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Comparison

ActiveMQ vs Inngest

No leader: the top candidate ActiveMQ has only 0.29 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

ActiveMQ full profile →Inngest full profile →
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ActiveMQ59
Inngest56
Score
vioscaleAI score
ActiveMQ59 / 100low · 29%
Inngest56 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tier
ActiveMQ✓
Inngest✓
Model
ActiveMQopen_source
Inngestfreemium
Price level
ActiveMQfree
Inngestlow
Transparent
ActiveMQ✓
Inngest✗
Integrations
Count
ActiveMQ–
Inngest3
Security
Certifications
ActiveMQ–
InngestSOC 2 Type II
Disclosure policy
ActiveMQ–
Inngest✓
Hipaa
ActiveMQ–
Inngest✓
Scorecard
ActiveMQ7
Inngest–
Soc2
ActiveMQ–
Inngest✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
ActiveMQ–
Inngest✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
ActiveMQ7,528
Inngest2
Github stars
ActiveMQ2,465
Inngest5,939
Package downloads weekly
ActiveMQ–
Inngest2,477,593
Activity
Commits last 30d
ActiveMQ33
Inngest100
Release
Cadence days
ActiveMQ4
Inngest4
History
ActiveMQ20 items
Inngest20 items
License
Spdx
ActiveMQApache-2.0
InngestApache-2.0
Language
Primary
ActiveMQJava
InngestGo
Content
Faq
ActiveMQ5 items
Inngest7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for message queues. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Messaging paradigm
ActiveMQPub/sub
InngestDurable execution
Correctness
Delivery guarantee
ActiveMQ-
InngestAt-least-once
Ordering guarantee
ActiveMQ-
Inngest-
Durability
Durable replayable log
ActiveMQ✓
Inngest✓
Message replay / rewind
ActiveMQ-
Inngest✓
Interop
Wire protocol
ActiveMQAMQP, STOMP, MQTT, JMS
InngestHTTPS
Kafka-protocol compatible
ActiveMQ-
Inngest✗
Scale
Partitioned horizontal scaling
ActiveMQ✓
Inngest✓
Geo / cross-region replication
ActiveMQ-
Inngest-
Consumption
Consumer groups / competing consumers
ActiveMQ✓
Inngest✗
Dead-letter queue
ActiveMQ-
Inngest-
Deployment
Managed cloud offering exists
ActiveMQ✓
Inngest✓
Hosting
ActiveMQCloud + self-hosted
InngestCloud + self-hosted
Processing
Built-in stream processing
ActiveMQ✓
Inngest✗

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

ActiveMQ

An open source Java-based system for asynchronous messaging between applications across different platforms. It supports multiple standard communication protocols and offers high availability features through message load-balancing and master-broker configurations.

Independently observed

Inngest

Inngest enables developers to write durable functions with built-in checkpointing and retry logic that survive failures. Functions execute step-by-step with automatic recovery and detailed observability, eliminating the need for manual infrastructure management.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

ActiveMQ

Open sourceFree tier

Open source and free to download and use. Professional support available from commercial vendors.

as of verify ↗

Inngest

from $0.50/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Pro from $99/mo + metered usage.

  • HobbyFree
    • 50k executions
    • 5 concurrent executions
    • 500 MB span data ingested
    • 10K scores
    • 500k events ingested
    • +6 more
  • ProStarting at $99/mo + metered usage
    • 1M executions included
    • Pay as you go up to 20M
    • 100+ concurrent executions
    • 5 GB span data ingested
    • 50K scores
    • +8 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom executions
    • Custom concurrent executions
    • Custom span data ingested
    • Custom scores
    • Custom events ingested
    • +5 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
ActiveMQ✓
Inngest✓
Windows
ActiveMQ✓
Inngest✗
Linux
ActiveMQ✓
Inngest✗
CLI
ActiveMQ✗
Inngest✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
ActiveMQ✗
Inngest✓
Self-hosted
ActiveMQ✓
Inngest✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

ActiveMQ

Not documented yet.

Inngest

6 total
  • Datadog
  • Vercel
  • OpenAI
  • Discord
  • Deno
  • PostgreSQL
Independently observed
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ActiveMQ or Inngest: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.