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Trigger.dev vs Windmill: catalog facts
Trigger.devWindmill
Freemium

Open source and free to self-host; a hosted cloud service is also offered.

Freemium

Open-source self-hosted version is free; a hosted cloud and an enterprise edition are…

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Retries, queues and concurrency control built in
  • Scheduled tasks and human-in-the-loop approvals
  • Scripts become APIs, jobs and forms without boilerplate
  • Supports TypeScript, Python, Go, Bash and 20+ other languages
  • TypeScript-first, so it is less suited to other stacks
  • Aimed at developers rather than no-code users
  • Aimed at teams comfortable writing code
  • Some features are tied to the enterprise edition
Self-hosted, Hosted service Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source Open source
License not stated License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 24, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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