Comparison

Quartz vs Rundeck

No leader: the top candidate Quartz has only 0.24 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Quartz49
Rundeck42
Score
Vioscale score
Quartz49 / 100low · 24%
Rundeck42 / 100low · 26%
Pricing
Free tier
Quartz
Rundeck
Model
Rundeckfreemium
Price level
Quartzfree
Rundecklow
Transparent
Quartz
Rundeck
Integrations
Count
Quartz
Rundeck8
Adoption
Dependent repos
Quartz30,375
Rundeck
Github stars
Quartz6,748
Rundeck
Activity
Commits last 30d
Quartz20
Rundeck
Release
Cadence days
Quartz210
Rundeck
History
Quartz8 items
Rundeck
License
Spdx
Rundeck
Language
Primary
QuartzJava
Rundeck
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for cron scheduling. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Deployment
Quartz-
Rundeck-
Cron expression support
Quartz-
Rundeck-
Timezone aware scheduling
Quartz-
Rundeck-
Job dependency chaining
Quartz-
Rundeck-
Ha clustering
Quartz-
Rundeck-
Retry on failure
Quartz-
Rundeck-
Missed run alerting
Quartz-
Rundeck-
Web UI dashboard
Quartz-
Rundeck-
API first
Quartz-
Rundeck-
Audit logging
Quartz-
Rundeck-
RBAC
Quartz-
Rundeck-
Open source
Quartz-
Rundeck-
Pricing model
Quartz-
Rundeck-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Quartz

A Java library that adds scheduling capabilities to applications, allowing developers to define when and how tasks execute—from single recurring operations to thousands of parallel jobs in production environments.

Independently observed

Rundeck

An open-source and commercial orchestration tool that enables teams to automate operational tasks, execute standardized workflows, and manage job scheduling across distributed systems. It provides centralized control with comprehensive audit trails and role-based access for compliance-sensitive environments.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Quartz

Open sourceFree tier

Open source, Apache 2.0 license

as of verify ↗

Rundeck

HybridFree tier

Free open-source version available; commercial tiers available with contact for pricing

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Quartz
Rundeck
Windows
Quartz
Rundeck
Linux
Quartz
Rundeck
CLI
Quartz
Rundeck
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Quartz
Rundeck
Self-hosted
Quartz
Rundeck
On-premise
Quartz
Rundeck

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Quartz

Not documented yet.

Rundeck

8 total
  • Ansible
  • Jenkins
  • Kubernetes
  • Chef
  • Azure Storage
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Jira
  • PagerDuty
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.