No free plan. The cheapest way in is Open Source at Contact for pricing. Consider free alternatives in the automation & workflows category if budget is tight.
AI agents often need long-running execution, retries, scheduling, and concurrency control — exactly what Trigger.dev provides. It handles infrastructure complexity so you can focus on agent logic.
Trigger.dev is TypeScript-native. Python agents can be triggered via HTTP/webhooks, but the task definition layer is TypeScript. For Python-native alternatives, consider Temporal or Prefect.
Temporal is more powerful for complex workflow orchestration. Trigger.dev is simpler to get started with and better for teams that want quick deployment with less infrastructure overhead.
Yes, Trigger.dev is open-source and can be self-hosted via Docker with all features available.
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