Cloudflare Workflows
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VisitCloudflare Workflows vs Inngest
What both publish
| Fact | Cloudflare Workflows | Inngest |
|---|---|---|
| Durable execution | Workflows supports durable steps with automatic retries and error handling. | The platform coordinates steps, waits, retries and events so runs can complete after failures. |
| Founded | 2009 | 2022 |
| Integrations | The documentation identifies Fetch API requests and Cloudflare services including R2, KV, and D1 as services a Workflow can call. | The documentation describes integrations for Vercel and Netlify deployment syncs, Neon database events, and Datadog and Prometheus monitoring. |
| Purpose | Cloudflare Workflows lets developers build durable multi-step applications on Cloudflare Workers without managing infrastructure. | Inngest orchestrates asynchronous code as durable functions for event driven workflows, background jobs, and agents. |
Cloudflare Workflows plans
- Workers FreeFree
- Workers Paid—
Inngest plans
- FreeFree
- Pro$99 a month
- Business$499 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
Pick Cloudflare Workflows if…
It suits developers building long-running, multi-step applications on Cloudflare Workers that need retries, persisted state, or pauses while awaiting events. It may not fit deployments targeting Workers for Platforms namespaces.
Pick Inngest if…
Inngest suits developers building event-driven workflows, background jobs, or agents with TypeScript, Python, or Go. Its free plan may suit those whose execution needs fit within its stated quota.