Mintlify vs Inngest
Beautiful docs + AI search — used by Anthropic, Cursor, Perplexity
vs. Durable functions + event-driven workflows for modern apps
Pricing tiers
Mintlify
Hobby
$0. 1 editor. Unlimited pages. Mintlify subdomain. Community support.
Free
Pro
$150/mo. Custom domain, analytics, versioning, 10 editors. Commercial use.
$150/mo
Growth
$550/mo. API playground, OpenAPI, 25 editors, advanced analytics, SSO.
$550/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Dedicated support, HIPAA, SAML, custom integrations, large teams.
Custom
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
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing hobby on Mintlify vs free on Inngest.
| Metric | Mintlify | Inngest |
|---|---|---|
| No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers. | ||
Features
Mintlify · 15 features
- AI Chat — User-facing AI assistant trained on your docs.
- AI Search — Semantic search across docs.
- Analytics — Page views, search queries, CTR.
- API Playground — Try API endpoints from docs (OpenAPI).
- Custom Domain — docs.yourco.com.
- Custom Theming — Logo, colors, fonts, branding.
- Git Sync — Build on push to GitHub/GitLab.
- i18n — Multi-language docs.
- MDX — Markdown + React components.
- Multi-version Docs — Support /v1, /v2, /v3 side-by-side.
- OpenAPI Generation — Auto-generate docs from spec.
- Pre-built Components — Cards, Callouts, Tabs, CodeGroups, Accordions.
- SEO Optimized — SSR + structured data.
- SSO — SAML + OIDC (Growth+).
- Syntax Highlighting — Shiki-based, 100+ languages.
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.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Mintlify | Inngest |
|---|---|---|
| CLI | mintlify CLI | inngest-cli (dev server) |
| SDK | — | inngestgo, inngest (Python), inngest (TS/Node) |
| REST | — | Inngest REST API |
| MCP | — | Inngest MCP |
| OTHER | AI Chat Widget, Analytics Dashboard, API Playground, MDX + mint.json, Mintlify Dashboard | Inngest Cloud Dashboard |
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