Trigger.dev review

Trigger.dev ranks third because it bundles the orchestration engine and the compute that runs your tasks, which removes a whole layer of setup. You write tasks in TypeScript, deploy them, and Trigger.dev runs them on managed machines billed per second, with retries, queues, concurrency limits and durable cron schedules that do not time out. Recent work focuses on AI: chat agents that survive refreshes and redeploys, tool calls that pause for human approval while the run stays alive, and realtime streaming to your frontend without extra API routes. Python scripts can run inside tasks. The Free plan includes $5 of compute a month and 20 concurrent runs, Hobby is $10 a month with $10 of credits, and Pro is $50 a month with $50 of credits and 200 concurrent runs. Watch concurrency: extra capacity on Pro costs $10 a month per 50 runs.

Who it is for

TypeScript teams building AI agents, media processing and long-running tasks that need retries, queues and realtime updates in the frontend.

Price

Free plan with $5 a month in compute credits; Hobby $10 a month; Pro $50 a month, both with matching usage credits.

Hobby $10 /month
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 9, 2026.

Key features

• Long-running tasks with retries, queues and concurrency controls
• Durable chat agents that survive refreshes, redeploys and crashes
• Human-in-the-loop tool approval and streaming to the frontend
• Durable cron schedules without timeouts
• Managed machines billed per second, from 0.25 vCPU up to 8 vCPU

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Paid plans include their price back as usage credits
• Strength: Compute is included, so there are no workers to host
• Strength: Apache 2.0 licensed and self-hostable
• Weakness: Free plan stops running tasks once the $5 in credits is used
• Weakness: Pro concurrency beyond 200 runs costs $10 a month per 50
• Weakness: Python runs inside a TypeScript-first project rather than through a native Python SDK

Key facts

• Free: $0, $5 credits, 20 concurrent runs
• Hobby: $10 a month, $10 credits, 50 concurrent runs
• Pro: $50 a month, $50 credits, 200+ concurrent runs
• HIPAA BAA: $500 a month add-on

Where it ranks

Trigger.dev is No. 3 in our Best Workflow Orchestration Tools verdict.