| Number | Base of difference | Triggers | Event Notifications |
| 1 | Codes | In triggers we can run T-SQL or CLR codes. | In Event notification we can not run any codes. |
| 2 | Processes Server | Triggers must be processed on local servers. | When we say about the Event Notification it can be processed on remote servers. |
| 3 | Scope | Triggers are processed synchronously within the scope of transactions | They are processed asynchronously, not within the scope of transactions |
| 4 | Events | When we say about the respond in Triggers it will respond to both DML and DLL events.
| Event notification respond to DDL evenets and a subset of SQL trace events.
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