Inngest
8.3#1 in task queue softwareFrom $99 a monthFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
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What both publish
| Fact | Inngest | Sidekiq |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Inngest functions can run wherever an app is hosted, with platform guides for Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare Pages, Render, and DigitalOcean. | The maker documents configuring Sidekiq with Redis URLs through environment variables, including REDIS_URL and Heroku's REDIS_PROVIDER pattern. |
| Founded | 2022 | 2012 |
| Integrations | The documentation describes integrations for Vercel and Netlify deployment syncs, Neon database events, and Datadog and Prometheus monitoring. | Sidekiq's wiki says server processes boot Rails, making the Rails API, including Active Record, available to jobs and workers. |
| Purpose | Inngest orchestrates asynchronous code as durable functions for event driven workflows, background jobs, and agents. | Sidekiq is a framework for background job processing that scales applications by performing work in the background. |
Inngest plans
- FreeFree
- Pro$99 a month
- Business$499 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
Sidekiq plans
- Sidekiq OSSFree
- Sidekiq Enterprise$269 a month
- Sidekiq Pro$995 a year
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.
Pick Sidekiq if…
The listed audience ranges from hobbyists using OSS to small businesses using Pro and medium to large companies using Enterprise. It suits Ruby application teams that can run Sidekiq themselves and use Redis.