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Hatchet vs Inngest

Hatchet and Inngest both land on Depends.

Inngest

inngest.com

Depends
Confidence: Medium

Buy if your engineering team ships background jobs or AI agents and wants retries, state, and observability without running Redis and workers.

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Hatchet versus Inngest
CompareHatchetInngest
VerdictDependsDepends
Best forEngineer-led teams shipping AI agents at scaleBackend teams running background jobs
Who it's not forSmall teams that just need a cron job or delayed emails . massive overkillNon-technical teams wanting no-code automation . use Zapier or n8n
PrivacyTwo 2026 missing-authorization CVEs (fixed in 0.83.39+); trust portal lists HIPAA controls.⁴No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.12
Support quality1-10 person company; support depth unprovenNo support evidence in reviewed sources
Public sentimentIndependent user reviews are scarce in the sources reviewed; coverage is mostly tool-comparison listicles and vendor descriptions.⁶Developers praise the developer experience for background jobs and GenAI workflow reliability, with occasional complaints about long-running task errors.14
Biggest gotchaTwo authorization CVEs in 2026; stay current on releases or self-host patched versions.⁴Hobby tier caps at 50K executions/month and 5 concurrent steps . growth means paid fast13

Pick Hatchet when

  • Engineer-led teams shipping AI agents at scale
  • Teams replacing cron jobs and DIY message queues
  • Python, TypeScript, or Go shops wanting durable workflows

When Hatchet is not a fit

  • Small teams that just need a cron job or delayed emails . massive overkill
  • No-code or ops teams; you write code against SDKs
  • Buyers needing published pricing and an enterprise support org
  • Teams that can't patch fast . two auth CVEs shipped in 2026

Pick Inngest when

  • Backend teams running background jobs
  • AI agent builders needing retries and state
  • Teams replacing DIY Redis + worker stacks
  • Serverless and Next.js product engineers

When Inngest is not a fit

  • Non-technical teams wanting no-code automation . use Zapier or n8n
  • Anyone who just needs a nightly cron script
  • Solo founders unwilling to maintain SDK-based workflow code
  • Buyers requiring a long vendor track record . Inngest is early-stage

Sources

  1. Hatchet homepagehatchet.run
    official
  2. hatchet-dev/hatchet on GitHubgithub.com
    official
  3. Hatchet Trust & Security Portaltrust.hatchet.run
    security
  4. CVE-2026-42572 Detail - NVDnvd.nist.gov
    security
  5. Hatchet CVE tracked by Rapid7rapid7.com
    security
  6. We Tested the 8 Inngest Alternatives for Durable AI Agentszenml.io
    review
  7. Hatchet - The Postgres Task Queue for AI Workflowsdoolpa.com
    review
  8. Best Workflow Orchestration Tools & Apps in 2026hellostack.io
    review
  9. Hatchet on TheOrgtheorg.com
    news
  10. Hatchet on Y Combinatorycombinator.com
    news
  11. Durable Execution for Workflows & AI | Inngestinngest.com
    official
  12. Inngest product security pageinngest.com
    security
  13. Inngest - Workflow Orchestration & Durable Execution (DevTune)devtune.ai
    review
  14. Inngest - Open Source Commercial / OSS Infrastructure (DevTune)devtune.ai
    review
  15. Show HN: Inngest 1.0 - Open-source durable workflowsnews.ycombinator.com
    review
  16. Getting error for long running tasks - Vercel Communitycommunity.vercel.com
    review