Self-hosted / open sourceBPM & WorkflowHeadquarters: GB

Trigger.dev: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Trigger.dev is an open-source platform for running background jobs, long-running tasks and workflows written in TypeScript, including AI agents. Developers define tasks in code and get retries, queues, scheduled runs and concurrency controls without operating their own job infrastructure. The software is published under the Apache 2.0 licence and can be self-hosted, and the vendor also offers a managed cloud service.

The provider, API Hero Ltd, trading as Trigger.dev, is incorporated and registered in England and Wales, with its registered office in Altrincham, United Kingdom. The United Kingdom is outside the European Union, and the vendor names no foreign parent company. The data processing agreement states that the managed service stores customer data in a multi-tenant environment in the AWS US East region, and it does not describe an EU hosting option. A European organisation that needs its data inside the EU can self-host the Apache 2.0 software on its own infrastructure, which keeps job payloads and run history under its control.

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Sovereignty score

77 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (GB)
Data residency SOV-3100
No hosting in Europe (US)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-390
Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control
Freedom from lock-in SOV-680
Open source: low switching costs
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-665
Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 11, 2026

Headquarters	GB (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Yes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting	USVerified by hand
Open-source	YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	BPM & Workflow
Type	Product
Website	trigger.dev ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Trigger.dev

The European alternatives to Trigger.dev come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Trigger.dev

Trigger.dev is headquartered in GB, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

Trigger.dev hosts data outside the EU (US). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

Trigger.dev is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Trigger.dev together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Trigger.dev?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Trigger.dev include Albato, ARIS and Automatisch. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Trigger.dev?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Trigger.dev include Automatisch, Ofelia (Bonita) and CIB seven. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Trigger.dev GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Trigger.dev is headquartered in GB (OTHER) and hosts data in US. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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