connic vs Inngest + AgentKit
Managed agent platform or durable functions
Inngest runs durable functions that you host, with AgentKit for TypeScript agents. connic hosts agents defined in YAML, with Python tools and connectors for the events that start them.
Sources and methodologyLast reviewed
| connic | Inngest | |
|---|---|---|
| Managed agent platform | Built as | Durable execution engine |
| YAML and Python | Agents and tools | TypeScript, Python or Go code |
| On connic | Agent code runs | On your servers or serverless host |
| Kafka, SQS, email, Postgres and more | Event triggers | Events, webhooks, cron, Neon Postgres |
| Built-in review queue | Approvals | A wait step, UI built by you |
| Enterprise plan | Self-hosting | SSPL server, Apache 2.0 SDKs |
| EU, German company | Data and contract | US, US company |
The short answer
Inngest suits teams that want durable functions in their own codebase and on their own hosting, with agents written as TypeScript, Python or Go code. connic suits teams that want agents hosted for them, started by queues, inboxes and databases, and checked by guardrails, judges and approvals on the platform.
Use connic when
- Agents should run on a managed platform, with tools in Python
- Kafka, SQS, email or Postgres events should start agents
- Reviewers need an approval queue without a custom UI
- Guardrails and judges should cover every agent without extra code
- You need EU data hosting and an EU contract partner
Use Inngest when
- You already run Inngest for background jobs
- Runs must survive crashes and deploys, and wait for days or months
- Your code should keep running on your own servers or serverless host
- You want agents as plain code in TypeScript, Python or Go
- US-hosted cloud data or a self-hosted server meets your requirements
Where connic and Inngest differ
What each platform does in the areas that usually decide an evaluation.
How agents are built
connic
An agent is a YAML file with its model, prompt and tools. Custom tools are Python functions.
Inngest
An agent is a durable function that loops over model and tool calls, in TypeScript, Python or Go. AgentKit adds createAgent, createTool and multi-agent networks for TypeScript.
Hosting
connic
connic hosts the agents, with environments on every paid plan. Self-hosting is available on enterprise.
Inngest
Inngest Cloud schedules runs and stores their state. Your functions run on your own server, serverless host or connected workers, and the Inngest server can be self-hosted.
What starts a run
connic
Connectors for Kafka, SQS, email, Postgres, Stripe, webhooks, cron, Slack and more, defined in code or in the dashboard.
Inngest
Events from your app, webhooks with transforms, schedules and changes in a Neon Postgres database. Kafka, SQS and inbound email triggers are not documented.
Durability
connic
Model requests and tool operations retry inside a run. An approval can hold a run for up to seven days.
Inngest
Every step is checkpointed, and a failed step retries alone. Runs resume after crashes or deploys and can last up to 90 days on Pro and 366 days on Business.
Approvals and guardrails
connic
Approvals pause a tool call with its exact parameters until a reviewer decides. Guardrails check input and output on every run.
Inngest
step.waitForEvent() pauses a run until your app sends the reviewer's answer. Guardrail checks are code you write and can be recorded as scores.
Evals and releases
connic
Judges score sampled production runs against a rubric. A/B tests split live traffic and compare success rate, judge scores, cost and latency.
Inngest
Agent Evals records scores from code, LLM judges and user feedback. group.experiment() splits runs between variants by weight and credits scores to each. Both are in beta.
EU and contract
connic
Platform data and connic/* inference stay in the EU. The contract partner is a German company.
Inngest
Inngest Cloud runs in the eastern United States, and the contract partner is Inngest Inc. in San Francisco. Encryption middleware can keep event data and step output unreadable to Inngest.
Pricing
connic
Developer and pro start at €40 and €200 per month, and the plan amount becomes Project credit at published base rates.
Inngest
Free includes 50,000 executions. Pro starts at $99 per month with 1M executions and Business at $499 with 10M. Hosting for your functions is billed separately.
The same agent in connic and AgentKit
A claims agent with one tool that looks up a policy. In connic it is a YAML file and a Python function. In AgentKit, Inngest's TypeScript framework, it is a tool, an agent and a server that serves the agent to Inngest.
connic
name: claims-intake
model: connic/gpt-5.6-sol
system_prompt: Check the policy first.
tools:
- policies.lookup_policyimport os
import httpx
API = os.environ["POLICY_API_URL"]
async def lookup_policy(policy_id: str) -> dict:
"""Look up a policy by number.
Args:
policy_id: Policy number from the claim
"""
url = f"{API}/policies/{policy_id}"
async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
response = await client.get(url)
return response.json()Inngest
import { createTool } from "@inngest/agent-kit";
import { z } from "zod";
const API = process.env.POLICY_API_URL;
export const lookupPolicy = createTool({
name: "lookup_policy",
description: "Look up a policy by number",
parameters: z.object({ id: z.string() }),
handler: async ({ id }) => {
const res = await fetch(`${API}/policies/${id}`);
return res.json();
},
});import {
createAgent,
openai,
} from "@inngest/agent-kit";
import { lookupPolicy } from "../tools/lookup-policy";
export const claimsIntake = createAgent({
name: "claims-intake",
system: "Check the policy first.",
model: openai({ model: "gpt-5.6-sol" }),
tools: [lookupPolicy],
});import {
createServer,
} from "@inngest/agent-kit/server";
import { claimsIntake } from "./agents/claims-intake";
const server = createServer({
agents: [claimsIntake],
});
server.listen(3000);connic vs Inngest, feature by feature
Each row is scored from connic's and Inngest's public documentation. The methodology and sources follow the table.
