Comparison

Inngest vs ZeroMQ

No clear leader: Inngest (60.6) and ZeroMQ (59.6) 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.

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Inngest61
ZeroMQ60
Score
Vioscale score
Inngest61 / 100medium · 74%
ZeroMQ60 / 100low · 48%
Pricing
Free tier
Inngest
ZeroMQ
Model
Price level
Inngestlow
ZeroMQfree
Transparent
Inngest
ZeroMQ
Integrations
Count
Inngest5
ZeroMQ11
Reliability
Status page
Inngest
ZeroMQ
Adoption
Dependent repos
Inngest2
ZeroMQ2,003
Github stars
Inngest5,765
ZeroMQ10,972
Package downloads weekly
Inngest1,746,391
Activity
Commits last 30d
Inngest88
ZeroMQ19
Release
Cadence days
Inngest1
ZeroMQ114
History
Inngest20 items
ZeroMQ13 items
License
Spdx
InngestApache-2.0
ZeroMQMPL-2.0
Language
Primary
InngestGo
ZeroMQC++

Capabilities

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

Core
Messaging paradigm
InngestDurable execution
ZeroMQPub/sub
Correctness
Delivery guarantee
InngestAt-least-once
ZeroMQ-
Ordering guarantee
Inngest-
ZeroMQ-
Durability
Durable replayable log
Inngest
ZeroMQ-
Message replay / rewind
Inngest
ZeroMQ-
Interop
Wire protocol
InngestHTTPS
ZeroMQZMTP/3.1
Kafka-protocol compatible
Inngest
ZeroMQ-
Scale
Partitioned horizontal scaling
Inngest
ZeroMQ-
Geo / cross-region replication
Inngest-
ZeroMQ-
Consumption
Consumer groups / competing consumers
Inngest
ZeroMQ-
Dead-letter queue
Inngest-
ZeroMQ-
Deployment
Managed cloud offering exists
Inngest
ZeroMQ
Hosting
InngestCloud + self-hosted
ZeroMQSelf-hosted only
Processing
Built-in stream processing
Inngest
ZeroMQ-

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

ZeroMQ

ZeroMQ is a messaging library that enables asynchronous communication through socket abstractions, supporting multiple communication patterns, message subscriptions, and access to various transport protocols.

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 ↗

ZeroMQ

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Inngest
ZeroMQ
Android
Inngest
ZeroMQ
macOS
Inngest
ZeroMQ
Windows
Inngest
ZeroMQ
Linux
Inngest
ZeroMQ
CLI
Inngest
ZeroMQ
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Inngest
ZeroMQ
Self-hosted
Inngest
ZeroMQ

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

ZeroMQ

11 total
  • Microsoft
  • Samsung
  • AT&T
  • Spotify
  • Facebook
  • Digital Ocean
  • Auth0
  • Bitcoin
  • Jupyter
  • Mongrel2
  • Jina
Independently observed

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