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Inngest vs OpenRouter

Durable functions + event-driven workflows for modern apps
vs. Unified API for 300+ LLMs across 60+ providers — 1 key, any model

Inngest websiteOpenRouter 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

OpenRouter

Free
25+ free models. 50 requests/day rate limit. 1M free requests/month base.
Free
Pay-as-you-go
5.5% platform fee on usage. Access to 300+ models, 60+ providers. High global rate limits.
$0 base (usage-based)
Enterprise
Volume-based pricing, bulk discounts, SSO/SAML, dedicated rate limits. 5M free requests/month.
Custom
OpenRouter website

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on Inngest vs free on OpenRouter.

MetricInngestOpenRouter
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.

OpenRouter · 15 features

  • 300+ ModelsClaude, GPT, Gemini, Llama, Mistral, Qwen, DeepSeek, Cohere, Grok + open-source.
  • 60+ ProvidersAnthropic, OpenAI, Google, Together, Fireworks, Groq, DeepInfra, Replicate, etc.
  • Auto FallbackAutomatic retry to backup provider on failure.
  • Bring Your Own KeyUse your own provider keys → pay providers directly + no platform fee.
  • Credit SystemPrepay credits via card, crypto, or bank.
  • Data Retention ControlsOpt-out of training/retention per provider.
  • Free Models Tier25+ models available at $0 (limited rate).
  • Prompt CachingAutomatic cache for identical prefixes (provider-dependent).
  • Provider PreferencesPin preferred providers per request or default.
  • Rankings & StatsPublic leaderboard of most-used models.
  • Regional RoutingRoute requests to specific geographic regions.
  • StreamingSSE + partial completions.
  • Structured OutputsJSON-mode + JSON schema across supporting models.
  • Tool Use / Function CallingUnified tool calling across providers.
  • Unified OpenAI-Compat APISame endpoint for every model + provider.

Developer interfaces

KindInngestOpenRouter
CLIinngest-cli (dev server)
SDKinngestgo, inngest (Python), inngest (TS/Node)Any OpenAI SDK
RESTInngest REST APIOpenRouter API (OpenAI-compat)
MCPInngest MCPOpenRouter MCP
OTHERInngest Cloud DashboardOpenRouter Dashboard
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