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Inngest vs Prisma

Durable functions + event-driven workflows for modern apps
vs. Next-gen ORM + serverless data platform (Postgres + Accelerate + Pulse)

Inngest websitePrisma website

Pricing tiers

Inngest

Free
$0. 50K steps/mo + 1K concurrent executions. 7-day log retention. 1 environment.
Free
OSS (self-host)
Free forever. Inngest Dev Server + self-hosted Inngest runtime. Apache 2.0.
$0 base (usage-based)
Starter
$20/mo. 250K steps/mo. 5K concurrency. 14-day retention. 3 envs.
$20/mo
Pro
$75/mo. 1M steps/mo. 10K concurrency. 30-day retention. Priority support.
$75/mo
Enterprise
Custom. SSO, HIPAA, dedicated clusters, self-host with Inngest Enterprise.
Custom
Inngest website

Prisma

Prisma ORM (OSS)
$0. Apache-2.0. Unlimited self-hosted use with your own DB.
$0 base (usage-based)
Prisma Postgres — Free
$0. 100K queries/mo. 1GB storage. 3 DBs. Good for hobby/prototyping.
Free
Starter
$29/mo. 1M queries/mo. 10GB storage. Accelerate + Pulse included.
$29/mo
Pro
$99/mo. 5M queries/mo. 50GB storage. Priority + SLA.
$99/mo
Enterprise
Custom. HIPAA, SSO, dedicated, self-hosted Accelerate.
Custom
Prisma website

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on Inngest vs starter on Prisma.

MetricInngestPrisma
No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers.

Features

Inngest · 14 features

  • AgentKitBuild AI agents as durable Inngest functions.
  • Auto RetriesConfigurable retries with exponential backoff.
  • Concurrency ControlsPer-function and per-user concurrency limits.
  • Cron TriggersScheduled functions via cron syntax.
  • DebounceCoalesce rapid-fire events into one execution.
  • Dev ServerLocal Inngest runtime for dev.
  • Durable Stepsstep.run, step.sleep, step.waitForEvent.
  • Event SystemTyped events with schemas.
  • Fan Out / BatchingProcess many events in parallel with batch control.
  • Priority LanesRoute premium customers to faster execution.
  • Rate LimitingThrottle events per key.
  • RealtimeStream function output to clients.
  • ReplayRe-run past functions with new code.
  • Self-HostOSS runtime — run your own Inngest.

Prisma · 13 features

  • Client ExtensionsExtend the client with middleware.
  • Edge RuntimeRuns on Vercel/CF edge via Accelerate.
  • End-to-end Type SafetyTypes flow from schema to client.
  • Prisma AccelerateGlobal connection pool + query cache.
  • Prisma MigrateSchema migrations.
  • Prisma OptimizeAI-driven query recommendations.
  • Prisma ORMOSS ORM for Node/TS.
  • Prisma PostgresServerless Postgres built on Accelerate.
  • Prisma PulseDatabase CDC streaming.
  • Prisma StudioGUI to browse + edit DB.
  • Raw SQL + typedSqlEscape hatch for raw queries with types.
  • Relation QueryingNested include / select.
  • Zero Cold Start PoolAccelerate keeps a warm pool for serverless.

Developer interfaces

KindInngestPrisma
CLIinngest-cli (dev server)prisma CLI
SDKinngestgo, inngest (Python), inngest (TS/Node)@prisma/client
RESTInngest REST API
MCPInngest MCP
OTHERInngest Cloud DashboardPrisma Accelerate, Prisma Data Platform, Prisma Optimize, Prisma Postgres, Prisma Pulse (CDC)
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