Inngest vs Trigger.dev

Side-by-side — pricing, strengths, tradeoffs, and fit.

Inngest

Durable background jobs and workflows for serverless, with zero infra.

Trigger.dev

Open-source background jobs and long-running tasks for TypeScript apps.

At a glance

Open SourceFree TierEnterprise
● Established·From $20/mo
Open SourceFree TierEnterprise
● Established·From $10/mo

Overview

One-liner

Durable background jobs and workflows for serverless, with zero infra.

One-liner

Open-source background jobs and long-running tasks for TypeScript apps.

Maturity

Established

Maturity

Established

Open source

✓ Yes

Open source

✓ Yes

Pricing

Free tier

✓ Available

Free tier (generous monthly runs)

Free tier

✓ Available

Free tier with monthly runs

Starts at

$20/mo

Starts at

$10/mo

Model

Usage-based

Model

Usage-based

Enterprise

✓ Available

Enterprise

✓ Available

Best for

✓ Best for

Background jobs for serverless/Next.jsDurable steps without queues
Event-driven workflowsTriggers, retries, and scheduling

✓ Best for

TypeScript background jobs/long tasksDurable runs without timeouts
Teams wanting open-source jobsSelf-host the platform

Not ideal for

✕ Not for

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✕ Not for

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Strengths

↑ Strengths

Durable jobs without managing queues
Great serverless/Next.js fit
Event-driven + scheduling

↑ Strengths

TypeScript-native long tasks
Open source / self-hostable
Good DX and dashboard

Weaknesses

↓ Weaknesses

Usage costs at high volume
Younger than Temporal

↓ Weaknesses

TS-focused
Younger ecosystem
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