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Comparison

Inngest vs Temporal

On the evidence we track, Temporal leads this comparison with a composite score of 71/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Inngest full profile →Temporal full profile →
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Inngest61
★Temporal71
Score
Vioscale score
Inngest61 / 100medium · 74%updating
Temporal71 / 100high · 76%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Inngest✓
Temporal✓
Model
Inngestcommercial
Temporalcommercial
Price level
Inngestlow
Temporallow
Transparent
Inngest✓
Temporal✓
Integrations
Count
Inngest5
Temporal2
Security
Disclosure policy
Inngest✓
Temporal✓
Gdpr
Inngest–
Temporal✓
Hipaa
Inngest✓
Temporal✓
Scorecard
Inngest–
Temporal5.7
Soc2
Inngest✓
Temporal✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Inngest–
Temporal99.9
Status page
Inngest✓
Temporal✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Inngest2
Temporal30
Github stars
Inngest5,765
Temporal22,544
Package downloads weekly
Inngest1,746,391
Temporal7,338,116
Activity
Commits last 30d
Inngest88
Temporal100
Release
Cadence days
Inngest1
Temporal4
History
Inngest20 items
Temporal20 items
License
Spdx
InngestApache-2.0
TemporalMIT
Language
Primary
InngestGo
TemporalGo
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

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

Temporal

Leader

A platform that enables applications to automatically recover from failures by maintaining execution state and resuming operations without manual intervention or data loss.

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 ↗

Temporal

Leader
from $0.00/moHybridFree tier90-day trial

Free open-source self-hosted. Cloud from $0.000025 per action. 90-day free trial with $1,000 credits.

  • Open SourceFree
    • Full durable execution capabilities
    • Self-hosted deployment
    • Community support
  • Temporal Cloud Pay-as-You-Go$0.00 per action
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Inngest✓
Temporal✓
CLI
Inngest✓
Temporal✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Inngest✓
Temporal✓
Self-hosted
Inngest✓
Temporal✓

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

Temporal

Leader
2 total
  • Google ADK
  • OpenAI Agents SDK
Independently observed

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