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Stack Score
Editorial pick
Trigger.dev
Open-source background jobs + workflows.
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Best for
TypeScript and Node teams who want open-source durable workflows they can self-host or run on the Trigger.dev cloud.
At a glance
- Pricing
- freemiumfrom $20/mo
- Setup time
- 15 minutes
- Learning curve
- medium
- Last verified
- 5/19/2026
What we love
- ✓Open source — full control and no vendor lock-in
- ✓Excellent local dev experience with real-time dashboard
- ✓Genuinely durable — long tasks survive infrastructure churn
- ✓TypeScript-first API that feels modern
Where it falls short
- −Younger product — fewer integrations than Inngest
- −Self-hosting requires Postgres and some ops know-how
- −Cloud pricing scales with run duration — watch long tasks
Pricing
✓ Pricing verified Jun 21, 20264 tiers
Free
$0
monthly
- ✓$5 free monthly usage
- ✓20 concurrent runs and unlimited tasks
- ✓5 team members, Dev and Prod environments
- ✓10 schedules and 1 day log retention
- ✓Community support
Hobby
$10
monthly
- ✓$10 monthly usage included
- ✓50 concurrent runs
- ✓Dev, Preview and Prod environments
- ✓100 schedules and 7 day log retention
- ✓3 alert destinations
Pro
$50
monthly
- ✓$50 monthly usage included
- ✓200+ concurrent runs (then $10/mo per 50)
- ✓25+ team members and 20+ preview branches
- ✓30 day log retention
- ✓Dedicated Slack support
Enterprise
Custom
annual contract
- ✓All Pro plan features
- ✓Custom log retention
- ✓Priority support and SSO
- ✓Role-based access control
- ✓SOC 2 report
Why we picked it
The dev-friendly Inngest alternative — code-first, type-safe.
Overview
Open-source platform for long-running background jobs, scheduled tasks, and AI workflows. Self-hostable or managed cloud.
Key features
- ●Open-source background job runner — Node and TypeScript native
- ●Long-running tasks survive deploys and machine restarts
- ●Schedules, cron jobs, and event-driven triggers
- ●Real-time dashboard for run inspection and replay
- ●Concurrency, batching, and rate-limiting controls
- ●Self-host on your own infra or use Trigger.dev Cloud
- ●AI task primitives for chaining LLM calls
Best use cases
AI inference jobs
Run multi-step LLM workflows that take minutes or hours without timing out a serverless function.
Scheduled syncs
Cron-style jobs for nightly data syncs, weekly reports, or recurring API pulls.
Webhook processing
Receive a webhook and run durable downstream work with retries and observability.
Integrations
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