Inngest vs Postman
Durable functions + event-driven workflows for modern apps
vs. The world's most popular API platform — 30M+ developers
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
Postman
Free
$0. 3 users. 1,000 collection runs/mo. Unlimited collections. 1,000 calls/mo to mock servers. 14-day history.
Free
Basic
$19/user/mo. 10,000 collection runs, 50 integrations, 60-day history, integrations.
$19/mo
Professional
$39/user/mo. 250,000 runs, API mocking, monitoring, version tags, governance lite.
$39/mo
Enterprise
$99/user/mo (Ultimate). Unlimited runs, SSO/SAML, RBAC, IP allowlist, private cloud, audit.
$99/mo
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing free on Inngest vs free on Postman.
| Metric | Inngest | Postman |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Postman · 17 features
- API Documentation — Public + private docs from collections.
- API Versioning — Manage multiple API versions.
- Collection Runner — Run N iterations with data.
- Collections — Saved request groups + runners.
- Desktop App — Native Mac/Win/Linux.
- Environments — Per-env variables.
- Flows (low-code) — Visual workflow builder.
- Governance — API design rules enforcement.
- Mock Servers — Auto-generated mocks.
- Monitors — Scheduled collection runs + alerts.
- Newman CLI — CI/CD collection runner.
- Postman AI — Generate tests + docs with AI.
- Pre-request / Test Scripts — JS scripts + assertions.
- Public API Network — Discoverable APIs marketplace.
- Request Builder — GUI for any HTTP request.
- Request History — Per-user request log.
- VS Code Extension — Requests inside VS Code.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Inngest | Postman |
|---|---|---|
| CLI | inngest-cli (dev server) | newman (CLI) |
| SDK | inngestgo, inngest (Python), inngest (TS/Node) | — |
| REST | Inngest REST API | Postman API |
| MCP | Inngest MCP | — |
| OTHER | Inngest Cloud Dashboard | Postman Desktop, Postman VS Code Extension, Postman Web, Public API Network |
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