Comparison

Inngest vs NATS

On the evidence we track, NATS leads this comparison with a composite score of 68/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Inngest full profile →NATS full profile →

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Inngest56

★NATS68

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Inngest	NATSLeader
vioscaleAI score	56 / 100medium · 69%	68 / 100medium · 58%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	3	12
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	SOC 2 Type II	-
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	7.4
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://www.inngest.com/docs/learn/security	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=inngest-cli&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 29 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fnats-io%2Fnats-server%2Fv2&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 14 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	2	24,884
Github starsadoption.github_stars	5,939	20,867
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	2,477,593	1,353,667
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	4	1
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Inngest56 / 100medium · 69%

NATS68 / 100medium · 58%

Pricing

Free tier

Inngest✓

NATS✓

Model

Inngestfreemium

NATSopen_source

Price level

Inngestlow

NATSfree

Transparent

Inngest✗

NATS–

Integrations

Count

Inngest3

NATS12

Security

Certifications

InngestSOC 2 Type II

NATS–

Disclosure policy

Inngest✓

NATS✓

Gdpr

Inngest–

NATS✓

Hipaa

Inngest✓

NATS–

Scorecard

Inngest–

NATS7.4

Soc2

Inngest✓

NATS–

Trust center

Inngesthttps://www.inngest.com/docs/learn/security

NATS–

Vulnerabilities

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

NATSCount: 29 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fnats-io%2Fnats-server%2Fv2&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 14 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Reliability

Status page

Inngest✓

NATS–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Inngest2

NATS24,884

Github stars

Inngest5,939

NATS20,867

Package downloads weekly

Inngest2,477,593

NATS1,353,667

Activity

Commits last 30d

Inngest100

NATS100

Release

Cadence days

Inngest4

NATS1

History

Inngest20 items

NATS20 items

License

Spdx

InngestApache-2.0

NATSApache-2.0

Language

Primary

InngestGo

NATSGo

Market

Availability

Inngest–

NATSAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Inngest7 items

NATS6 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Message Queues
Capability	Inngest	NATS
Core
Messaging paradigm	Durable execution	Pub/sub
Correctness
Delivery guarantee	At-least-once	-
Ordering guarantee	-	-
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 + self-hosted	Self-hosted only
Processing
Built-in stream processing	✗	-

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

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

NATS

Leader

An open-source, lightweight messaging platform that combines pub/sub, request/reply, and persistent streaming capabilities into a single system for building high-performance distributed applications.

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 2026-08-03verify ↗

NATS

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-10-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Inngest	NATS
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Inngest✓

NATS✓

CLI

Inngest✓

NATS✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Inngest✓

NATS✓

Self-hosted

Inngest✓

NATS✓

Integrations

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

Inngest

6 total

Datadog
Vercel
OpenAI
Discord
Deno
PostgreSQL

Independently observed

NATS

Leader

12 total

Stripe
Apache Kafka
Apache Spark
Apache Flink
RabbitMQ
Prometheus
RisingWave
Caddy
Deepstream
Synadia
Gatling
Yii

Independently observed

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