Comparison

Inngest vs Trigger.dev

No clear leader: Trigger.dev (59.8) and Inngest (56.4) 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.

Inngest full profile →Trigger.dev full profile →

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Inngest56

Trigger.dev60

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Inngest	Trigger.dev
vioscaleAI score	56 / 100medium · 69%	60 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	3	3
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	SOC 2 Type II	-
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	✓
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://www.inngest.com/docs/learn/security	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=inngest-cli&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	2	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	5,939	-
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	2,477,593	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	4	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Inngest56 / 100medium · 69%

Trigger.dev60 / 100medium · 73%

Pricing

Free tier

Inngest✓

Trigger.dev✓

Model

Inngestfreemium

Trigger.devfreemium

Price level

Inngestlow

Trigger.devlow

Transparent

Inngest✗

Trigger.dev✓

Integrations

Count

Inngest3

Trigger.dev3

Security

Certifications

InngestSOC 2 Type II

Trigger.dev–

Disclosure policy

Inngest✓

Trigger.dev–

Gdpr

Inngest–

Trigger.dev✓

Hipaa

Inngest✓

Trigger.dev✓

Soc2

Inngest✓

Trigger.dev✓

Trust center

Inngesthttps://www.inngest.com/docs/learn/security

Trigger.dev–

Vulnerabilities

InngestCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=inngest-cli&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Trigger.dev–

Reliability

Status page

Inngest✓

Trigger.dev✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Inngest2

Trigger.dev–

Github stars

Inngest5,939

Trigger.dev–

Package downloads weekly

Inngest2,477,593

Trigger.dev–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Inngest100

Trigger.dev–

Release

Cadence days

Inngest4

Trigger.dev–

History

Inngest20 items

Trigger.dev–

License

Spdx

InngestApache-2.0

Trigger.dev–

Language

Primary

InngestGo

Trigger.dev–

Market

Availability

Inngest–

Trigger.devAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Inngest7 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	Inngest	Trigger.dev
Core
Messaging paradigm	Durable execution	Job / task queue
Correctness
Delivery guarantee	At-least-once	At-least-once
Ordering guarantee	-	FIFO
Durability
Durable replayable log	✓	✓
Message replay / rewind	✓	✓
Interop
Wire protocol	HTTPS	-
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

InngestDurable execution

Trigger.devJob / task queue

Correctness

Delivery guarantee

InngestAt-least-once

Trigger.devAt-least-once

Ordering guarantee

Inngest-

Trigger.devFIFO

Durability

Durable replayable log

Inngest✓

Trigger.dev✓

Message replay / rewind

Inngest✓

Trigger.dev✓

Interop

Wire protocol

InngestHTTPS

Trigger.dev-

Kafka-protocol compatible

Inngest✗

Trigger.dev✗

Scale

Partitioned horizontal scaling

Inngest✓

Trigger.dev✓

Geo / cross-region replication

Inngest-

Trigger.dev✗

Consumption

Consumer groups / competing consumers

Inngest✗

Trigger.dev✗

Dead-letter queue

Inngest-

Trigger.dev✗

Deployment

Managed cloud offering exists

Inngest✓

Trigger.dev✓

Hosting

InngestCloud + self-hosted

Trigger.devCloud only

Processing

Built-in stream processing

Inngest✗

Trigger.dev✓

What each one is

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

Inngest

Inngest enables developers to write durable functions with built-in checkpointing and retry logic that survive failures. Functions execute step-by-step with automatic recovery and detailed observability, eliminating the need for manual infrastructure management.

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.

Inngest

from $0.50/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Pro from $99/mo + metered usage.

HobbyFree
- 50k executions
- 5 concurrent executions
- 500 MB span data ingested
- 10K scores
- 500k events ingested
- +6 more
ProStarting at $99/mo + metered usage
- 1M executions included
- Pay as you go up to 20M
- 100+ concurrent executions
- 5 GB span data ingested
- 50K scores
- +8 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Custom executions
- Custom concurrent executions
- Custom span data ingested
- Custom scores
- Custom events ingested
- +5 more

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

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	Inngest	Trigger.dev
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Inngest✓

Trigger.dev✓

CLI

Inngest✓

Trigger.dev✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Inngest✓

Trigger.dev✓

Self-hosted

Inngest✓

Trigger.dev✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)

Vercel
OpenAI

Inngest

6 total - 4 not shared

Datadog
Discord
Deno
PostgreSQL

Independently observed

Trigger.dev

7 total - 5 not shared

Prisma
Resend
GitHub
Slack
WhatsApp

Independently observed

Still deciding?

Inngest or Trigger.dev: which one depends on you

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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.