# Cronitor vs dkron

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Cronitor

| Attribute | Cronitor | dkron |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 72.2 (75% (high)) | 50.4 (36% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 29 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 1 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 4,737 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A comprehensive monitoring solution that tracks the status, performance, and reliability of cron jobs, websites, APIs, and background tasks. Includes uptime monitoring, real-time alerting, status pages, and analytics in a single integrated platform. It is indexed under Cron Scheduling.","source":"https://cronitor.io/pricing","question":"What is Cronitor?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Cronitor offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $2 per monitor per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://cronitor.io/pricing","question":"Is Cronitor free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Cronitor supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://cronitor.io/pricing","question":"What platforms does Cronitor support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Cronitor, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://cronitor.io/pricing","question":"Can Cronitor be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 10 integrations for Cronitor, including Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Google Chat, Telegram, Lark, PagerDuty and OpsGenie, plus 2 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://cronitor.io/pricing","question":"What does Cronitor integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Cronitor. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Cronitor not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://cronitor.io/docs/security","question":"What security certifications does Cronitor have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Cronitor is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States and the EU.","source":"https://cronitor.io/pricing","question":"Where is Cronitor available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"A distributed job scheduling system that coordinates timed task execution across multiple servers with built-in redundancy. It uses gossip protocol and fault-tolerant databases to eliminate single points of failure. It is indexed under Cron Scheduling.","source":"https://dkron.io","question":"What is dkron?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"dkron supports the web, Windows, macOS and Linux. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://dkron.io","question":"What platforms does dkron support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for dkron, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://dkron.io","question":"Can dkron be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 5 integrations for dkron, including Python, Ruby, PHP, Django and Email. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://dkron.io","question":"What does dkron integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. dkron is published under the LGPL-3.0 licence, a copyleft licence, so check its terms before embedding it in a closed-source product. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/distribworks/dkron","question":"Is dkron open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A comprehensive monitoring solution that tracks the status, performance, and reliability of cron jobs, websites, APIs, and background tasks. Includes uptime monitoring, real-time alerting, status pages, and analytics in a single integrated platform. | A cloud-native system for automating scheduled jobs across multiple machines in a cluster, providing fault-tolerant distributed cron execution |
| features.capabilities | `{"rbac":true,"api_first":true,"deployment":"managed-saas","pricing_model":"usage-based","web_ui_dashboard":true,"missed_run_alerting":true}` | `{"api_first":true,"deployment":"self-hosted-server","open_source":true,"ha_clustering":true,"pricing_model":"open_source","retry_on_failure":true,"web_ui_dashboard":true,"cron_expression_support":true,"job_dependency_chaining":true,"timezone_aware_scheduling":true}` |
| integrations.count | 11 | 4 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Google Chat"},{"name":"Telegram"},{"name":"Lark"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"OpsGenie"},{"name":"Splunk On-Call"},{"name":"Webhooks"},{"name":"Datadog On-Call","native":true,"category":"incident_management","direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Python"},{"name":"Ruby"},{"name":"PHP"},{"name":"Django"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"Slack","native":true},{"name":"Elasticsearch","native":true},{"name":"Docker","native":true}]` |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| license.spdx | - | LGPL-3.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Hacker","summary":"Free forever","features":["5 monitors","Email and Slack alerts","Basic status page"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Limited monitoring for small projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"monitors":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$2/monitor/mo + $5/user/mo, 14-day free trial","features":["All 11 alert integrations","SMS and on-call alerts","12 month data retention","Unlimited API requests","SAML SSO","Volume-based discounts"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"monitor","amount":2,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"user","amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Usage-based team monitoring","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"web_analytics_events":"100000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"From $6,000/year","features":["Custom features","Custom integrations","Dedicated engineer","Priority support","Flexible invoice billing"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":6000,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Custom enterprise package","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Web Analytics","components":[{"per":{"qty":100000,"unit":"events"},"kind":"metered","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Synthetic Browser Checks","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000,"unit":"checks"},"kind":"metered","amount":1,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Branded Status Page","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Private Status Page","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":50,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier with limited monitoring. Business plan: $2/monitor + $5/user per month with 14-day trial.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://cronitor.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-15T20:23:10.762Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"unit":"monitor","amount":2,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","features":["Processor plugins","Web UI","REST API","Job retries","Job chaining","Docker executor","Elasticsearch processor","Advanced Email processor","Slack processor","Encryption","Web UI Authentication","API Authentication","Cross region failover"]}],"freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://dkron.io","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T22:32:46.691Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":2,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 31 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron/releases/tag/v4.2.1","date":"2026-10-07T09:45:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron/releases/tag/v4.2.0","date":"2026-09-20T16:05:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron/releases/tag/v4.1.3","date":"2026-09-03T15:23:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.1.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron/releases/tag/v4.1.2","date":"2026-07-22T15:12:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron/releases/tag/v4.1.1","date":"2026-05-12T08:42:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron/releases/tag/v4.1.0","date":"2026-03-30T07:43:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron/releases/tag/v4.0.9","date":"2025-12-20T09:14:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron/releases/tag/v4.0.9-rc2","date":"2025-12-15T21:23:42Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v4.0.9-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron/releases/tag/v4.0.9-rc1","date":"2025-12-14T18:58:49Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v4.0.9-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron/releases/tag/v4.0.9-beta1","date":"2025-10-27T18:16:30Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v4.0.9-beta1"},{"url":"https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron/releases/tag/v4.0.8","date":"2025-09-26T07:24:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron/releases/tag/v4.0.7","date":"2025-09-23T16:31:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron/releases/tag/v4.0.6","date":"2025-09-21T20:44:51Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v4.0.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron/releases/tag/v4.0.5","date":"2025-05-04T18:38:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron/releases/tag/v4.0.4","date":"2025-02-24T21:56:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron/releases/tag/v4.0.3","date":"2025-02-09T22:31:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron/releases/tag/v4.0.2","date":"2025-01-05T10:15:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron/releases/tag/v4.0.1","date":"2024-12-23T19:28:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron/releases/tag/v4.0.0","date":"2024-10-27T17:02:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron/releases/tag/v4.0.0-rc3","date":"2024-10-06T16:17:13Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v4.0.0-rc3"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 4.3 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fdistribworks%2Fdkron%2Fv3&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Cron Scheduling)

| Capability | Cronitor | dkron |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment | Managed saas | Self hosted server |
| Cron expression support | - | ✓ |
| Timezone aware scheduling | - | ✓ |
| Job dependency chaining | - | ✓ |
| Ha clustering | - | ✓ |
| Retry on failure | - | ✓ |
| Missed run alerting | ✓ | - |
| Web UI dashboard | ✓ | ✓ |
| API first | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audit logging | - | - |
| RBAC | ✓ | - |
| Open source | - | ✓ |
| Pricing model | Usage based | Open source |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T01:31:16.266Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*