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trigger.dev · Queues and background jobs
SEPT 2026 audit

Background jobs platform billed as monthly credits against compute, with plan tiers set by concurrent runs.

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Entry paid plan$10/month for Hobby, which includes $10 of credits; Pro is $50/month including $50 of credits.
GitHub stars16,264triggerdotdev/trigger.dev
RegionsThree AWS regions for running tasks: us-east-1 (US East, Virginia), us-west-2 (US West, Oregon) and eu-central-1 (Europe, Frankfurt). Changelog dated July 13, 2026; region set per project or per run on the dashboard Regions page.
Free tierYes

Reviewed by Palash BagchiUpdated 18 criteria comparedSources last checked

Trigger.dev pricing at a glance

Entry paid plan
$10/month for Hobby, which includes $10 of credits; Pro is $50/month including $50 of credits source ↗
Pricing model
A monthly plan fee that is also a credit balance — the fee buys compute rather than sitting on top of it — with concurrency, preview… source ↗
What the free plan includes
$5 of credit each month with 20 concurrent runs and one day of log retention source ↗

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01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

Teams that want background jobs written as normal code with the bill expressed as compute credits rather than a per-message meter.

Consider something else if…

Concurrency is the axis that forces an upgrade — 20 simultaneous runs on free, 50 on Hobby, then $10 a month per additional 50.

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Open source: triggerdotdev/trigger.dev · 16,264 stars · 1,451 forks

Trigger.dev's own site (trigger.dev) self-detects as: hosting — US hosting, Cloud PaaS, Cloud Hosting · CDN — Edge Delivery Network (category-level via BuiltWith, not a named vendor)

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Trigger.dev pricing

5 criteria
Free tierYes
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Kind of free offerFree tier
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What the free plan includes$5 of credit each month with 20 concurrent runs and one day of log retention.
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Entry paid plan$10/month for Hobby, which includes $10 of credits; Pro is $50/month including $50 of credits.
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Pricing modelA monthly plan fee that is also a credit balance — the fee buys compute rather than sitting on top of it — with concurrency, preview branches, dashboards and schedules each priced as separate add-ons beyond the plan's allowance.
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  • Pricing — Trigger.dev ↗

    “$10 / month credits included [...] Then $10/month per 50 [...] Then $20/month per seat [...] Then $10/month per branch [...] Then $10/month per 1,000”

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Infrastructure

1 criteria
RegionsThree AWS regions for running tasks: us-east-1 (US East, Virginia), us-west-2 (US West, Oregon) and eu-central-1 (Europe, Frankfurt). Changelog dated July 13, 2026; region set per project or per run on the dashboard Regions page.
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Queues

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Included per monthCredits rather than a message or execution count: $5 a month free, $10 included on Hobby and $50 on Pro, spent against compute.
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Maximum message size3 MB per trigger payload (each batch item up to 3 MB on SDK 4.3.1+); task outputs up to 10 MB; payloads over 512 KB offloaded to object storage.
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  • Limits - Trigger.dev ↗

    “Single trigger payload Must not exceed 3MB Batch trigger payload Each item can be up to 3MB (SDK 4.3.1+). Prior: 1MB total combined Task outputs Must not exceed 10MB”

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Message retentionLog retention of 1 day on the free plan, 7 days on Hobby and 30 days on Pro, with the query period matching.
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Concurrency20 concurrent runs on the free plan, 50 on Hobby, and more on Pro at $10 a month per additional 50.
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Support

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Support on entry paid planCommunity support on the $5 and $10 plans; dedicated Slack support on Pro ($50/month); priority support on Enterprise.
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  • Trigger.dev Pricing ↗

    “1 day query period community support 1 alert destination [...] 30 days query period dedicated slack support 100 + alert destinations [...] custom log retention priority support role-based access control (rbac)”

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Compliance

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SOC 2SOC 2 Type II compliant; latest report available on request for Enterprise customers.
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  • Security | Trigger.dev ↗

    “Yes, Trigger.dev is SOC 2 Type II compliant. Visit our Security Portal for more information. Our latest report is available upon request for our Enterprise customers.”

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HIPAAMeets HIPAA Business Associate requirements; a signed BAA is a paid add-on for running PHI workloads on Trigger.dev Cloud.
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  • Security | Trigger.dev ↗

    “Yes. Trigger.dev meets HIPAA Business Associate requirements. To run tasks that process PHI on Trigger.dev Cloud you'll need a signed BAA with us, which is available as a paid add-on.”

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GDPR / data residencyStated GDPR compliant; DPA forms part of the Terms of Service automatically on sign-up.
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Encryption at restData encrypted at rest with AES-256 and in transit with HTTPS/TLS.
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Role-based access controlRole-based access control (RBAC) and SSO listed as Enterprise plan features.
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  • Pricing | Trigger.dev ↗

    “All Pro plan features + Custom log retention Priority support Role-based access control (RBAC) SOC 2 report Penetration test report Single sign-on (SSO)”

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Private networking / VPCAWS PrivateLink to resources in your own AWS VPC; a Pro and Enterprise feature enabled on request.
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Dedicated infrastructureCloud is fully managed; the docs route teams with data residency, compliance or infrastructure-control requirements to self-hosting instead.
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  • Self-hosting overview - Trigger.dev ↗

    “Trigger.dev Cloud is fully managed, scalable, and comes with dedicated support. [...] if you have specific requirements around data residency, compliance, or infrastructure control, self-hosting may be the right choice for you.”

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Trigger.dev pricing questions

How much does Trigger.dev cost?

$10/month for Hobby, which includes $10 of credits; Pro is $50/month including $50 of credits.

Pricing — Trigger.dev · read

How does Trigger.dev charge?

A monthly plan fee that is also a credit balance — the fee buys compute rather than sitting on top of it — with concurrency, preview branches, dashboards and schedules each priced as separate add-ons beyond the plan's allowance.

Pricing — Trigger.dev · read

Does Trigger.dev have a free tier?

Yes. $5 of credit each month with 20 concurrent runs and one day of log retention.

Pricing — Trigger.dev · read

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