Inngest Has a Free API — Background Jobs and Workflows Without Infrastructure

TL;DR Inngest is a developer platform for background jobs, scheduled functions, and durable workflows. Write functions in your existing codebase — Inngest handles queuing, retries, concurrency, and scheduling. Free tier: 50K events/month. What Is Inngest? Inngest makes background work simple: Event-driven — trigger functions from events Durable execution — survives crashes and restarts Step functions — multi-step workflows with automatic retries Scheduling — cron jobs and delayed execution Concurrency control — rate limiting and throttling Zero infrastructure — no queues, no workers to manage Free tier — 50K events/month Quick Start npm install inngest Define Functions import { Inngest } from " inngest " ; const inngest = new Inngest ({ id : " my-app " }); // Simple background function export const sendWelcomeEmail = inngest . createFunction ( { id : " send-welcome-email " }, { event : " user/created " }, async ({ event , step }) => { // Step 1: Send welcome email await step . run ( "