What to use instead of Inngest

Trigger.dev is the cheapest verified alternative to Inngest: Trigger.dev Hobby costs $120 a year against the $1,188 Inngest Pro costs, so $1,068 stays in your account. 5 options below, ranked by yearly cost, each with its own verified cancellation guide.

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Inngest Inngest Pro

Current price

From $99 / month

$1,188 a year

Cancellation

Hard

≈ 5 minutes · Email to support

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Verified alternatives to Inngest

5 verified · checked 6 Aug 2026

Ranked by yearly cost, cheapest first. Each one links to our own verified guide, so you can see how hard it is to leave later.

Biggest saving trigger.dev

Trigger.dev Trigger.dev Hobby plan $10 / month

$1,068 stays with you
every year

$1,188 $120 a year

$120 you pay $1,068 you keep

Why this one - Background jobs and durable tasks with a $10 Hobby plan

Self-serve cancel from account settings Lower published entry price than Inngest Pro Compute is credit-based; overage is billed separately

Switch to Trigger.dev Or read our Trigger.dev guide

Cheaper than Inngest pipedream.com

PD Pipedream Pipedream Basic plan $29 / month

$960 stays with you
every year

$1,188 $228 a year

$228 you pay $960 you keep

Why this one - Workflow automation with code steps

Self-serve Cancel under the current plan Free workspace after the paid term Not a durable-execution engine in the Inngest sense

Switch to Pipedream Or read our Pipedream guide

Easier to cancel prefect.io

Prefect Cloud Prefect Cloud Starter plan $100 / month

Higher listed entry price

Cancels in about 3 minutes

Switch to Prefect Cloud Or read our Prefect Cloud guide

Higher price hatchet.run

Hatchet Hatchet Team plan $500 / month + usage

Higher listed entry price

Cancels in about 5 minutes

Switch to Hatchet Or read our Hatchet guide

Easier to cancel n8n.io

n8n Cloud n8n Cloud Starter plan €20 / month, billed yearly

Different pricing model

Why this one - Hosted workflow automation with code-capable nodes

Self-serve Cancel plan in the Admin Dashboard Unlimited users on Cloud No Free Cloud plan after cancel, and priced in euros

Switch to n8n Cloud Or read our n8n Cloud guide

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Prices from the provider Read off the public pricing page in USD and converted to a full year, so every card compares the same twelve months.

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