Trigger.dev vs Inngest vs n8n vs Modal
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
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Open-source workflow automation with AI nodes
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Serverless GPU compute for AI workloads
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.9 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 | 8.4 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Open Source | Paid |
| Free tier | — | — | Fully free self-hosted with unlimited workflows | — |
| Paid from | — | — | €20/month billed annually for the Starter plan — the stored value uses the wrong currency symbol | — |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Users | — | — | 200k+ installations | — |
| Founded | — | — | 2019 | 2021 |
| Maker | — | — | Jan Oberhauser | — |
| Verdict | Trigger.dev solves the boring-but-critical problem underneath most AI features: something has to run a multi-minute agent loop or a batch job reliably, with retries and observability, without a serverless function timing... |
Inngest solves a genuinely unglamorous problem well: keeping long-running, multi-step jobs and agent workflows alive through crashes, retries and deploys without you standing up a queue and a state store yourself. Develo... |
n8n is a source-available workflow automation platform that connects hundreds of apps via a visual node editor, with the rare ability to self-host for full data control and add custom code where the UI runs out. Its nati... |
Modal is a serverless compute platform built for AI and data workloads: you define functions in Python, decorate them, and Modal handles containerization, scheduling, GPUs, and autoscaling. Its strengths are developer ex... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.