Inngest
Event-driven durable functions for background jobs.
Key features
- Automatically retry failed function steps
- Trace each job from trigger to completion
- Set concurrency limits and share capacity fairly
- Checkpoint, wait, and fan out across workflow steps
- Run new prompts or code in isolated sandboxes
- Category
- Automation
- Who it's for
- Developers building event-driven apps, background jobs, workflows, and AI agents.
- Tags
- jobsautocompletesandboxobservabilityworkflow-automationbackground-jobs
- Website
- inngest.com
- Listed
- 2026-09-15
Frequently asked questions
Is Inngest free?
Inngest has a free plan, with paid tiers for more usage or features.
How much does Inngest cost?
Paid plans from $99/month, according to its pricing page.
What is Inngest used for?
Event-driven durable functions for background jobs. Typical uses: automatically retry failed function steps; trace each job from trigger to completion; set concurrency limits and share capacity fairly.
What are the best Inngest alternatives?
Alternatives in the same category include Trigger.dev, Temporal, Activepieces, n8n, Windmill.
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