# Temporal vs Trigger.dev (slim)

> Temporal has a score of 77.2 (BB) against Trigger.dev's 74.8 (BB). Both do hitl approve. The largest gap is payments & pricing, 20 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Temporal has a score of 77.2 (BB) against Trigger.dev's 74.8 (BB). Both do hitl approve. The largest gap is payments & pricing, 20 points.

- Temporal: BB 77.2, rank #21 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/temporal.min.md
- Trigger.dev: BB 74.8, rank #46 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/trigger-dev.min.md
- Pick Temporal for reliability (+10), agent ergonomics (+6), security & auth (+13). Pick Trigger.dev for payments & pricing (+20).

| Category | Temporal | Trigger.dev |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 85 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 91 | 91 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 85 | 79 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 86 | 73 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 90 | 90 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 70 | 74 |