Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Triggerdev
Trigger.dev clearly comes out ahead of Windmill on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Trigger.dev's paid plans start at $10/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | API Hero Ltd | Windmill Labs, Inc. |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentData & Analytics | DevelopmentDesign |
| Categories | api-managementai-agents-frameworks | no-code |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | triggerdev | windmill |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Alert Destination | ||
| Audit Logs | ||
| 1 Custom Dashboard | ||
| Commercial Licence | ||
| 1 Day Log Retention | ||
| Community Support On Discord | ||
| 1 Day Query Period | ||
| Dedicated Slack Or Discord Channel | ||
| 10 Concurrent Realtime Connections | ||
| Design Partners For Roadmap | ||
| 10 Schedules | ||
| Distributed Dependency Cache Backed By S3 | ||
| 100 Schedules | ||
| Easy Deployment On Fargate / Docker / Kubernetes | ||
| 20 Concurrent Runs | ||
| Max 10 Users With Sso | ||
| 3 Alert Destinations | ||
| Saml Support Including Groups Synchronization | ||
| 30 Day Log Retention | ||
| Self-Host In Minutes | ||
| 30 Days Query Period | ||
| Sla & Priority Support 24/7 | ||
| 5 Preview Branches | ||
| Uncapped Sso | ||
| 5 Team Members | ||
| Unlimited Executions | ||
| 50 Concurrent Realtime Connections | ||
| 50 Concurrent Runs | ||
| 7 Day Log Retention | ||
| 7 Days Query Period |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Trigger.dev comes out ahead overall, though Windmill can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Trigger.dev and Windmill offer a free tier.
Trigger.dev scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
