--- title: Inngest vs Temporal vs DBOS vs LangGraph | daily.dev description: A detailed comparison of four durable execution tools for AI agents - LangGraph, Inngest, DBOS, and Temporal - explaining how each checkpoints workflow state... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cmxuupzmu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Inngest vs Temporal vs DBOS vs LangGraph | daily.dev og:description: A detailed comparison of four durable execution tools for AI agents - LangGraph, Inngest, DBOS, and Temporal - explaining how each checkpoints workflow state... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cmxuupzmu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CMxuUpzMU.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Inngest vs Temporal vs DBOS vs LangGraph **[Paolo Perrone](https://daily.dev/sources/plhl9qb1xlvee3ys6rvk0)** · [@paoloap](https://daily.dev/paoloap) · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A detailed comparison of four durable execution tools for AI agents - LangGraph, Inngest, DBOS, and Temporal - explaining how each checkpoints workflow state so a crash only costs the step that was running rather than the entire run. LangGraph uses a checkpointer saved per graph node (async by default, risking data loss unless set to sync). DBOS writes checkpoints directly into the Postgres your app already uses, keeping workflow state and business data in one transaction. Inngest re-invokes your function once per step against its own hosted platform, memoizing completed step.run() calls by name. Temporal replays workflow code against an event history on a self-run cluster, requiring deterministic workflow code. The author ran all four against a simulated crash mid-run and reports what each recovered, then gives a decision tree based on whether the agent is already a graph, needs same-transaction consistency, must keep data in-network, or has staff to run a cluster. Inngest sponsored the piece. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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