Alternatives: DBOS & Inngest
How do the licensing structures of DBOS and Inngest affect long-term vendor dependency compared to Catalyst’s managed offering?
DBOS uses a permissive open-source license, reducing vendor lock-in but requiring self-hosting operational effort. Inngest’s open-core model provides a free server for basic usage, with enterprise features under a commercial license. Catalyst is a managed service, which minimizes operational burden but ties you to Diagrid’s infrastructure. The trade-off is between operational control and the cost of maintaining self-hosted durable execution.
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