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Trigger Dev

Trigger Dev

Trigger.dev is an open-source platform for developers to build and run background jobs, workflows, and automation tasks. It provides a robust infrastructure for handling asynchronous operations with built-in reliability and scalability features. Key capabilities include code-first workflow definitions in TypeScript and Node.js, automatic retries, scheduling, monitoring, and integrations with popular services. It simplifies complex task orchestration without the need for manual infrastructure management. Targeted at backend developers, full-stack engineers, and DevOps teams, Trigger.dev enables efficient management of asynchronous tasks in modern applications.

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Sep 18, 2026
Background JobsSchedulingWebhooksServerlessTypeScript
Product information

Everything worth knowing about Trigger Dev

The complete picture — from everyday features to the technical detail builders and IT folks dig for.

Core features

What it actually does

Background Job Execution
Reliably run background tasks and long-running processes without blocking the main thread.
Scheduled Tasks
Schedule jobs to execute at specific times, intervals, or cron patterns.
Webhook Integration
Trigger jobs automatically from incoming HTTP webhooks from external services.
Retry and Error Handling
Configurable retry strategies and error management for robust job execution.
Technical capabilities
Serverless Architecture
Runs on serverless platforms like AWS Lambda for scalable and cost-effective execution.
TypeScript First
Built with TypeScript for enhanced type safety and developer experience.
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Introducing Trigger.dev – build and deploy fully‑managed AI agents and workflows
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Two Roads to Durable Agents: Replay vs. Snapshot — Eric Allam, CEO, Trigger.dev
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Two Roads to Durable Agents: Replay vs. Snapshot — Eric Allam, CEO, Trigger.dev
Replay-based durability — wrapping every step in a journal, replaying on recovery, requiring deterministic code — is how everyone makes agents durable today. It works until it doesn't: the journal grows with every turn, the structure starts constraining how you write code, and an agent that needs to run for hours starts looking less like a transaction and more like a session. This talk separates the problem in two: context durability (the append-only log of everything the LLM saw, which already fits in a database) and execution durability (the files, memory, and subprocesses that live in the compute layer, which don't). The answer to the second half isn't a smarter log — it's OS-level snapshot and restore. Eric Allam walks through how Trigger.dev built this on Firecracker microVMs, getting snapshots down to 14 megabytes compressed with sub-second save and hundred-millisecond restore times, and why IBM mainframes in 1966 got there first. Speaker info: - https://x.com/maverickdotdev - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-allam/ - https://github.com/ericallam

Who uses it

Real use cases, no hype
Webhook Processing
Handle incoming webhooks from services like Stripe or GitHub asynchronously
Scheduled Tasks
Run recurring jobs such as report generation or cleanup
Data Synchronization
Sync data between databases or APIs in the background
Email Sending
Send transactional emails without blocking the main app
Image Processing
Resize or transform images upon upload to optimize storage
What's great
  • Easy deployment and management of background jobs
  • Built-in webhook support for event-driven tasks
  • Seamless integration with Node.js ecosystem
Technical strengths
  • TypeScript-first design for enhanced type safety
  • Self-hosting option for improved data privacy control
Where it falls short
  • Limited to Node.js runtime only
  • May have a learning curve for beginners
  • Dependency on external services for full feature set
Technical limitations
  • Lacks advanced built-in retry and backoff mechanisms
For technical folks

The deep-dive specs

FAQ

Includes technical Q&A
Trigger.dev is an open-source platform for building and hosting background jobs in Node.js.

Traffic Insights

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Growth Trend

Stable

Traffic has remained stable.

Honest pricing

No sneaky tiers, no “contact sales”

Here's who each plan is actually for — and where the hidden charges might hit.

Free
$0/mo

Individuals

  • $5 / month free credits
Hobby
$10/mo

Individuals

  • $10 / month credits included
  • 50 concurrent runs
  • Unlimited tasks
  • 5 team members
  • Dev
  • Preview and Prod environments
  • 5 preview branches
Pro
Most picked
$50/mo

Developers & Startups

  • $50 / month credits included
  • 200+ concurrent runs
  • Unlimited tasks
  • 25+ team members
  • Dev
  • Preview and Prod environments
  • 20+ preview branches
Custom
Custom

Enterprise

  • All Pro plan features +
  • Custom discounts
  • Custom log retention
  • Priority support
  • Role-based access control (RBAC)
  • SOC 2 report
  • Penetration test report
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Official pricing, checkout, and plan upgrades are handled directly on trigger.dev.

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