# cron-job.org vs Cronitor

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Cronitor

| Attribute | cron-job.org | Cronitor |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 39.4 (26% (low)) | 73.2 (62% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A free service that executes HTTP requests to your URLs or scripts on recurring schedules, ranging from every minute to annually. Includes status page publishing, SSL certificate expiration monitoring, multi-factor authentication, and REST API access. | 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. |
| integrations.count | 3 | 10 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Paddle"},{"name":"Cloudflare Turnstile"},{"name":"Google reCAPTCHA"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Google Chat"},{"name":"Telegram"},{"name":"Lark"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"OpsGenie"},{"name":"Splunk On-Call"},{"name":"Webhooks"}]` |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","description":"Unlimited scheduled jobs","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Sustaining Membership","summary":"User-selected amount, available monthly or yearly","description":"Optional voluntary support membership","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Completely free. Optional voluntary sustaining memberships at user-selected amounts.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://cron-job.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T23:32:43.439Z","billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Hacker","summary":"Free tier","features":["5 monitors","Email alerts","Slack alerts","Basic status page"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"monitors":"5","status_pages":"1 basic"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"From $2/monitor/month + $5/user/month (14-day free trial)","features":["Unlimited API requests","10 Alert integrations","12 Month data retention","Automatic email reports","Volume-based discounts","Multiple environments","SAML SSO","Email and chat support"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"monitor","amount":2,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"user","amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"From $6000/year","features":["Custom features","Custom integrations","Dedicated engineer","Priority support","Flexible invoice billing"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":6000,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Synthetic Browser Checks","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":1,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Real User Monitoring","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"k events"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Branded Status Page","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Private Status Page","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Additional Subscribers (per 1000)","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Dashboard User","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"user","amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"SAML Single Sign On","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free Hacker tier; Business from $2/monitor/month + $5/user/month with 14-day free trial; Enterprise from $6000/year","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://cronitor.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T15:28:54.189Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"unit":"monitor","amount":2,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":2,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Cron Scheduling)

| Capability | cron-job.org | Cronitor |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-09-01T14:46:57.987Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*