Inngest review

Inngest takes second place because it gets developers to durable background work with the least setup. You install one SDK, wrap code in steps, and each step is checkpointed and retried, with pause, fan-out, defer and A/B testing built in. Functions run wherever your app already runs, including serverless platforms, so there is no queue or worker fleet to maintain. Because Inngest executes the functions, every job, agent and event is traced by default, and flow control stops one heavy user from starving others. SDKs exist for TypeScript, Python, Go and Kotlin. The Free plan includes 50k executions and 5 seats with no card, Pro starts at $99 a month with 1M executions, and Business is $499 a month. The limits to watch are that each step counts as an execution, Free runs pause at the quota, and the longest run is 30 days on Free and 90 days on Pro.

Who it is for

TypeScript and Python teams that want durable steps, flow control and tracing on top of serverless or existing apps with no queue infrastructure.

Price

Free plan with 50k executions a month; Pro from $99 a month; Business $499 a month.

Base price $0 $99 /mo $499 /mo
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 9, 2026.

Key features

• Functions wrapped in steps that retry, pause, fan out and defer
• Flow control for fair use across users competing for the same resource
• Tracing of every background job, agent and event from trigger to completion
• Agent evals and isolated sandboxes billed per second of compute
• Unlimited serverless workers on every plan

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Free plan needs no credit card and includes 5 seats
• Strength: Observability is built in because Inngest executes the functions
• Strength: Runs on serverless platforms without long-lived workers
• Weakness: Free plan runs pause when the monthly quota is reached
• Weakness: Each step counts toward executions, so step-heavy functions use quota quickly
• Weakness: Maximum run length is 30 days on Free and 90 days on Pro

Key facts

• Free plan: 50k executions, 5 concurrent steps, 5 seats
• Pro: From $99 a month, 1M executions, 15 seats
• Business: $499 a month, 10M executions, 30 seats
• Pro overage: $50 per 1M executions

Where it ranks

Inngest is No. 2 in our Best Workflow Orchestration Tools verdict.