Pusher vs Inngest

Pusher

Inngest

Pusher · 11 features

• Beams — Push notifications for iOS/Android/Web with device interest groups.
• Beams Authenticated Users — Target users by auth user ID across devices.
• Channels — WebSocket pub/sub — realtime events, live updates, notifications.
• Channels Webhooks — Receive server-side notifications of channel activity.
• Client Events — Publish events from clients directly (triggered from browser).
• Debug Console — Live channel debugging dashboard.
• Encrypted Channels — End-to-end encrypted messages.
• Global Clusters — US, EU, AP-Southeast, etc. Pick nearest region.
• Presence Channels — Track who is online in a channel.
• Private Channels — Auth-required channels with server-signed tokens.
• Stats — Connection / message dashboards.

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.