- YesFull support
- PartialLimited, beta or extra setup
- NoNot available
| Feature | connic | Inngest |
|---|---|---|
| Product shape | ||
| Agent-native runtimeconnic runs agents defined in YAML. Inngest runs durable functions, and its docs write an agent as a loop of model and tool calls inside one. AgentKit adds a TypeScript agent framework on top. | Yes | Partial |
| YAML-based agent configconnic agents are YAML files with Python tools. Inngest agents and AgentKit agents are code. | Yes | No |
| Python supportconnic's custom tools are Python functions. Inngest's Python SDK runs the same durable agent pattern as its TypeScript and Go SDKs. AgentKit itself is TypeScript-only. | Yes | Yes |
| Durable executionInngest checkpoints every step, retries only the step that failed and resumes runs after crashes, deploys or long waits. connic retries model requests and tool operations inside a run, and an approval can hold a run for up to seven days. | Partial | Yes |
| MCP tool supportconnic agents use MCP servers as tools. AgentKit agents connect to them through the mcpServers option. | Yes | Yes |
| Triggers & integrations | ||
| Webhook triggersBoth accept webhooks. Inngest turns each request into an event with a transform, and your function verifies the provider's signature. | Yes | Yes |
| Cron schedulingBoth run on a schedule. | Yes | Yes |
| Kafka connectorconnic's Kafka connector consumes and publishes messages. Inngest documents events, webhooks and schedules, without a Kafka trigger. | Yes | No |
| SQS connectorconnic's SQS connector reads and sends queue messages. Inngest's docs do not list an SQS trigger. | Yes | No |
| Email triggersconnic's email connector starts runs from an inbox and can send results by email. Inngest's docs do not list an inbound email trigger. | Yes | No |
| Stripe eventsconnic has a Stripe connector. Inngest receives Stripe events through a generic webhook with a transform you write, and your function verifies the signature. | Yes | Partial |
| Postgres event triggersconnic's Postgres connector starts runs from NOTIFY events. Inngest's Neon integration starts functions from row changes, for one Neon database per account and only in production. | Yes | Partial |
| Observability & evals | ||
| Tracing and run historyBoth trace every run. Inngest keeps traces for 24 hours on Free, 7 days on Pro, 14 days on Business and 90 days on Enterprise. | Yes | Yes |
| Evaluations and judgesconnic's judges score sampled production runs against a rubric. Inngest Agent Evals records scores from code, deferred LLM judges and user feedback, and is still in beta. | Yes | Partial |
| Live A/B tests between agent versionsInngest's group.experiment() assigns variants by weight in code and is still in beta. connic splits production traffic between versions, compares success rate, judge scores, cost and latency, and its Confidence mode plans the sample. | Yes | Partial |
| Human approvalsconnic holds the tool call in an approval queue with reviewer routing. Inngest's step.waitForEvent() pauses a run until your app sends the decision, and your app provides the approval interface. | Yes | Partial |
| Token usage trackingBoth track tokens and cost per run. Inngest's AI Overview estimates cost from OpenTelemetry data for supported model SDKs. connic adds cost alerts and limits per agent or environment. | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment & operations | ||
| Managed hostingconnic hosts the agents on every paid plan. Inngest Cloud schedules runs and stores their state, and your functions run on your own server, serverless host or connected workers. | Yes | Partial |
| Environmentsconnic includes environments on every paid plan. Inngest creates branch environments on demand and supports custom environments for staging. | Yes | Yes |
| Secrets managementconnic stores variables per environment and hides sensitive values. Inngest functions read secrets from the host they run on, and workspace secrets for Sandboxes are in an access-gated beta. | Yes | Partial |
| Self-hostingThe Inngest server runs on Docker or Kubernetes under the SSPL, with delayed Apache 2.0 publication. connic offers self-hosting on enterprise. | Partial | Yes |
| EU & compliance | ||
| Managed EU data residencyconnic keeps platform data and connic/* inference in the EU. Inngest Cloud runs in the eastern United States, and self-hosting is the documented route to another region. Inngest's encryption middleware can encrypt event data and step output with a key you hold. | Yes | No |
| EU contract partnerconnic contracts through a German company. Inngest's terms name Inngest Inc. in San Francisco. | Yes | No |
| EU AI Act mappingconnic maps execution logs, approvals and guardrails to deployer obligations. Inngest documents human-in-the-loop waits and scores that can record guardrail checks, without a mapping to the Act. | Yes | Partial |
| Pricing | ||
| Plan fee becomes usage creditconnic turns the plan amount into Project credit, used at published base rates before package discounts: €0.0337 per started LLM-agent run, €0.00042 per runtime second and €0.00342 per GB-hour of storage. Inngest plans include execution allowances: 50,000 on Free, 1M on Pro from $99 per month and 10M on Business from $499, with tiered overage on Pro. | Yes | No |
| Bundled agent servicesconnic includes connectors, judges, guardrails, memory and retrieval. Inngest includes orchestration, tracing, Agent Evals and experiments, and its durable agent docs keep memory in a store you run. | Yes | Partial |
Methodology
We compare generally available capabilities documented in each vendor's product, pricing, security, and legal material. Yes means documented support, Partial means limited scope, beta or preview status, or additional setup, and No means unavailable or not documented in the sources reviewed. connic capabilities are checked against current product documentation, and roadmap claims are not scored.
Managed Inngest Cloud and the self-hosted server are scored separately. Inngest's docs write agents as durable functions in TypeScript, Python or Go, so AgentKit is scored as its TypeScript framework. Agent Evals and experiments are in beta and scored Partial.
Last reviewed October 14, 2026 by the connic research team.
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