Trigger.dev Has a Free Background Jobs Platform for TypeScript With Retries and Logging

Trigger.dev is a background jobs platform for TypeScript. Write long-running tasks, schedule jobs, and handle webhooks — with retries, logging, and a dashboard.

Free Tier

• 50K runs/month
• Retries — automatic with backoff
• Schedules — cron-based triggers
• Dashboard — monitor all jobs
• Webhooks — handle incoming webhooks
• Concurrency control — rate limiting

Define a Task

import { task } from '@trigger.dev/sdk/v3';

export const processOrder = task({
  id: 'process-order',
  retry: { maxAttempts: 3 },
  run: async (payload: { orderId: string }) => {
    await chargePayment(payload.orderId);
    await sendConfirmation(payload.orderId);
    return { success: true };
  },
});

Trigger From API

await processOrder.trigger({ orderId: '123' });

vs BullMQ / Celery

Feature	Trigger.dev	BullMQ
Hosting	Managed	Self-host
Dashboard	Built-in	Bull Board
Language	TypeScript	Node.js

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