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Cadence vs Trigger.dev: catalog facts
Cadence	Trigger.dev
Free Free and open source.	Freemium Open source and free to self-host; a hosted cloud service is also offered.
Self-hosted, Command line	Web, Self-hosted
Workflows resume from failures using execution history No separate message queue needed	Retries, queues and concurrency control built in Scheduled tasks and human-in-the-loop approvals
Running the server and database takes operational effort Aimed at developers, not end users	TypeScript-first, so it is less suited to other stacks Aimed at developers rather than no-code users
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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