Coding

Inngest

Durable workflows and background jobs for modern apps

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★4.6ratingPricing · FreemiumHot
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Data updated 1 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Contested
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Hot
Market trend
Rating
4.6
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

Coding AI has a narrow moat on average, from the moat scores of its rated products. What protects Coding AI tools, and the widest moats

The Brief

What Inngest does

Inngest lets you write durable, reliable background functions and workflows with automatic retries, scheduling, and fan-out — no queue infrastructure to manage. Works with Next.js, Remix, SvelteKit, and any serverless platform.

How Inngest compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Inngest does. Among the 2 that list a starting price, the cheapest is Bubble at $29 a month and the median is $139.50. All 5 offer an API, as Inngest does. Inngest offers a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. Inngest was founded in 2021; the alternatives were founded between 2012 and 2024, 2 of them earlier. Inngest is based in San Francisco, United States; all the 3 alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States too.

Market position · Coding

How Inngest compares in Coding

Inngest has moderate opportunity and sits in the middle third of 499 live Coding tools on FalcoScan. Across Coding, the average opportunity score is 60.4 and the average saturation score 44.4. FalcoScan rates Inngest's own market position as contested. 154 of the 499 operating Coding tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 16 shutdowns in the category.

Inngest compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
InngestFounded 2021 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
Trigger.devFounded 2022 · Remote-firstModerateOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
HatchetFounded 2023 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIRising
MastraFounded 2024 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium$250/moYesYesWeb, Self-hostedStable
TemporalFounded 2019 · Seattle, United StatesLowOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, API, Self-hostedRising
BubbleFounded 2012ModerateCrowdedFreemium$29/moYesYesWebStable

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Coding.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Inngest exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Workflow Automation
Industry Verticals
SoftwareAI
Tagged

Inngest shows up when builders search for these

workflowsbackground-jobsserverlessqueuesreliability
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Questions

Inngest: common questions

Is Inngest free?

Inngest has a free tier, with paid plans.

What are the best alternatives to Inngest?

The closest alternatives to Inngest that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Trigger.dev, Hatchet, Mastra, Temporal, and Bubble.

Is Inngest still running?

Yes. As of 1 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Inngest as operating at inngest.com.

Where is Inngest based?

Inngest is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Does Inngest have an API?

Yes. Inngest offers an API.

Who is Inngest for?

Inngest is built for developers.

How do I sign in to Inngest?

Sign in on Inngest's own website, inngest.com. FalcoScan reviews Inngest but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Inngest directly.

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