Cordum
Control plane for autonomous AI Agents and external workers using NATS, Redis, and CAP v2.
Pricing
Free tier
Flat rate
Adoption
→StableLicense
Open Source
Data freshness
Verified · Jun 21, 2026Overview
What is Cordum?
Cordum is a platform-only control plane that uses NATS for the bus, Redis for state and payload pointers, and CAP v2 wire contracts for jobs, results, and heartbeats. It supports autonomous AI agents and external workers.
Key differentiator
“Cordum stands out as a platform-only control plane that leverages NATS and Redis for efficient state management, making it ideal for autonomous AI agents and distributed worker systems.”
Capability profile
Capability Radar
Honest assessment
Strengths & Weaknesses
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Primary development is in Go, and the TypeScript SDK is community-maintained with limited features.
Requires NATS for message bus, Redis for state management, and CAP v2 wire contracts which can be challenging to configure correctly.
Being a niche tool in the observability space, it has fewer contributors and plugins compared to more established platforms like Prometheus or Grafana.
Redis may become a bottleneck under heavy load scenarios, limiting the system's scalability without significant infrastructure adjustments.
Fit analysis
Who is it for?
✓ Best for
Teams building autonomous AI agents that require a robust control plane
Projects needing efficient state management for distributed worker systems
Developers who prefer self-hosted solutions with NATS and Redis integration
✕ Not a fit for
Users requiring real-time streaming capabilities (batch-only architecture)
Budget-constrained projects without the resources to manage a self-hosted solution
Cost structure
Pricing
Free Tier
Available
Open source — free to use
Starts at
$0
Model
Flat rate
Enterprise
None
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Get Started with Cordum
Step-by-step setup guide with code examples and common gotchas.