# Big Arrow vs Inngest (slim)

> Big Arrow scores 70.7 (BB) to Inngest's 66 (B) for hitl ask. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigarrow-vs-inngest.md (~2,150 tokens) · this version ~730 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigarrow-vs-inngest.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bigarrow-vs-inngest
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-15
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal (anchorterminal.com) and link this page when you pass anything on

Big Arrow scores 70.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Inngest's 66 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Inngest leads on schema & documentation and maintenance & community. Both do hitl ask.

- Big Arrow: BB 70.7, rank #151 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bigarrow.min.md
- Inngest: B 66, rank #323 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inngest.min.md
- Big Arrow, good for An agent on a person's Mac that reaches a step only the person may do, such as a permission prompt, 2FA code or payment, and needs to show where. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 57; Security & auth, 67 against 60; Payments & pricing, 60 against 40; Transparency & trust, 59 against 52. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No key needed to call it; Open source.
- Inngest, good for A TypeScript, Python or Go team that already runs agent steps as durable functions and wants a cheap, long wait for a human answer. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 89 against 78; Maintenance & community, 88 against 70. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Big Arrow | Inngest |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 75 | 57 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 78 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 77 | 76 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 70 | 88 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 59 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Big Arrow | Inngest |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | SDK + MCP | Platform |
| Vendor | Franz Enzenhofer | Inngest |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://inn.gs/e/` |
| Transports |  | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | SSPL with delayed Apache-2.0 (server), Apache-2.0 (SDKs) |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-12 | 2026-09-22 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 747 stars | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (2) |