Comparison

Google Cloud Pub/Sub vs Inngest

On the evidence we track, Inngest leads this comparison with a composite score of 61/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Google Cloud Pub/Sub53

★Inngest61

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Google Cloud Pub/Sub	InngestLeader
Vioscale score	53 / 100low · 49%	61 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	3	5
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=inngest-cli&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	2
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	5,765
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	1,746,391
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	88
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	1
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US	-

Score

Vioscale score

Google Cloud Pub/Sub53 / 100low · 49%

Inngest61 / 100medium · 74%

Pricing

Free tier

Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓

Inngest✓

Model

Google Cloud Pub/Subfreemium

Inngestcommercial

Price level

Google Cloud Pub/Sublow

Inngestlow

Transparent

Google Cloud Pub/Sub✗

Inngest✓

Integrations

Count

Google Cloud Pub/Sub3

Inngest5

Security

Disclosure policy

Google Cloud Pub/Sub–

Inngest✓

Hipaa

Google Cloud Pub/Sub–

Inngest✓

Soc2

Google Cloud Pub/Sub–

Inngest✓

Vulnerabilities

Google Cloud Pub/Sub–

InngestCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=inngest-cli&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓

Inngest✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Google Cloud Pub/Sub–

Inngest2

Github stars

Google Cloud Pub/Sub–

Inngest5,765

Package downloads weekly

Google Cloud Pub/Sub–

Inngest1,746,391

Activity

Commits last 30d

Google Cloud Pub/Sub–

Inngest88

Release

Cadence days

Google Cloud Pub/Sub–

Inngest1

History

Google Cloud Pub/Sub–

Inngest20 items

License

Spdx

Google Cloud Pub/Sub–

InngestApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Google Cloud Pub/Sub–

InngestGo

Market

Availability

Google Cloud Pub/SubAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Inngest–

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Message Queues
Capability	Google Cloud Pub/Sub	Inngest
Core
Messaging paradigm	Pub/sub	Durable execution
Correctness
Delivery guarantee	At-least-once	At-least-once
Ordering guarantee	Per-key	-
Durability
Durable replayable log	✓	✓
Message replay / rewind	✓	✓
Interop
Wire protocol	-	HTTPS
Kafka-protocol compatible	-	✗
Scale
Partitioned horizontal scaling	✓	✓
Geo / cross-region replication	✓	-
Consumption
Consumer groups / competing consumers	✓	✗
Dead-letter queue	-	-
Deployment
Managed cloud offering exists	✓	✓
Hosting	Cloud only	Cloud + self-hosted
Processing
Built-in stream processing	✓	✗

Core

Messaging paradigm

Google Cloud Pub/SubPub/sub

InngestDurable execution

Correctness

Delivery guarantee

Google Cloud Pub/SubAt-least-once

InngestAt-least-once

Ordering guarantee

Google Cloud Pub/SubPer-key

Inngest-

Durability

Durable replayable log

Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓

Inngest✓

Message replay / rewind

Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓

Inngest✓

Interop

Wire protocol

Google Cloud Pub/Sub-

InngestHTTPS

Kafka-protocol compatible

Google Cloud Pub/Sub-

Inngest✗

Scale

Partitioned horizontal scaling

Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓

Inngest✓

Geo / cross-region replication

Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓

Inngest-

Consumption

Consumer groups / competing consumers

Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓

Inngest✗

Dead-letter queue

Google Cloud Pub/Sub-

Inngest-

Deployment

Managed cloud offering exists

Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓

Inngest✓

Hosting

Google Cloud Pub/SubCloud only

InngestCloud + self-hosted

Processing

Built-in stream processing

Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓

Inngest✗

What each one is

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

Google Cloud Pub/Sub

A cloud-based publish/subscribe messaging system that enables applications to ingest and stream event data at scale with guaranteed delivery, automatic scaling, and built-in replay capabilities. Integrates with data warehouses and stream processing pipelines for real-time analytics.

Independently observed

Inngest

Leader

Provides an execution layer that automatically handles durability, retries, and state management for background jobs, scheduled tasks, and AI workflows through code-based function definitions.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Google Cloud Pub/Sub

from $0.27/moUsage-basedFree tier

Usage-based: $40/TiB throughput, $0.27/GiB-month storage. Free tier: 10 GiB/month throughput.

Standard Pub/Sub$40/TiB throughput + $0.27/GiB-month storage (first 10 GiB throughput free)
- At-least-once message delivery
- Per-key message ordering
- Pull and push delivery modes
- Cross-zone replication
- Automatic scaling and provisioning
- +1 more

as of 2026-08-05verify ↗

Inngest

Leader

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 2026-08-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Google Cloud Pub/Sub	Inngest
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓

Inngest✓

CLI

Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓

Inngest✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Google Cloud Pub/Sub✓

Inngest✓

Self-hosted

Google Cloud Pub/Sub✗

Inngest✓

Integrations

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

Google Cloud Pub/Sub

3 total

BigQuery
Cloud Storage
Dataflow

Independently observed

Inngest

Leader

5 total

Datadog
Vercel
OpenAI
Discord
Deno

Independently observed

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