavy platform-primitive push.
◆ Where it's heading
Rivet is positioning itself as the actor-runtime substrate for AI agents: every release this year — Workflows, Queues, SQLite, Sandbox Agent SDK, agentOS — is something developers currently glue together themselves on top of AWS, Fly, or Cloudflare. The cadence is big launches rather than weekly increments; the past month of surface polish suggests the platform-primitive arc has hit a temporary plateau and the focus is shifting to ergonomics and adoption.
◆ Prediction
Expect dev tooling, SDK polish, and a positioning push around agentOS economics relative to Fly Machines, Cloudflare Workers, and AWS Firecracker sandboxes. A managed-cloud variant of agentOS or a v2 of the Sandbox Agent SDK would be the natural next flagship.
Tigris
8.8DEVOPS
Tigris turns its object store into the substrate for AI-agent state.
◆ Current state
Tigris is no longer marketing itself as just an S3-compatible object store. Nearly every release in the last six weeks targets AI-agent workflows: agent-shell for persistent bash sessions, Agent Kit for storage primitives, bucket forking for per-agent sandboxes, S2-based streaming for reasoning traces. The S3 API remains the substrate, but the product narrative has shifted to agent infrastructure.
◆ Where it's heading
The company is building out a coherent stack of agent-native primitives on top of object storage — forks, snapshots, workspaces, notifications-as-events, durable streams. Each release adds another layer that lets developers treat a bucket as session state rather than a passive data store. The bet is that owning the storage layer becomes a defensible position as agent frameworks proliferate.
◆ Prediction
Expect tighter integration with agent frameworks next, likely a managed agent-shell runtime or a binding between Tigris snapshots and Mastra/Anthropic SDK session checkpoints. The homepage embed is a tell — they're trying to make the developer's first interaction with Tigris feel like agent infrastructure, not storage.
Alternatives to Rivet and Tigris
Other DevOps products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Rivet or Tigris.
Workato
Workato is folding AI Genies into the heart of its iPaaS while tightening enterprise plumbing.
Speakeasy
Gram is bolting enterprise auth and governance onto MCP-server agents fast.
GitHub
GitHub is bolting model-routing onto Copilot while hardening npm against supply-chain attacks.
Apache Kafka
Kafka grows queue semantics atop its log while keeping four release lines patched.
Appwrite
BaaS sprint across DB, runtimes, storage, and auth — relationships GA is the centerpiece.
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Recent activity from Rivet and Tigris
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2d agoTigrisHow small can we make an interface to Tigris?
- 3d agoRivetDashboard Redesign
- 4d agoTigrisOwn Your AI Context with Basic Memory
- 18d agoTigrisDurable global streams in Tigris with S2 ⚡
- 18d agoTigrisBuild a Self-Updating Knowledge Base for Under $10
- 23d agoTigrisWe gave just-bash persistent storage ⚡
- 23d agoTigrisThe Immutable Agent
- 1mo agoRivetIntroducing agentOS ⚡
- 2mo agoRivetIntroducing SQLite for Rivet Actors ⚡
- 2mo agoRivetIntroducing Queues for Rivet Actors
- 2mo agoRivetIntroducing Rivet Workflows ⚡
- 3mo agoRivetSwift SDK, Sandbox Agent SDK, and Vercel deployment examples
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Rivet and Tigris?
Both compete on the same themes — ai-agents — within DevOps. Tigris is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 8.8 vs 1.3), with 2 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Rivet better than Tigris?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Tigris is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 8.8 vs 1.3), with 2 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other DevOps products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Rivet?
Top Rivet alternatives in DevOps are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Rivet alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/rivet for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Tigris?
Top Tigris alternatives in DevOps are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Tigris alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/tigris for the full list with editorial commentary on each.