Comparison

Trigger.dev vs ZeroMQ

On the evidence we track, Trigger.dev leads this comparison with a composite score of 60/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Trigger.dev60

ZeroMQ49

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Trigger.devLeader	ZeroMQ
vioscaleAI score	60 / 100medium · 73%	49 / 100medium · 58%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	3	11
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	5.3
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=zeromq&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	2,003
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	11,016
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	23,226,788
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	0
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	114
Historyrelease.history	-	13 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	MPL-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	C++
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	-
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Trigger.dev60 / 100medium · 73%

ZeroMQ49 / 100medium · 58%

Pricing

Free tier

Trigger.dev✓

ZeroMQ✓

Model

Trigger.devfreemium

ZeroMQopen_source

Price level

Trigger.devlow

ZeroMQfree

Transparent

Trigger.dev✓

ZeroMQ✓

Integrations

Count

Trigger.dev3

ZeroMQ11

Security

Gdpr

Trigger.dev✓

ZeroMQ–

Hipaa

Trigger.dev✓

ZeroMQ–

Scorecard

Trigger.dev–

ZeroMQ5.3

Soc2

Trigger.dev✓

ZeroMQ–

Vulnerabilities

Trigger.dev–

ZeroMQCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=zeromq&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Trigger.dev✓

ZeroMQ–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Trigger.dev–

ZeroMQ2,003

Github stars

Trigger.dev–

ZeroMQ11,016

Package downloads weekly

Trigger.dev–

ZeroMQ23,226,788

Activity

Commits last 30d

Trigger.dev–

ZeroMQ0

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–

Content

Faq

Trigger.dev6 items

ZeroMQ6 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Message Queues
Capability	Trigger.dev	ZeroMQ
Core
Messaging paradigm	Job / task queue	Pub/sub
Correctness
Delivery guarantee	At-least-once	-
Ordering guarantee	FIFO	-
Durability
Durable replayable log	✓	-
Message replay / rewind	✓	-
Interop
Wire protocol	-	ZMTP/3.1
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 only	Self-hosted only
Processing
Built-in stream processing	✓	-

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

Leader

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

ZeroMQ

Enables programs to exchange information through sockets across multiple protocols and network types, with built-in support for various communication patterns such as broadcast, queue-based delivery, and request-response architectures

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

Leader

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 ↗

ZeroMQ

Open source

as of 2026-10-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Trigger.dev	ZeroMQ
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
AndroidPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Trigger.dev✓

ZeroMQ✗

Android

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

Leader

7 total

Prisma
OpenAI
Resend
Vercel
GitHub
Slack
WhatsApp

Independently observed

ZeroMQ

11 total

Microsoft
Samsung
AT&T
Spotify
Facebook
Digital Ocean
Auth0
Bitcoin
Jupyter
Mongrel2
Jina

Independently observed

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