# Hatchet vs Inngest (slim)

> Hatchet scores 68.3 (B) to Inngest's 66 (B) for human approval. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Hatchet scores 68.3 (B) on agent readiness against Inngest's 66 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do human approval.

- Hatchet: B 68.3, rank #225 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hatchet.min.md
- Inngest: B 66, rank #304 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inngest.min.md
- Hatchet, good for It suits a team already running background jobs or agent loops on Hatchet that wants an approval pause inside the same durable task, in Python, TypeScript, Go or Ruby. Ahead on Reliability, 66 against 57; Agent ergonomics, 82 against 76; Transparency & trust, 71 against 52. Also Runs on your own machine; 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. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Hatchet | Inngest |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 66 | 57 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 82 | 76 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 90 | 88 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 71 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hatchet | Inngest |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Hatchet Technologies, Inc. | Inngest |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://cloud.hatchet.run` | `https://inn.gs/e/` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Licence | MIT | SSPL with delayed Apache-2.0 (server), Apache-2.0 (SDKs) |
| Tools exposed | 7 | none |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-09-22 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-07-17 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-18 | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.5/5 (2) |