Comparison

Temporal vs Trigger.dev

On the evidence we track, Temporal leads this comparison with a composite score of 72/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Temporal72

Trigger.dev60

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	TemporalLeader	Trigger.dev
vioscaleAI score	72 / 100high · 76%	60 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$0.00	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	3	3
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.7	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://temporal.io/blog/trusting-ai-agents-a-reinsurance-case-study	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 6 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=go.temporal.io%2Fserver&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 4 · Max severity: MODERATE	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.9	-
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	30	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	23,468	-
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	8,455,032	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	3	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	8 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Temporal72 / 100high · 76%

Trigger.dev60 / 100medium · 73%

Pricing

Free tier

Temporal✓

Trigger.dev✓

Model

Temporalfreemium

Trigger.devfreemium

Price level

Temporallow

Trigger.devlow

Starting price

Temporal$0.00

Trigger.dev–

Transparent

Temporal✓

Trigger.dev✓

Integrations

Count

Temporal3

Trigger.dev3

Security

Disclosure policy

Temporal✓

Trigger.dev–

Gdpr

Temporal✓

Trigger.dev✓

Hipaa

Temporal✓

Trigger.dev✓

Scorecard

Temporal5.7

Trigger.dev–

Soc2

Temporal✓

Trigger.dev✓

Trust center

Temporalhttps://temporal.io/blog/trusting-ai-agents-a-reinsurance-case-study

Trigger.dev–

Vulnerabilities

TemporalCount: 6 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=go.temporal.io%2Fserver&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 4 · Max severity: MODERATE

Trigger.dev–

Reliability

Sla pct

Temporal99.9

Trigger.dev–

Status page

Temporal✓

Trigger.dev✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Temporal30

Trigger.dev–

Github stars

Temporal23,468

Trigger.dev–

Package downloads weekly

Temporal8,455,032

Trigger.dev–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Temporal100

Trigger.dev–

Release

Cadence days

Temporal3

Trigger.dev–

History

Temporal20 items

Trigger.dev–

License

Spdx

TemporalMIT

Trigger.dev–

Language

Primary

TemporalGo

Trigger.dev–

Market

Availability

TemporalAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Trigger.devAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Temporal8 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	Temporal	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	gRPC	-
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

TemporalDurable execution

Trigger.devJob / task queue

Correctness

Delivery guarantee

TemporalAt-least-once

Trigger.devAt-least-once

Ordering guarantee

Temporal-

Trigger.devFIFO

Durability

Durable replayable log

Temporal✓

Trigger.dev✓

Message replay / rewind

Temporal✓

Trigger.dev✓

Interop

Wire protocol

TemporalgRPC

Trigger.dev-

Kafka-protocol compatible

Temporal-

Trigger.dev✗

Scale

Partitioned horizontal scaling

Temporal✓

Trigger.dev✓

Geo / cross-region replication

Temporal✓

Trigger.dev✗

Consumption

Consumer groups / competing consumers

Temporal-

Trigger.dev✗

Dead-letter queue

Temporal-

Trigger.dev✗

Deployment

Managed cloud offering exists

Temporal✓

Trigger.dev✓

Hosting

TemporalCloud + self-hosted

Trigger.devCloud only

Processing

Built-in stream processing

Temporal-

Trigger.dev✓

What each one is

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

Temporal

Leader

A durable execution platform that simplifies building resilient distributed systems by automatically managing workflow state, retries, and recovery. It eliminates the need for custom failure handling, reconciliation logic, and infrastructure like message queues or schedulers.

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.

Temporal

Leader

from $0.00/actionUsage-basedFree tier90-day trial

From $0.000025 per action with $0/mo minimum. Free trial available.

Paygo with Developer Support$0/mo minimum, $0.000025 per action

as of 2026-10-05verify ↗

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	Temporal	Trigger.dev
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Temporal✓

Trigger.dev✓

CLI

Temporal✓

Trigger.dev✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Temporal✓

Trigger.dev✓

Self-hosted

Temporal✓

Trigger.dev✓

Hybrid

Temporal✓

Trigger.dev✗

Integrations

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

Temporal

Leader

7 total

Google ADK
OpenAI Agents SDK
AWS Lambda
AWS RDS
GCP Cloud SQL
Vercel's AI SDK
Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)

Independently observed

Trigger.dev

7 total

Prisma
OpenAI
Resend
Vercel
GitHub
Slack
WhatsApp

Independently observed

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