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Inngest

by Inngest · Durable execution for background jobs, workflows and AI agents

78 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Inngest runs durable functions: you wrap existing code in step.run() so each step retries independently and state persists across invocations, letting runs pause and resume. It adds concurrency limits, throttling, batching, scheduling and event fan-out, plus step-level traces, metrics and evaluation scores. Functions deploy inside your own app on serverless or traditional infrastructure.

Best for: Teams adding retries, flow control and step-level tracing to background jobs and AI agents.
Pricing: Free Hobby tier with 50k executions a month, Pro from $99/month with metered usage up to 20M executions, and custom Enterprise pricing on request.
Runs on: WebSelf-hostedCLI

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Durability written in code with step.run(), no queues or workers
Rate limits, per-tenant concurrency and throttling built in
Open-source core that can be self-hosted instead of the cloud
SOC 2 Type II, SSO/SAML, E2E encryption, HIPAA BAA available

Trade-offs

Trace and log history is 24 hours on Hobby, 7 days on Pro
SAML, RBAC and audit trails only on the Enterprise plan
Every step counts as an execution, so cost scales with step count
Add-ons stack: $25 per 25 concurrency, $300 advanced observability

Pricing

Published plans from Inngest’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Inngest pricing tiers, monthly rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Includes
Hobby	Freeper account	50k executions and 500k events ingested per month 5 concurrent executions, 3 users, 3 workers Basic tracing, metrics and alerts; 24-hour trace history Execution pauses once the free quota is used up
Pro	$99per account	1M executions included, pay as you go up to 20M 100 concurrent executions, 15 users, 20 workers 5M events/month, then $0.50 per 1M; 5 GB span data, then $3/GB Granular tracing, metrics and alerts; 7-day trace retention
Enterprise	Contact sales	Custom executions, concurrency, events and queue depth Advanced tracing, metrics and alerts; 90-day trace retention SAML, RBAC and audit trails Dedicated Slack channel for P0 support

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 60 out of 100
API quality: 70 out of 100
Documentation: 100 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 85 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 100 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 55 out of 100
Operational trust: 45 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 55 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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