Comparison

Inngest vs NATS

On the evidence we track, NATS leads this comparison with a composite score of 75/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Inngest61
NATS75
Score
Vioscale score
Inngest61 / 100medium · 74%
NATS75 / 100low · 48%
Pricing
Free tier
Inngest
NATS
Model
Price level
Inngestlow
NATSfree
Transparent
Inngest
NATS
Integrations
Count
Inngest5
NATS
Reliability
Status page
Inngest
NATS
Adoption
Dependent repos
Inngest2
NATS24,884
Github stars
Inngest5,765
NATS20,599
Package downloads weekly
Activity
Commits last 30d
Inngest88
NATS100
Release
Cadence days
Inngest1
NATS1
History
Inngest20 items
License
Spdx
Language
Primary
InngestGo
NATSGo
Market
Availability
Inngest

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Inngest

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

NATS

Leader

NATS enables components of a distributed software system to send messages to each other. It is an open-source project maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and can be deployed across cloud environments, on-site servers, edge computing devices, and embedded systems.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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 ↗

NATS

Leader
Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Inngest
NATS
CLI
Inngest
NATS
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Inngest
NATS
Self-hosted
Inngest
NATS
On-premise
Inngest
NATS

Integrations

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

Inngest

5 total
  • Datadog
  • Vercel
  • OpenAI
  • Discord
  • Deno
Independently observed

NATS

Leader

Not documented yet.

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