Inngest Has a Free Event-Driven Background Functions Platform for Any Language

Inngest runs reliable background functions triggered by events. Write durable functions with retries, scheduling, and step-based workflows.

Free Tier

• 25K function runs/month
• Retries — automatic
• Steps — multi-step workflows
• Cron — scheduled functions
• Concurrency — rate limiting
• Dashboard — real-time monitoring

Define a Function

import { inngest } from './client';

export const processSignup = inngest.createFunction(
  { id: 'process-signup' },
  { event: 'user/signup' },
  async ({ event, step }) => {
    await step.run('send-welcome', () => sendEmail(event.data.email));
    await step.sleep('wait-1-day', '1 day');
    await step.run('send-tips', () => sendTipsEmail(event.data.email));
  }
);

Send Events

await inngest.send({ name: 'user/signup', data: { email: '[e-mail]' } });

vs Temporal

Feature	Inngest	Temporal
Setup	Serverless	Self-host
Learning	Lower	Higher
Best for	Event-driven	Complex workflows

---

Need event-driven functions? GitHub or [e-mail]