Cloud//Vercel//Inngest

Job queue and workflow engine that integrates natively with Vercel. Solves the timeout problem: instead of one long function, you define a series of steps that Inngest orchestrates.

Job queue and workflow engine that integrates natively with Vercel. Solves the timeout problem: instead of one long function, you define a series of steps that Inngest orchestrates.

Each step runs as a separate Vercel Function invocation — each one gets its own timeout budget

Inngest manages the queue: retries on failure, tracks progress, handles concurrency limits

Use case: processing a batch of 5,000 Gmail messages. One function would timeout. Inngest breaks it into 5,000 small steps, processes them sequentially or in parallel, retries failures.

Event-driven: you send an event ("user.signed_up", "batch.requested"), Inngest triggers the right function chain

Runs on your existing serverless infrastructure — no separate server to manage