Our take
Pick Convex if typeScript app teams who will stay on Free $0 (1M function calls, 0.5 GB database, 1–6 developers) while they ship a prototype, then buy Professional at $25 per developer / month when they need 25M calls, log streaming, and daily backups. 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 matter.
reactive TypeScript backend
Best for
Convex A hosted backend you start at $0, then $25 per developer
Trigger.dev Long-running agents or background jobs you meter in credits
Free plan
Convex $0 · /month. 1–6 developers. 1M function calls then $2.20/1M (Starter pay-as-you-go). 20 GB-hours of action compute then $0.33/GB-hour. 0.5 GB database then $0.22/GB. 1 GB files then $0.033/GB. 0.5 GB search then $0.55/GB. 1 GB database I/O then $0.22/GB. 3,000 search query-GBs then $0.11/1K. 1 GB egress then $0.132/GB. 40 deployments. 1,000 concurrent sessions. Query/mutation compute is free
Trigger.dev $0 · /month. $5 free credits. 20 concurrent runs. 5 members. 10 schedules. 1-day logs. 10 Realtime connections. Community support
Lowest paid
Convex Business & Enterprise $2/mo
Trigger.dev Invocation $0.000025
Next step up
Convex Professional $25
Trigger.dev Compute $0.0000338
Runs where
Convex Hosted
Trigger.dev
Watch out
Convex Free is 1M function calls and 0.5 GB of database
Trigger.dev Free is $5 of credits, then you stop
Last checked
Convex 2026-10-22 · convex.dev/pricing
Trigger.dev 2026-10-22 · trigger.dev/pricing
typeScript app teams who will stay on Free $0 (1M function calls, 0.5 GB database, 1–6 developers) while they ship a prototype, then buy Professional at $25 per developer / month when they need 25M calls, log streaming, and daily backups.
Read the Convex 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