Inngest vs v0 by Vercel
Durable functions + event-driven workflows for modern apps
vs. AI app builder — prompt to full-stack Next.js apps
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
v0 by Vercel
Free
$5/month in credits. 7 messages/day limit. Visual Design Mode, GitHub sync, Vercel deploy.
Free
Team
$30/user/month. $30 monthly credits per user + $2 daily login credits. Team collab + shared chats.
$30/mo
Business
$100/user/month. Same credits as Team + training opt-out by default.
$100/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Data never used for training, SAML SSO, RBAC, priority performance, guaranteed SLA.
Custom
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing free on Inngest vs free on v0 by Vercel.
| Metric | Inngest | v0 by Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers. | ||
Features
Inngest · 14 features
- AgentKit — Build AI agents as durable Inngest functions.
- Auto Retries — Configurable retries with exponential backoff.
- Concurrency Controls — Per-function and per-user concurrency limits.
- Cron Triggers — Scheduled functions via cron syntax.
- Debounce — Coalesce rapid-fire events into one execution.
- Dev Server — Local Inngest runtime for dev.
- Durable Steps — step.run, step.sleep, step.waitForEvent.
- Event System — Typed events with schemas.
- Fan Out / Batching — Process many events in parallel with batch control.
- Priority Lanes — Route premium customers to faster execution.
- Rate Limiting — Throttle events per key.
- Realtime — Stream function output to clients.
- Replay — Re-run past functions with new code.
- Self-Host — OSS runtime — run your own Inngest.
v0 by Vercel · 14 features
- Component Blocks — Pre-built blocks (pricing tables, hero, forms, etc.) to drop into apps.
- Database Actions — Provision Neon/Supabase/Vercel Postgres from v0.
- Deploy to Vercel — One-click deploy with auto-env-vars.
- GitHub Sync — Two-way sync with real repos. Commit from v0 or edit in repo.
- Image-to-App — Drop a screenshot or Figma → generate matching UI.
- Iterative Chat — Conversational refinement — "make it dark mode" etc.
- MCP Server — Agent access to v0 via Model Context Protocol.
- Next.js 15 App Router — Output targets latest Next.js.
- Project Chats — Related chats grouped into projects.
- Prompt-to-App — Describe in prose → get a full Next.js app.
- shadcn/ui built-in — Component library preselected — consistent DS.
- v0 API — Programmatic access via API key (Premium).
- Vercel AI SDK Integration — Generated apps often include AI SDK scaffolding.
- Visual Design Mode — WYSIWYG editing of generated components.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Inngest | v0 by Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| CLI | inngest-cli (dev server) | — |
| SDK | inngestgo, inngest (Python), inngest (TS/Node) | Vercel AI SDK (ai-sdk-v0) |
| REST | Inngest REST API | v0 API (Premium) |
| MCP | Inngest MCP | v0 MCP Server |
| OTHER | Inngest Cloud Dashboard | GitHub Sync, v0 Web App, Vercel Deploy |
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