Comparison

RabbitMQ vs Trigger.dev

On the evidence we track, RabbitMQ leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★RabbitMQ65

Trigger.dev60

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	RabbitMQLeader	Trigger.dev
Vioscale score	65 / 100low · 38%	60 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	5
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.8	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=rabbitmq-server&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	3	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	13,807	-
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	3,179,580	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	9	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	BSD-3-Clause	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	JavaScript	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

RabbitMQ65 / 100low · 38%

Trigger.dev60 / 100medium · 74%

Pricing

Free tier

RabbitMQ✓

Trigger.dev✓

Model

RabbitMQcommercial

Trigger.devfreemium

Price level

RabbitMQlow

Trigger.devlow

Transparent

RabbitMQ✗

Trigger.dev✓

Integrations

Count

RabbitMQ–

Trigger.dev5

Security

Disclosure policy

RabbitMQ✓

Trigger.dev–

Gdpr

RabbitMQ–

Trigger.dev✓

Hipaa

RabbitMQ–

Trigger.dev✓

Scorecard

RabbitMQ5.8

Trigger.dev–

Soc2

RabbitMQ–

Trigger.dev✓

Vulnerabilities

RabbitMQCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=rabbitmq-server&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Trigger.dev–

Reliability

Status page

RabbitMQ–

Trigger.dev✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

RabbitMQ3

Trigger.dev–

Github stars

RabbitMQ13,807

Trigger.dev–

Package downloads weekly

RabbitMQ3,179,580

Trigger.dev–

Activity

Commits last 30d

RabbitMQ100

Trigger.dev–

Release

Cadence days

RabbitMQ9

Trigger.dev–

History

RabbitMQ20 items

Trigger.dev–

License

Spdx

RabbitMQBSD-3-Clause

Trigger.dev–

Language

Primary

RabbitMQJavaScript

Trigger.dev–

Market

Availability

RabbitMQ–

Trigger.devAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Message Queues
Capability	RabbitMQ	Trigger.dev
Core
Messaging paradigm	Queue	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	AMQP 1.0, MQTT 5.0, STOMP	-
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

RabbitMQQueue

Trigger.devJob / task queue

Correctness

Delivery guarantee

RabbitMQAt-least-once

Trigger.devAt-least-once

Ordering guarantee

RabbitMQ-

Trigger.devFIFO

Durability

Durable replayable log

RabbitMQ✓

Trigger.dev✓

Message replay / rewind

RabbitMQ-

Trigger.dev✗

Interop

Wire protocol

RabbitMQAMQP 1.0, MQTT 5.0, STOMP

Trigger.dev-

Kafka-protocol compatible

RabbitMQ-

Trigger.dev✗

Scale

Partitioned horizontal scaling

RabbitMQ✓

Trigger.dev✓

Geo / cross-region replication

RabbitMQ✓

Trigger.dev✗

Consumption

Consumer groups / competing consumers

RabbitMQ✓

Trigger.dev✗

Dead-letter queue

RabbitMQ-

Trigger.dev✗

Deployment

Managed cloud offering exists

RabbitMQ✓

Trigger.dev✓

Hosting

RabbitMQCloud + self-hosted

Trigger.devCloud only

Processing

Built-in stream processing

RabbitMQ✓

Trigger.dev✓

What each one is

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

RabbitMQ

Leader

A powerful, enterprise-grade open-source messaging and streaming broker that enables efficient, reliable and versatile communication for distributed microservices, real-time data, and IoT applications.

Independently observed

Trigger.dev

A cloud service that executes durable, serverless tasks and AI agents with built-in retry logic, observability, and automatic scaling. Code runs without timeouts on managed infrastructure, with state preserved across execution pauses and failures.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

RabbitMQ

Leader

HybridFree tier

Free open source, with commercial Tanzu RabbitMQ offering available

Open SourceFree
Tanzu RabbitMQContact sales

as of 2026-08-05verify ↗

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	RabbitMQ	Trigger.dev
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

RabbitMQ✓

Trigger.dev✓

Linux

RabbitMQ✓

Trigger.dev✗

CLI

RabbitMQ✓

Trigger.dev✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

RabbitMQ✓

Trigger.dev✓

Self-hosted

RabbitMQ✓

Trigger.dev✓

On-premise

RabbitMQ✓

Trigger.dev✗

Integrations

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

RabbitMQ

Leader

Not documented yet.

Trigger.dev

5 total

Prisma
OpenAI
Resend
Vercel
GitHub

Independently observed

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