Comparison

Inngest vs RabbitMQ

No clear leader: RabbitMQ (64.6) and Inngest (60.6) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Inngest61
RabbitMQ65
Score
Vioscale score
Inngest61 / 100medium · 74%
RabbitMQ65 / 100low · 38%
Pricing
Free tier
Inngest
RabbitMQ
Model
Inngestcommercial
RabbitMQcommercial
Price level
Inngestlow
RabbitMQlow
Transparent
Inngest
RabbitMQ
Integrations
Count
Inngest5
RabbitMQ
Reliability
Status page
Inngest
RabbitMQ
Adoption
Dependent repos
Inngest2
RabbitMQ3
Github stars
Inngest5,765
RabbitMQ13,807
Package downloads weekly
Inngest1,746,391
RabbitMQ3,179,580
Activity
Commits last 30d
Inngest88
RabbitMQ100
Release
Cadence days
Inngest1
RabbitMQ9
History
Inngest20 items
RabbitMQ20 items
License
Spdx
InngestApache-2.0
RabbitMQBSD-3-Clause
Language
Primary
InngestGo
RabbitMQJavaScript

Capabilities

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

Core
Messaging paradigm
InngestDurable execution
RabbitMQQueue
Correctness
Delivery guarantee
InngestAt-least-once
RabbitMQAt-least-once
Ordering guarantee
Inngest-
RabbitMQ-
Durability
Durable replayable log
Inngest
RabbitMQ
Message replay / rewind
Inngest
RabbitMQ-
Interop
Wire protocol
InngestHTTPS
RabbitMQAMQP 1.0, MQTT 5.0, STOMP
Kafka-protocol compatible
Inngest
RabbitMQ-
Scale
Partitioned horizontal scaling
Inngest
RabbitMQ
Geo / cross-region replication
Inngest-
RabbitMQ
Consumption
Consumer groups / competing consumers
Inngest
RabbitMQ
Dead-letter queue
Inngest-
RabbitMQ-
Deployment
Managed cloud offering exists
Inngest
RabbitMQ
Hosting
InngestCloud + self-hosted
RabbitMQCloud + self-hosted
Processing
Built-in stream processing
Inngest
RabbitMQ

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

RabbitMQ

A powerful, enterprise-grade open-source messaging and streaming broker that enables efficient, reliable and versatile communication for distributed microservices, real-time data, and IoT 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 verify ↗

RabbitMQ

HybridFree tier

Free open source, with commercial Tanzu RabbitMQ offering available

  • Open SourceFree
  • Tanzu RabbitMQContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

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

RabbitMQ

Not documented yet.

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