Our take
Pick Budibase if ops / IT teams who will self-host OSS at $0 (unlimited actions, 1 workspace) while they bind a first table, or start the Cloud Pro 14-day trial and land on $19/month (5k–10k actions, 1 creator, 2k AI credits) when they do not want to run the stack. Pick Trigger.dev if app teams who will burn the Free $5 credits on a first durable task, then buy Hobby $10 or Pro $50 when concurrency and retention
Best for
Budibase Apps you start on Cloud Pro at $19 (14-day trial) or OSS self-host at $0
Trigger.dev Long-running agents or background jobs you meter in credits
Free plan
Budibase $0 · unlimited actions, apps, automations, agents, users. 1 workspace. Community support. You host it
Trigger.dev $0 · /month. $5 free credits. 20 concurrent runs. 5 members. 10 schedules. 1-day logs. 10 Realtime connections. Community support
Lowest paid
Budibase Pro $19/mo
Trigger.dev Invocation $0.000025
Next step up
Budibase Premium $49/mo
Trigger.dev Compute $0.0000338
Coding agent
Budibase Agents
Trigger.dev
Runs where
Budibase Local; you host it
Trigger.dev
Watch out
Budibase Cloud Pro is 1 creator and 1 workspace
Trigger.dev Free is $5 of credits, then you stop
Last checked
Budibase 2026-10-22 · budibase.com/pricing
Trigger.dev 2026-10-22 · trigger.dev/pricing
ops / IT teams who will self-host OSS at $0 (unlimited actions, 1 workspace) while they bind a first table, or start the Cloud Pro 14-day trial and land on $19/month (5k–10k actions, 1 creator, 2k AI credits) when they do not want to run the stack.
Read the Budibase pageapp teams who will burn the Free $5 credits on a first durable task, then buy Hobby $10 or Pro $50 when concurrency and retention matter.
Read the Trigger.dev page
