Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Triggerdev
Trigger.dev clearly comes out ahead of Inngest on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Paid plans start at $75/mo for Inngest and $10/mo for Trigger.dev.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | hybrid |
| Company | Inngest | API Hero Ltd |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentData & AnalyticsSales & CRMSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentData & Analytics |
| Categories | api-management | api-managementai-agents-frameworks |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | inngest | triggerdev |
|---|---|---|
| Community Support | ||
| 7 Day Trace Retention | ||
| 1 Alert Destination | ||
| 90 Day Trace Retention | ||
| 1 Custom Dashboard | ||
| Basic Alerting | ||
| 1 Day Log Retention | ||
| Dedicated Slack Channel | ||
| 1 Day Query Period | ||
| Exportable Observability | ||
| 10 Concurrent Realtime Connections | ||
| Granular Metrics | ||
| 10 Schedules | ||
| Higher Usage Limits | ||
| 100 Schedules | ||
| Increased Scale And Throughput | ||
| 20 Concurrent Runs | ||
| Logs, Traces, And Observability | ||
| 3 Alert Destinations | ||
| Saml, Rbac, And Audit Trails | ||
| 30 Day Log Retention | ||
| Unlimited Branch And Staging Envs | ||
| 30 Days Query Period | ||
| 5 Preview Branches | ||
| 5 Team Members | ||
| 50 Concurrent Realtime Connections | ||
| 50 Concurrent Runs | ||
| 7 Day Log Retention | ||
| 7 Days Query Period | ||
| All Pro Plan Features |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Trigger.dev comes out ahead overall, though Inngest can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Inngest's paid plans start at $75/mo and Trigger.dev's start at $10/mo, so Trigger.dev is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Both Inngest and Trigger.dev offer a free tier.
Trigger.dev scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Trigger.dev is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
