Pick Hatchet if
teams who will stay on the $0 free million runs (no card) while a worker handles staging, then put a card on file when they need the full 1M/mo envelope and 7-day retention.
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Our take
Pick Hatchet if teams who will stay on the $0 free million runs (no card) while a worker handles staging, then put a card on file when they need the full 1M/mo envelope and 7-day retention. 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.
Hatchet
durable task queue you attach workers to
Best for
Hatchet Tasks and events metered in runs
Trigger.dev Long-running agents or background jobs you meter in credits
Free plan
Hatchet $0 · 2,000 task runs/day and 2,000 events/day. 10 workers. 3 users. 500 MB active storage. Discord support
Trigger.dev $0 · /month. $5 free credits. 20 concurrent runs. 5 members. 10 schedules. 1-day logs. 10 Realtime connections. Community support
Lowest paid
Hatchet Not published by the vendor
Trigger.dev Invocation $0.000025
Next step up
Hatchet
Trigger.dev Compute $0.0000338
Watch out
Hatchet No-card is 2,000 runs/day
Trigger.dev Free is $5 of credits, then you stop
Last checked
Hatchet 2026-10-22 · hatchet.run/pricing
Trigger.dev 2026-10-22 · trigger.dev/pricing
Which one, then?
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.
Read the Trigger.dev page