# Inngest vs Restate (slim)

> Restate scores 73.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Inngest's 66 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Both do hitl approve. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Restate scores 73.3 (BB) on agent readiness against Inngest's 66 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Both do hitl approve.

- Inngest: B 66, rank #247 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inngest.min.md
- Restate: BB 73.3, rank #78 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/restate.min.md
- 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 A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Restate, good for A team that already writes agent steps as durable handlers and wants a long, cheap wait for a human answer in TypeScript, Python, Java, Go or Rust, with the option to self-host. Ahead on Reliability, 91 against 57; Agent ergonomics, 81 against 76. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.

| Category | Inngest | Restate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 91 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 89 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 76 | 81 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 60 | 61 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 88 | 92 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 52 | 50 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Inngest | Restate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Inngest | Restate GmbH |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://inn.gs/e/` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | SSPL with delayed Apache-2.0 (server), Apache-2.0 (SDKs) | BSL 1.1 converting to Apache-2.0 four years after release (server), MIT (SDKs) |
| Last release | 2026-09-22 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | none | 4.5k stars, 329k npm/wk, 76k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |