# AWS EventBridge Scheduler vs Quartz

| Attribute | AWS EventBridge Scheduler | Quartz |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 44.6 (43% (low)) | 49 (24% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 20 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 30,375 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 6,748 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | - |
| description.long | A fully managed scheduling service that lets you configure and trigger millions of tasks and events across AWS services with customizable scheduling patterns, time zones, and retry policies, without managing infrastructure. | 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. |
| integrations.count | 200 | - |
| language.primary | - | Java |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","summary":"Free tier includes 14 million invocations per month; pay per invocation for additional usage","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T15:28:52.184Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Open source, Apache 2.0 license","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.quartz-scheduler.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T15:27:56.505Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 210 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/quartz-scheduler/quartz/releases/tag/v2.5.2","date":"2025-12-01T18:00:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/quartz-scheduler/quartz/releases/tag/v2.5.1","date":"2025-10-24T19:16:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/quartz-scheduler/quartz/releases/tag/v2.4.1","date":"2025-10-24T19:53:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/quartz-scheduler/quartz/releases/tag/v2.5.0","date":"2024-11-12T23:33:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/quartz-scheduler/quartz/releases/tag/v2.4.0","date":"2024-11-13T14:14:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/quartz-scheduler/quartz/releases/tag/quartz-2.4.0-rc1","date":"2023-04-20T23:15:34Z","type":"prerelease","version":"quartz-2.4.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/quartz-scheduler/quartz/releases/tag/v2.3.2","date":"2019-10-23T16:51:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/quartz-scheduler/quartz/releases/tag/quartz-2.3.1","date":"2019-03-27T15:27:20Z","type":"stable","version":"quartz-2.3.1"}]` |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 5.8 |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.quartz-scheduler%3Aquartz&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` |

## Capabilities (Cron Scheduling)

| Capability | AWS EventBridge Scheduler | Quartz |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:13:40.252Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*