# Hatchet vs Trigger.dev (slim)

> Trigger.dev scores 74.7 (BB) to Hatchet's 68.3 (B) for human approval. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Trigger.dev scores 74.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Hatchet's 68.3 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Both do human approval.

- Hatchet: B 68.3, rank #225 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hatchet.min.md
- Trigger.dev: BB 74.7, rank #67 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/trigger-dev.min.md
- Hatchet, good for It suits a team already running background jobs or agent loops on Hatchet that wants an approval pause inside the same durable task, in Python, TypeScript, Go or Ruby.
- Trigger.dev, good for A TypeScript team that wants an approval pause inside background jobs or AI chat agents, with the reviewer UI built in their own app. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 66; Schema & documentation, 91 against 85; Security & auth, 73 against 62. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.

| Category | Hatchet | Trigger.dev |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 66 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 91 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 82 | 79 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 73 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 90 | 90 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 71 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Hatchet | Trigger.dev |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Hatchet Technologies, Inc. | Trigger.dev |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://cloud.hatchet.run` | `https://api.trigger.dev` |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 7 | 31 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.triggerdotdev/trigger.dev` |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-07-17 | 2026-06-29 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-18 | 2025-12-23 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.6/5 (8) |