Trigger.dev

Durable background jobs and AI workflows in TypeScript

automationworkflowsbackground-jobsai-agents

Websitetrigger.dev

CategoryAPIs & automation

PricingFreemium

Card requiredNo

Open sourceYes

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ABOUT

What is Trigger.dev?

Trigger.dev is an open-source background jobs platform for TypeScript. Define durable tasks in your codebase, then run long-lived AI agents and workflows with retries, queues, schedules, observability, Realtime updates and elastic managed infrastructure. You can use Trigger.dev Cloud or self-host the Apache 2.0 project.

BEFORE YOU SIGN UP

What you should know

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Durable execution for long tasksTasks can run without timeouts and survive retries, crashes and long waits, which suits AI agents, media processing and other asynchronous workflows.

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Open source and self-hostableThe Apache 2.0 project can run on your own infrastructure when Cloud control or data residency requirements make managed hosting unsuitable.

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Usage pricing after free creditsThe Free plan includes $5 in monthly credits. Cloud then bills compute seconds and run invocations, with Hobby at $10/month and Pro at $50/month before usage beyond included credits.

Free plan has operational limitsThe free tier limits schedules, queue capacity, log retention, query lookback and Realtime connections, so production workloads may need a paid plan or self-hosting.

COMMUNITY

From the forums

GitHub activity and the project documentation show strong interest in keeping background jobs in application code, with developers drawn to durable execution, retries, observability and self-hosting. The main tradeoff is that Cloud billing combines compute time, run invocations and included credits, so teams need to monitor usage as workloads grow; self-hosting trades that bill for infrastructure responsibility.

— Community sentiment · Reddit

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ABOUT US

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

Is Trigger.dev free?＋

Yes. Trigger.dev Cloud has a permanent $0 Free plan with $5 in monthly usage credits and unlimited tasks. After the included credits are used, Cloud tasks need an upgrade to continue, while the open-source project can be self-hosted.

How much do Trigger.dev paid plans cost?＋

Hobby costs $10/month and includes $10 in monthly credits. Pro costs $50/month and includes $50 in credits; both can incur additional usage charges, and run invocations cost $0.000025 each.

Does Trigger.dev require a credit card?＋

The published signup flow offers GitHub, Google, SSO and email authentication without showing a payment step, and the Free plan is available at $0/month. A card is not required to start the free account.