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Comparison

Trigger.dev vs ZeroMQ

No clear leader: ZeroMQ (59.6) and Trigger.dev (59.5) 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.

Trigger.dev full profile →ZeroMQ full profile →
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Trigger.dev60
ZeroMQ60
Score
Vioscale score
Trigger.dev60 / 100medium · 74%updating
ZeroMQ60 / 100low · 48%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Trigger.dev✓
ZeroMQ✓
Model
Trigger.devfreemium
ZeroMQopen_source
Price level
Trigger.devlow
ZeroMQfree
Transparent
Trigger.dev✓
ZeroMQ✓
Integrations
Count
Trigger.dev5
ZeroMQ11
Security
Gdpr
Trigger.dev✓
ZeroMQ–
Hipaa
Trigger.dev✓
ZeroMQ–
Scorecard
Trigger.dev–
ZeroMQ5.7
Soc2
Trigger.dev✓
ZeroMQ–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Trigger.dev✓
ZeroMQ–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Trigger.dev–
ZeroMQ2,003
Github stars
Trigger.dev–
ZeroMQ10,972
Package downloads weekly
Trigger.dev–
ZeroMQ25,005,888
Activity
Commits last 30d
Trigger.dev–
ZeroMQ19
Release
Cadence days
Trigger.dev–
ZeroMQ114
History
Trigger.dev–
ZeroMQ13 items
License
Spdx
Trigger.dev–
ZeroMQMPL-2.0
Language
Primary
Trigger.dev–
ZeroMQC++
Market
Availability
Trigger.devAvailable worldwide
ZeroMQ–

Capabilities

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

Core
Messaging paradigm
Trigger.devJob / task queue
ZeroMQPub/sub
Correctness
Delivery guarantee
Trigger.devAt-least-once
ZeroMQ-
Ordering guarantee
Trigger.devFIFO
ZeroMQ-
Durability
Durable replayable log
Trigger.dev✓
ZeroMQ-
Message replay / rewind
Trigger.dev✗
ZeroMQ-
Interop
Wire protocol
Trigger.dev-
ZeroMQZMTP/3.1
Kafka-protocol compatible
Trigger.dev✗
ZeroMQ-
Scale
Partitioned horizontal scaling
Trigger.dev✓
ZeroMQ-
Geo / cross-region replication
Trigger.dev✗
ZeroMQ-
Consumption
Consumer groups / competing consumers
Trigger.dev✗
ZeroMQ-
Dead-letter queue
Trigger.dev✗
ZeroMQ-
Deployment
Managed cloud offering exists
Trigger.dev✓
ZeroMQ✗
Hosting
Trigger.devCloud only
ZeroMQSelf-hosted only
Processing
Built-in stream processing
Trigger.dev✓
ZeroMQ-

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

ZeroMQ

ZeroMQ is a messaging library that enables asynchronous communication through socket abstractions, supporting multiple communication patterns, message subscriptions, and access to various transport protocols.

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 ↗

ZeroMQ

Open sourceFree tier
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✓
ZeroMQ✗
Android
Trigger.dev✗
ZeroMQ✓
macOS
Trigger.dev✗
ZeroMQ✓
Windows
Trigger.dev✗
ZeroMQ✓
Linux
Trigger.dev✗
ZeroMQ✓
CLI
Trigger.dev✓
ZeroMQ✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Trigger.dev✓
ZeroMQ✗
Self-hosted
Trigger.dev✓
ZeroMQ✓

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

ZeroMQ

11 total
  • Microsoft
  • Samsung
  • AT&T
  • Spotify
  • Facebook
  • Digital Ocean
  • Auth0
  • Bitcoin
  • Jupyter
  • Mongrel2
  • Jina
Independently observed

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