Comparison

ActiveMQ vs Trigger.dev

No clear leader: Trigger.dev (59.8) and ActiveMQ (59.0) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

ActiveMQ full profile →Trigger.dev full profile →

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ActiveMQ59

Trigger.dev60

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	ActiveMQ	Trigger.dev
vioscaleAI score	59 / 100low · 29%	60 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	3
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 12 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.apache.activemq%3Aactivemq-broker&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 9 · Max severity: CRITICAL	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	7,528	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	2,465	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	33	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	4	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Java	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	5 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

ActiveMQ59 / 100low · 29%

Trigger.dev60 / 100medium · 73%

Pricing

Free tier

ActiveMQ✓

Trigger.dev✓

Model

ActiveMQopen_source

Trigger.devfreemium

Price level

ActiveMQfree

Trigger.devlow

Transparent

ActiveMQ✓

Trigger.dev✓

Integrations

Count

ActiveMQ–

Trigger.dev3

Security

Gdpr

ActiveMQ–

Trigger.dev✓

Hipaa

ActiveMQ–

Trigger.dev✓

Scorecard

ActiveMQ7

Trigger.dev–

Soc2

ActiveMQ–

Trigger.dev✓

Vulnerabilities

ActiveMQCount: 12 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.apache.activemq%3Aactivemq-broker&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 9 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Trigger.dev–

Reliability

Status page

ActiveMQ–

Trigger.dev✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

ActiveMQ7,528

Trigger.dev–

Github stars

ActiveMQ2,465

Trigger.dev–

Activity

Commits last 30d

ActiveMQ33

Trigger.dev–

Release

Cadence days

ActiveMQ4

Trigger.dev–

History

ActiveMQ20 items

Trigger.dev–

License

Spdx

ActiveMQApache-2.0

Trigger.dev–

Language

Primary

ActiveMQJava

Trigger.dev–

Market

Availability

ActiveMQ–

Trigger.devAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

ActiveMQ5 items

Trigger.dev6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for message queues. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Message Queues
Capability	ActiveMQ	Trigger.dev
Core
Messaging paradigm	Pub/sub	Job / task queue
Correctness
Delivery guarantee	-	At-least-once
Ordering guarantee	-	FIFO
Durability
Durable replayable log	✓	✓
Message replay / rewind	-	✓
Interop
Wire protocol	AMQP, STOMP, MQTT, JMS	-
Kafka-protocol compatible	-	✗
Scale
Partitioned horizontal scaling	✓	✓
Geo / cross-region replication	-	✗
Consumption
Consumer groups / competing consumers	✓	✗
Dead-letter queue	-	✗
Deployment
Managed cloud offering exists	✓	✓
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Cloud only
Processing
Built-in stream processing	✓	✓

Core

Messaging paradigm

ActiveMQPub/sub

Trigger.devJob / task queue

Correctness

Delivery guarantee

ActiveMQ-

Trigger.devAt-least-once

Ordering guarantee

ActiveMQ-

Trigger.devFIFO

Durability

Durable replayable log

ActiveMQ✓

Trigger.dev✓

Message replay / rewind

ActiveMQ-

Trigger.dev✓

Interop

Wire protocol

ActiveMQAMQP, STOMP, MQTT, JMS

Trigger.dev-

Kafka-protocol compatible

ActiveMQ-

Trigger.dev✗

Scale

Partitioned horizontal scaling

ActiveMQ✓

Trigger.dev✓

Geo / cross-region replication

ActiveMQ-

Trigger.dev✗

Consumption

Consumer groups / competing consumers

ActiveMQ✓

Trigger.dev✗

Dead-letter queue

ActiveMQ-

Trigger.dev✗

Deployment

Managed cloud offering exists

ActiveMQ✓

Trigger.dev✓

Hosting

ActiveMQCloud + self-hosted

Trigger.devCloud only

Processing

Built-in stream processing

ActiveMQ✓

Trigger.dev✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

ActiveMQ

An open source Java-based system for asynchronous messaging between applications across different platforms. It supports multiple standard communication protocols and offers high availability features through message load-balancing and master-broker configurations.

Independently observed

Trigger.dev

A managed platform for creating AI workflows in TypeScript, featuring automatic retries, task queuing, durable execution with checkpointing, real-time streaming, comprehensive observability, and elastic scaling. Supports both cloud deployment and self-hosting via Docker or Kubernetes.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

ActiveMQ

Open sourceFree tier

Open source and free to download and use. Professional support available from commercial vendors.

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Trigger.dev

from $10/moHybridFree tier

Free tier available. From $10/month for Hobby tier; Pro starts at $50/month with usage-based overage pricing.

FreeFree
- Dev and Prod environments
- Community support
- 1 day log retention
Hobby$10/month
- Dev, Preview and Prod environments
- Community support
- 7 day log retention
ProFrom $50/month
- Dev, Preview and Prod environments
- Dedicated Slack support
- 30 day log retention
EnterpriseContact sales
- All Pro plan features
- Custom log retention
- Priority support
- Role-based access control (RBAC)
- SOC 2 report
- +2 more

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	ActiveMQ	Trigger.dev
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

ActiveMQ✓

Trigger.dev✓

Windows

ActiveMQ✓

Trigger.dev✗

Linux

ActiveMQ✓

Trigger.dev✗

CLI

ActiveMQ✗

Trigger.dev✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

ActiveMQ✗

Trigger.dev✓

Self-hosted

ActiveMQ✓

Trigger.dev✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

ActiveMQ

Not documented yet.

Trigger.dev

7 total

Prisma
OpenAI
Resend
Vercel
GitHub
Slack
WhatsApp

Independently observed

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