Alternatives: DBOS & Inngest
How do Catalyst, DBOS, and Inngest handle long-running human approval steps within agent workflows, and what built-in mechanisms do they offer to suspend and resume with approval data?
The platforms differ in human-in-the-loop maturity. Catalyst offers durable APIs that suspend workflows and accept approval metadata; DBOS uses durable sleep and external events for custom patterns; Inngest’s step functions enable waiting for events. Each requires developer work to implement a full approval flow, and as of this writing, no platform includes a turnkey approval UI; verify with vendors.
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