Saleor vs Inngest
Open-source, GraphQL-first commerce for composable brands
vs. Durable functions + event-driven workflows for modern apps
Pricing tiers
Saleor
OSS (self-host)
$0. BSD-3-Clause. Self-host Saleor Core + Dashboard.
$0 base (usage-based)
Cloud — Development
$0. Dev tier for sandbox projects. Shared infra. Community.
$0 base (usage-based)
Cloud — Staging
$179/mo. Staging tier with dedicated env.
$179/mo
Cloud — Production
$1,999/mo. Production tier with SLA + support.
$1999/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Multi-region, SAML, dedicated clusters, PCI.
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 oss on Saleor vs free on Inngest.
| Metric | Saleor | Inngest |
|---|---|---|
| No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers. | ||
Features
Saleor · 17 features
- Channels — Per-channel pricing/shipping/currency.
- Checkout — Multi-step checkout mutation set.
- Customers + B2B — Customer records + B2B permissions.
- Dashboard — Next.js admin dashboard.
- Gift Cards — First-class gift-card flow.
- Orders — Full lifecycle.
- Permissions + Roles — Granular RBAC.
- Pricing + Promotions — Rule-based promos, catalog pricing.
- Products + Attributes — Full PIM features.
- Saleor Apps — External extensions.
- Shipping Zones + Methods — Multi-zone shipping rules.
- Tax Providers — Pluggable tax (Avalara, etc.).
- Translations — Multi-language product content.
- Variants + Configurable — Deep variant system.
- Vouchers — Discount codes + gift cards.
- Warehouses + Stock — Multi-warehouse inventory.
- Webhooks — Async subscription to events.
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 | Saleor | Inngest |
|---|---|---|
| CLI | saleor CLI | inngest-cli (dev server) |
| SDK | @saleor/app-sdk, @saleor/sdk | inngestgo, inngest (Python), inngest (TS/Node) |
| REST | — | Inngest REST API |
| GRAPHQL | Saleor GraphQL API | — |
| MCP | — | Inngest MCP |
| OTHER | Saleor App Store, Saleor Dashboard, Saleor Webhooks | Inngest Cloud Dashboard |
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