hybrid-triggerdev-cloud-fargate-over-pure-self-hosted-decision

When evaluating agent orchestration on AWS, the hybrid pattern of Trigger.dev Cloud + ECS Fargate scored highest on a weighted decision matrix (zero-maintenance, world-class performance, scalability) versus pure self-hosted or pure Fargate-native approaches. Self-hosted Trigger.dev was eliminated due to maintenance burden; Fargate-native was eliminated due to lack of durable execution primitives. This architecture supports both standalone agents and background jobs within SaaS apps from a single orchestration surface.