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Durable execution platform where the billable unit is a function or step execution rather than a queued message.

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Entry paid plan$99/month for Pro, described as a starting price with usage above the included allowance billed on top.
GitHub stars5,827inngest/inngest
RegionsAll customer data hosted on AWS databases located in the United States; no other region offered on the security page.
Free tierYes

Reviewed by Palash BagchiUpdated 21 criteria comparedSources last checked

Inngest pricing at a glance

Entry paid plan
$99/month for Pro, described as a starting price with usage above the included allowance billed on top source ↗
Pricing model
Per execution, where a step counts the same as a run, plus separate meters for events ingested, span data, scores and realtime connections source ↗
What the free plan includes
50,000 executions and 500,000 events ingested a month with 5 concurrent steps, no credit card required source ↗

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01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

Multi-step workflows that need durable execution and retries between steps, rather than a bare queue you write a consumer for.

Consider something else if…

Every step is a billable execution, so a three-step workflow costs three times what the run count implies, and the free plan allows five concurrent steps.

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Inngest pricing

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Free tierYes
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Kind of free offerFree tier
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What the free plan includes50,000 executions and 500,000 events ingested a month with 5 concurrent steps, no credit card required.
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Credit card to startNo
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Entry paid plan$99/month for Pro, described as a starting price with usage above the included allowance billed on top.
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Pricing modelPer execution, where a step counts the same as a run, plus separate meters for events ingested, span data, scores and realtime connections. The pricing page ships a calculator because the execution count is not the run count.
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  • Pricing — Inngest ↗

    “TOTAL EXECUTIONS PER MONTH (30,000 runs × 2 steps per run) + 30,000 runs = 90,000 executions [...] 500 MB span data ingested [...] 10K scores [...] 500k events ingested [...] 50 realtime connections”

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Infrastructure

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RegionsAll customer data hosted on AWS databases located in the United States; no other region offered on the security page.
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Queues

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Included per month50,000 executions a month on the free Hobby plan and 1,000,000 on Pro, pay-as-you-go to 20M. An execution is one function run or one step, so a run with two steps counts as three.
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  • Pricing — Inngest ↗

    “50k executions [...] 1M executions included Pay as you go up to 20M [...] (30,000 runs × 2 steps per run) + 30,000 runs = 90,000 executions [...] A single durable function run or step execution”

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Maximum message size4 MiB per step-returned payload; 32 MiB total function run state; 10 MiB hard cap per event batch.
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Message retentionQueue depth rather than a time window: 100,000 queued items on the free plan and 1,000,000 or more on Pro. Trace retention is 7 days on Pro and 90 on Enterprise.
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  • Pricing — Inngest ↗

    “100k queue depth [...] 1M+ queue depth [...] Granular tracing, metrics, alerts + 7 day trace retention [...] Advanced tracing, metrics, alerts + 90 day trace retention”

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Maximum delayStep sleeps up to 1 year on paid plans; the free plan supports sleeps up to 7 days.
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Concurrency5 concurrent steps on the free plan, 100 or more on Pro, custom on Enterprise.
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Dead letter queueNot supported — No dead-letter queue; failed runs stay in the dashboard and are re-run in bulk with Replay.
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Compliance

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SOC 2SOC 2 Type II compliant; report available on request via the trust center.
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  • Security | Inngest ↗

    “Inngest is SOC 2 Type II compliant. [...] Read our announcement , request a copy of the report or contact us for additional questions.”

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ISO 27001Not held as of the June 2024 SOC 2 announcement, which says Inngest is exploring additional certifications, such as ISO 27001. Stated on the SOC 2 Type II announcement, dated Jun 20, 2024.
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HIPAAHIPAA BAAs offered as an add-on for healthcare compliance (Enterprise column of the pricing table).
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GDPR / data residencyData residency only: Inngest Cloud runs in two eastern-US footprints, AWS us-east-2 (Ohio) and Inngest bare metal in Ashburn, Virginia.
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  • Inngest Cloud Architecture | Scheduling & Execution - Inngest Docs ↗

    “Inngest Cloud runs across two nearby infrastructure footprints in the eastern United States: [...] AWS us-east-2 (Ohio) hosts customer-facing APIs, control plane services, and supporting data services. [...] Inngest-operated bare metal in Ashburn, Virginia hosts the primary run scheduling and function execution data plane”

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Encryption at restAll data in Inngest databases is encrypted at rest and in transit; optional encryption middleware lets you bring your own key.
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Customer-managed keysBring-your-own-key via SDK encryption middleware that encrypts payloads client-side before they reach Inngest; not a server-side KMS option.
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Role-based access controlSAML, RBAC and audit trails listed as Enterprise plan features.
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Dedicated infrastructureEnterprise runs on dedicated function execution infrastructure with isolated queue and constraint shards; Dedicated Infrastructure is an enterprise add-on. The add-on's contents and price are not described on the page.
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Inngest pricing questions

How much does Inngest cost?

$99/month for Pro, described as a starting price with usage above the included allowance billed on top.

Pricing — Inngest · read

How does Inngest charge?

Per execution, where a step counts the same as a run, plus separate meters for events ingested, span data, scores and realtime connections. The pricing page ships a calculator because the execution count is not the run count.

Pricing — Inngest · read

Does Inngest have a free tier?

Yes. 50,000 executions and 500,000 events ingested a month with 5 concurrent steps, no credit card required.

Pricing — Inngest · read

Do you need a credit card to start on Inngest?

No.

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