# Google Cloud Pub/Sub vs Trigger.dev

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Trigger.dev

| Attribute | Google Cloud Pub/Sub | Trigger.dev |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 53.4 (49% (low)) | 59.5 (74% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-based publish/subscribe messaging system that enables applications to ingest and stream event data at scale with guaranteed delivery, automatic scaling, and built-in replay capabilities. Integrates with data warehouses and stream processing pipelines for real-time analytics. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","ordering":"per_key","paradigm":"pubsub","message_replay":true,"persistent_log":true,"consumer_groups":true,"geo_replication":true,"managed_offering":true,"stream_processing":true,"delivery_guarantee":"at_least_once","horizontal_scaling":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","ordering":"fifo","paradigm":"job_queue","message_replay":false,"persistent_log":true,"consumer_groups":false,"geo_replication":false,"kafka_compatible":false,"managed_offering":true,"dead_letter_queue":false,"stream_processing":true,"delivery_guarantee":"at_least_once","horizontal_scaling":true}` |
| integrations.count | 3 | 5 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"BigQuery"},{"name":"Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Dataflow"}]` | `[{"name":"Prisma"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Resend"},{"name":"Vercel"},{"name":"GitHub"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Standard Pub/Sub","summary":"$40/TiB throughput + $0.27/GiB-month storage (first 10 GiB throughput free)","features":["At-least-once message delivery","Per-key message ordering","Pull and push delivery modes","Cross-zone replication","Automatic scaling and provisioning","Message retention and snapshots"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"TiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":40,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB-month"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.27,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Pay-as-you-go pricing based on message throughput and retention","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"free_throughput":"10 GiB/month"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"BigQuery Subscription","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"TiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":50,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Cloud Storage Subscription","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"TiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":50,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Kinesis Data Streams Import","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"TiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":50,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Other Source Imports (Azure Event Hubs, AWS MSK, Confluent Cloud)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"TiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":80,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Usage-based: $40/TiB throughput, $0.27/GiB-month storage. Free tier: 10 GiB/month throughput.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://cloud.google.com/pubsub","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T13:22:58.268Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.27,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free","features":["Dev and Prod environments","Community support","1 day log retention"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"team_members":"5","concurrent_tasks":"20","log_retention_days":"1"}},{"free":false,"name":"Hobby","summary":"$10/month","features":["Dev, Preview and Prod environments","Community support","7 day log retention"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"team_members":"5","concurrent_tasks":"50","log_retention_days":"7"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"From $50/month","features":["Dev, Preview and Prod environments","Dedicated Slack support","30 day log retention"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"50 concurrent tasks","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"branch","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"dashboard","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"1000 events","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"branches":"20","dashboards":"5","team_members":"25","concurrent_tasks":"200","events_per_month":"1000","log_retention_days":"30"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["All Pro plan features","Custom log retention","Priority support","Role-based access control (RBAC)","SOC 2 report","Penetration test report","Single sign-on (SSO)"],"contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"HIPAA BAA (Business Associate Agreement)"}],"summary":"Free tier available. From $10/month for Hobby tier; Pro starts at $50/month with usage-based overage pricing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://trigger.dev/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T08:33:58.046Z","startingPrice":{"amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Message Queues)

| Capability | Google Cloud Pub/Sub | Trigger.dev |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Messaging paradigm | Pub/sub | Job / task queue |
| **Correctness** |  |  |
| Delivery guarantee | At-least-once | At-least-once |
| Ordering guarantee | Per-key | FIFO |
| **Durability** |  |  |
| Durable replayable log | ✓ | ✓ |
| Message replay / rewind | ✓ | ✗ |
| **Interop** |  |  |
| Wire protocol | - | - |
| 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 | Cloud only |
| **Processing** |  |  |
| Built-in stream processing | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:00:27.941Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*