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Trigger.dev costs Free to $50 per month as of July 2026, with 4 plans available including a free tier. Plans: Free (free), Hobby at $10/month, and Pro at $50/month. Enterprise pricing is available on request. Pricing depends on your chosen tier, contract length, and negotiated discounts.

Use the interactive pricing calculator to estimate your exact cost based on team size and requirements.

  • Free tier: Yes

Trigger.dev offers 4 pricing tiers: Free, Hobby, Pro, Enterprise. A free plan is available. Paid plans include Hobby at $10/month, Pro at $50/month.

Trigger.dev lists $0-$50/month, but hidden costs like implementation and support add to the total as of July 2026. Key hidden costs: usage-based billing, overage fees, timeout tax. Verified from 1 sources by CostBench.

Hidden Costs Breakdown

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Usage-Based Billing

medium overage

Trigger.dev charges based on compute time and run invocations, with rates starting at $0.000025 per run in addition to per-second machine costs.

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Rates begin at $0.000025 per run, in addition to per-second machine costs

2

Overage Fees

high overage

Exceeding the Pro plan's limits incurs additional charges: $10/month for every 50 extra concurrent runs, $20/month per additional team member, and $10 each for additional preview branches and schedules.

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Exceeding these limits incurs additional charges: $10/month for every 50 extra concurrent runs, and $20/month per additional team member

3

Timeout Tax

medium implementation

This refers to hidden costs developers incur when building workarounds for serverless platform timeout limits.

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dev aims to mitigate the "Timeout Tax," which refers to the hidden costs developers incur when building workarounds for serverless platform timeout limits (e.g., Vercel's 5-minute limit or AWS Lambda's 15-minute limit)

4

High Volume Pricing Surprises

high overage

Some teams reported bills growing faster than anticipated once they exceeded approximately 1 million runs per month, attributed to the compute-second billing model for long-running tasks.

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For example, a 10-second task running 100 times a day on a small-1x machine could cost approximately $1.09 per month

5

Higher Machine Costs

medium addon

Opting for higher-spec machines than the default small-1x (0.5 vCPU, 0.5 GB RAM) will increase the cost per second.

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Opting for higher-spec machines will increase the cost per second

Frequently Asked Questions

01 What hidden costs should I budget for with Trigger.dev?

Beyond the license fee, budget for: Usage-Based Billing ($0.000025 per run); Overage Fees ($10/month for every 50 extra concurrent runs, $20/month per additional team member, $10 each). Exact totals depend on your deployment size and negotiated terms.

02 Does Trigger.dev charge for implementation?

Trigger.dev implementation is not included in the license cost. This refers to hidden costs developers incur when building workarounds for serverless platform timeout limits..

03 How much does Trigger.dev support cost?

Premium support pricing for Trigger.dev depends on your tier and contract terms. See the sourced cost breakdown above for any verified figures we have.

04 Are there overage or storage costs with Trigger.dev?

Trigger.dev charges based on compute time and run invocations, with rates starting at $0. Estimated impact: $0.000025 per run.

05 What add-ons cost extra with Trigger.dev?

Add-on pricing for Trigger.dev varies by feature. The sourced cost breakdown above lists any verified add-on costs we have.

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