# RabbitMQ vs Trigger.dev

| Attribute | RabbitMQ | Trigger.dev |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 59 (38% (low)) | 59.5 (74% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 3 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 13,807 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 3,179,580 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A powerful, enterprise-grade open-source messaging and streaming broker that enables efficient, reliable and versatile communication for distributed microservices, real-time data, and IoT applications. | 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":"both","paradigm":"queue","protocol":"AMQP 1.0, MQTT 5.0, STOMP","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 | - | 5 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Prisma"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Resend"},{"name":"Vercel"},{"name":"GitHub"}]` |
| language.primary | JavaScript | - |
| license.spdx | BSD-3-Clause | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","description":"Free and open source under Mozilla Public License 2.0","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Tanzu RabbitMQ","description":"Enterprise-grade commercial offering with 24/7 expert support, longer lifecycle, disaster recovery, cloud cost savings, and industry compliance","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free open source, with commercial Tanzu RabbitMQ offering available","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.rabbitmq.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T13:27:32.390Z"}` | `{"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 | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 9 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.5","date":"2026-08-17T21:41:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.3.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.4","date":"2026-07-23T14:46:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.3.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.9","date":"2026-07-20T14:43:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.3","date":"2026-07-20T14:55:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.3.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.8","date":"2026-06-15T15:08:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.2","date":"2026-06-15T15:34:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.1","date":"2026-05-20T01:21:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.7","date":"2026-05-19T23:48:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.0","date":"2026-04-23T01:18:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.6","date":"2026-04-23T00:54:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.0-rc.1","date":"2026-04-20T18:19:14Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v4.3.0-rc.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.3.0-rc.0","date":"2026-03-26T03:47:43Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v4.3.0-rc.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.5","date":"2026-03-17T00:29:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.4","date":"2026-02-17T01:44:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.3","date":"2026-01-22T03:57:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.1.8","date":"2026-01-22T03:48:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.1.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.2","date":"2025-12-15T18:25:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.1.7","date":"2025-12-15T18:10:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.1.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.2.1","date":"2025-11-17T02:47:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.1.6","date":"2025-11-17T02:23:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.1.6"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 5.8 | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=rabbitmq-server&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Message Queues)

| Capability | RabbitMQ | Trigger.dev |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Messaging paradigm | Queue | 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 | AMQP 1.0, MQTT 5.0, STOMP | - |
| 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 | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T20:20:04.649Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*