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Trigger.dev
TypeScript platform for durable tasks and AI agents with automatic retries, concurrency, queues, waits, tracing, elastic scaling, scheduled jobs and human-in-the-loop waitpoints.
When this is useful
Strong fit for teams building asynchronous workflows or AI agents that need durable execution rather than maintaining queues, workers and retry infrastructure themselves.
Verified product and commercial scope
TypeScript platform for durable tasks and AI agents with automatic retries, concurrency, queues, waits, tracing, elastic scaling, scheduled jobs and human-in-the-loop waitpoints.
Pricing model: Free and paid cloud tiers with included credits plus usage-based compute; custom enterprise; self-hostable open source. Free is $0/month with $5 monthly credits; Hobby is $10/month with $10 credits; Pro is $50/month with $50 credits; enterprise is custom.
License and deployment: Core is Apache-2.0 and self-hostable; Trigger.dev Cloud is the managed option.
A useful evaluation
Strong fit for teams building asynchronous workflows or AI agents that need durable execution rather than maintaining queues, workers and retry infrastructure themselves.
Check included usage, deployment requirements, and what moves to a higher or custom tier before comparing cost.
Put it to work
- Write the job and smallest successful outcome this tool should support.
- Compare one realistic workload or workflow against the published plan and deployment conditions.
- Record likely growth costs and validate the fit with the people who will operate the tool.
Limits and tradeoffs
Cloud usage is credit/compute metered and self-hosting requires the customer to run the platform infrastructure.