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Comparison

Trigger.dev vs WarpStream

On the evidence we track, WarpStream leads this comparison with a composite score of 80/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Trigger.dev full profile →WarpStream full profile →
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Trigger.dev60
★WarpStream80
Score
Vioscale score
Trigger.dev60 / 100medium · 74%updating
WarpStream80 / 100medium · 73%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Trigger.dev✓
WarpStream✓
Model
Trigger.devfreemium
WarpStreamfreemium
Price level
Trigger.devlow
WarpStreamlow
Transparent
Trigger.dev✓
WarpStream✓
Integrations
Count
Trigger.dev5
WarpStream12
Security
Gdpr
Trigger.dev✓
WarpStream–
Hipaa
Trigger.dev✓
WarpStream–
Iso27001
Trigger.dev–
WarpStream✓
Soc2
Trigger.dev✓
WarpStream✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Trigger.dev–
WarpStream99.9
Status page
Trigger.dev✓
WarpStream✓
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Core
Messaging paradigm
Trigger.devJob / task queue
WarpStreamLog / streaming
Correctness
Delivery guarantee
Trigger.devAt-least-once
WarpStreamAt-least-once
Ordering guarantee
Trigger.devFIFO
WarpStreamPer-partition
Durability
Durable replayable log
Trigger.dev✓
WarpStream✓
Message replay / rewind
Trigger.dev✗
WarpStream✓
Interop
Wire protocol
Trigger.dev-
WarpStreamKafka
Kafka-protocol compatible
Trigger.dev✗
WarpStream✓
Scale
Partitioned horizontal scaling
Trigger.dev✓
WarpStream✓
Geo / cross-region replication
Trigger.dev✗
WarpStream✓
Consumption
Consumer groups / competing consumers
Trigger.dev✗
WarpStream✓
Dead-letter queue
Trigger.dev✗
WarpStream-
Deployment
Managed cloud offering exists
Trigger.dev✓
WarpStream✓
Hosting
Trigger.devCloud only
WarpStreamCloud only
Processing
Built-in stream processing
Trigger.dev✓
WarpStream✓

What each one is

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

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

WarpStream

Leader

WarpStream is a Kafka-compatible streaming platform that eliminates local disks by using cloud object storage, enabling automatic scaling and reducing costs significantly compared to traditional Kafka. It maintains full protocol compatibility while simplifying operations through managed deployment in customer cloud accounts.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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 verify ↗

WarpStream

Leader
from $0.01/moUsage-basedFree tier

From $100/month base + metered write throughput ($0.01-$0.003/GiB, tiered by volume) and storage. Free $400 non-expiring credits with no card required.

  • Dev$100/month base + metered write throughput and cluster minutes
    • Core functionality
    • 99.9% SLA
    • mTLS
  • Fundamentals$500/month base + metered usage
    • Production functionality
    • 99.9% SLA
    • Agent Groups
    • Cluster Recovery
    • mTLS
    • +3 more
  • Pro$1,500/month base + metered usage
    • Advanced isolation
    • Multi-region replication
    • 99.99% SLA
    • Lightning Topics
    • Topic Recovery
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • 99.999% SLA
    • Dedicated Control Plane Cell
    • Multi-Region HA Replication
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Trigger.dev✓
WarpStream✓
CLI
Trigger.dev✓
WarpStream✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Trigger.dev✓
WarpStream✓
Self-hosted
Trigger.dev✓
WarpStream✓
On-premise
Trigger.dev✗
WarpStream✓
Hybrid
Trigger.dev✗
WarpStream✓

Integrations

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

Trigger.dev

5 total
  • Prisma
  • OpenAI
  • Resend
  • Vercel
  • GitHub
Independently observed

WarpStream

Leader
12 total
  • Apache Kafka
  • Bento
  • RisingWave
  • Grafana
  • Materialize
  • Snowflake
  • Schema Registry
  • Iceberg
  • Tigris
  • Protobuf
  • Avro
  • JSON
Independently observed

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

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