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 pageTrigger.dev vs Windmill
Our take
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. Pick Windmill if platform teams who will run Community Edition at $0 (≤50 users, 3 workspaces) and only buy EE when they need SAML, audit, or more than 10 SSO users.
Best for
Trigger.dev Long-running agents or background jobs you meter in credits
Windmill Scripts → endpoints / workflows / UIs you can self-host
Free plan
Trigger.dev $0 · /month. $5 free credits. 20 concurrent runs. 5 members. 10 schedules. 1-day logs. 10 Realtime connections. Community support
Windmill $0 · /month. Unlimited executions. 3 workspaces. Max 50 users. 10 SSO users. 4 groups. 10 GiB object storage. 100 email triggers/day. 100 app guests / 30 days. Discord support
Lowest paid
Trigger.dev Invocation $0.000025
Windmill Enterprise Edition $20/mo
Next step up
Trigger.dev Compute $0.0000338
Windmill Compute units $100/mo
Runs where
Trigger.dev
Windmill Local; you host it
Watch out
Trigger.dev Free is $5 of credits, then you stop
Windmill Community caps SSO at 10 and workspaces at 3
Last checked
Trigger.dev 2026-10-22 · trigger.dev/pricing
Windmill 2026-10-22 · windmill.dev/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Windmill if
platform teams who will run Community Edition at $0 (≤50 users, 3 workspaces) and only buy EE when they need SAML, audit, or more than 10 SSO users.
Read the Windmill page