Inngest vs Appwrite Cloud
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Inngest and Appwrite Cloud.
Quick Verdict
3.9/5
Inngest
0 reviews
3.9/5
Appwrite Cloud
0 reviews
Both Inngest and Appwrite Cloud are equally rated at 3.9/5. Inngest is a developer platform for building reliable event-driven background functions. Automatic retries, delays, fan-out, and step functions. Works with Next.js, Node.js, Go, and Python. Appwrite is an open source BaaS with database, authentication, storage, functions, and messaging. Self-hostable on Docker. Appwrite Cloud provides managed hosting.
Inngest Event-driven functions with automatic retries | Appwrite Cloud Open-source backend platform with built-in database, auth, and APIs | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.9 (0 reviews) | 3.9 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | freemium | freemium |
| Starting price | Free tier available | Free tier available |
| Best for | Full-stack and product developers adding reliable background jobs, webhooks, scheduled tasks, or multi-step AI agent workflows to existing apps without building queue infrastructure | Developers and small teams who want a complete managed backend with a genuine self-hosting exit and refuse Firebase-style lock-in. |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ✓ | |
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Tags | ||
| Tags | free tieropen sourceapi access | free tieropen sourceself hostableapi access |
| Visit Inngest → | Visit Appwrite Cloud → | |
Inngest
Pros
- + Real free tier ($0, no card, 50k executions) that pauses at quota instead of billing overage
- + Durable execution without operating queues, brokers, or worker fleets — code stays on your infra
- + Open-source, self-hostable server as an exit path from vendor lock-in
- + Strong SDK coverage (TypeScript, Python, Go, Kotlin) and developer tooling (dev server, replay, traces)
- + Per-run economics are excellent at volume on Pro ($99/mo for 1M executions)
Cons
- - Execution billing counts every step (runs x steps+1), so step-heavy workflows burn quota fast
- - Steep free-to-Pro jump to $99/mo once free caps (5 concurrent steps, 24h traces) bite
- - No published uptime SLA below enterprise agreements
- - Not infrastructure — you still need somewhere to run your code
- - Plan walls on workspaces, apps, and trace retention push growing teams upward quickly
Appwrite Cloud
Pros
- + BSD 3-Clause open source with full self-hosting on any Docker host
- + Generous Pro resources: 2 TB bandwidth, 150 GB storage, 200K MAU at $25/month
- + Complete backend stack: auth, databases, storage, functions, realtime, messaging
- + Clear published overage rates and budget caps
- + Six regions across NA, EU, and APAC
Cons
- - No published uptime SLA on cloud plans
- - Free tier pauses projects after a week of inactivity; two-project limit
- - Per-project pricing multiplies cost for multi-project architectures
- - Smaller integration ecosystem than Firebase or Supabase
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