Inngest vs Webhook Relay (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Inngest and Webhook Relay share a 2.4 GPA, both have a free plan, and Webhook Relay starts cheaper, at $8.99 a month against $99 a month.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Inngest grades higher on the free plan and features. Webhook Relay grades higher on value for money and ease of use. They get the same grade on platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Inngest
Durable execution for background jobs, event-driven apps and agents
Webhook Relay
Webhook gateway and tunnels that forward to any destination
Which one is for you
Pick Inngest if
- Fits if you are a developer who needs reliable background jobs
- Works for a small team that can stay inside 50k executions
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you do not write code, as there is no drag-and-drop builder
- Tight if you stay free: 5 concurrent steps and 24 hours of traces
- Watch out: Pro and Business bill extra executions, steps, workers and span data
- Watch out: HIPAA is an add-on on Pro and Business, and sandboxes in open beta are billed per second
Pick Webhook Relay if
- Fits if you need webhooks to reach a machine behind your firewall
- Works for a developer testing with a few hundred webhooks a month
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free, with only 150 webhooks and 2 destinations a month
- Watch out: extra webhooks and outbound packs, such as +100k for $5 a month on Basic, cost more
- Watch out: only Basic shows a monthly price; the rest are yearly figures
- Skip it if you need a no-code builder, because it only forwards
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAInngestFair | 2.4GPAWebhook RelayFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPro is $99 a month for 15 seats, which is about $20 a head for five people, near the middle of automation ($19). Extra executions cost $50 per 1M. | BBasic is $8.99 a month billed yearly ($9.99 monthly), inside the cheaper quarter of $12.42. Business is $71.99 and Pro $224.99. |
| Free plan and trial | BFree plan with no card: 5 seats, 50k executions, 500k events a month and 24 hours of traces. One small project can live on it. | CFree Starter: 150 webhooks a month, 2 destinations, no card. That runs out fast. |
| Features | BDurable step functions, queues, events, observability and AI agent tooling. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core work. | CForwarding webhooks to destinations such as Kubernetes. Extra webhooks and outbound message packs are billed on top. |
| Ease of use | DWorkflows are written in code with an SDK, so it needs a developer. | CNo store rating on record. You set up forwarding for each endpoint. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb service with open-source SDKs and a Datadog integration. No desktop or phone app. | BWeb dashboard with Kubernetes, Claude, Cursor and Codex connections. |
| Best for | background jobs written in code | forwarding webhooks to private machines |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Inngest and Webhook Relay. How we grade
Price against what you get
Inngest starts at $99 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Webhook Relay starts at $8.99 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Webhook Relay starts $90.01 a month lower. Of the other automation tools on the chart, 17 score higher than Inngest for less, and 1 scores higher than Webhook Relay for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Inngest is open source, according to its own site.
- Inngest also covers AI agents.
At a glance
| Inngest | Webhook Relay | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $99 per month (Pro), billing basis not stated | $8.99 per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | 5 seats, 50k executions, 5 concurrent steps and 500k events a month, with 24 hours of trace history. No credit card required. | Free Starter plan: 150 webhooks a month, up to 2 destinations, no credit card required. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Inngest Inc. | Webhook Relay |
| Price read from | inngest.com | webhookrelay.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Inngest
- Workflows are written in code using an SDK; there is no drag-and-drop builder.
- Pro and Business prices are shown as a base with usage on top: extra executions, concurrent steps, workers and span data are billed beyond the included amounts.
- HIPAA support is an add-on on Pro and Business, and included only on Enterprise.
- Sandboxes are in open beta and are billed per second: $0.000011 for a vCPU and $0.000003 for 1 GB of memory.
Webhook Relay
- The free plan allows only 150 webhooks a month and 2 destinations.
- Pricing was shown on the yearly toggle; only the Basic monthly price ($9.99) was stated for monthly billing.
- Over the included webhook count, extra webhooks are billed at the rates listed for each plan.
- Outbound message packs are extra: for example Basic +100k messages costs $5 a month.
Key features
Inngest
- Durable step functions
- Functions are split into steps that are retried and resumed on failure. A single run can last up to 30 days on Free, 90 on Pro and 366 on Business, including sleeps and waits.
- Queues and flow control
- Concurrency and queue depth are managed for you. Concurrent steps start at 5 on Free and 100 on Pro, with more sold in packs of 25 for $25.
- Events and webhooks
- Functions start from events sent from your app or other sources. Free allows 500k events a month and 256 KiB per event; paid plans allow 3 MiB.
- Observability
- Every function run is traced, with metrics and span data. Trace history is 24 hours on Free, 7 days on Pro, 14 days on Business and 90 days on Enterprise.
- AI agents and sandboxes
- Inngest has an AgentKit project and a sandbox product, in open beta, billed per second for vCPU and memory. Agent evaluation scores are metered by plan.
- Open source SDKs
- The server and SDKs for TypeScript, Python, Go and Kotlin are published on GitHub, and you can develop locally before moving to Cloud.
Webhook Relay
- Webhook gateway
- Receives webhooks and forwards them to several destinations, public, private or local, with forwarding rules and durable retries.
- Tunnels for local servers
- Exposes local servers to the internet, with custom subdomains and custom domains on paid plans.
- Transformation
- Webhooks can be modified, filtered and routed without extra servers, including an AI-assisted transformation option.
- Outbound webhooks
- Sends signed webhooks from your product to your customers on every plan. A message is one accepted publish, and retries do not count again.
- MCP and agent skills
- An MCP server lets agents such as Claude, Cursor and Codex manage buckets, destinations and webhook replay.
Plans
Inngest
Free$0
5 seats, 50k executions, 5 concurrent steps, 3 workers and 500k events a month, with 24 hours of trace history.
Pro$99
per month and up, includes 1M executions
15 seats ($10 per extra), 100 concurrent steps, 20 workers, 5M+ events and 7 days of traces. Extra executions $50 per 1M.
Business$499
per month and up, includes 10M executions
30 seats ($10 per extra), 500 concurrent steps, 100 workers, 50M+ events and 14 days of traces. Extra executions $25 per 1M.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom limits, 90 days of trace history, SAML, RBAC, audit trails, HIPAA included and a dedicated Slack channel.
Webhook Relay
Free Starter$0
150 webhooks a month, 2 destinations, outbound webhooks for 50 customers and 50k messages a month, MCP.
Basic$8.99
per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly)
5,000 webhooks a month, 10 destinations, 8 bidirectional tunnels, custom subdomains. Extra webhooks $5 per 1k.
Business$71.99
per month, billed yearly
60,000 webhooks a month, 50 destinations, long log retention, 40MB webhooks, priority support. Extra $10 per 10k.
Pro$224.99
per month, billed yearly
1M webhooks a month, 200 destinations, wildcard certificates, dedicated support. Extra webhooks $100 per 1M.
EnterpriseCustom
SAML SSO, SOC 2 report, 24x7 support, uptime SLAs, invoice and PO billing, custom outbound limits.
Ways to pay less
Inngest
No public discounts listed.
Webhook Relay
- Annual discount
10% off with yearly billing
The pricing page offers a Bill Yearly toggle marked 10% off, which gives Basic at $8.99 a month against $9.99 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Inngest or Webhook Relay?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Webhook Relay is cheaper to start with: $8.99 a month, against $99 a month for Inngest. Inngest starts at $99 per month (Pro), billing basis not stated, and Webhook Relay starts at $8.99 per month, billed yearly ($9.99 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Inngest or Webhook Relay?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Inngest and Webhook Relay have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.