# Cronitor vs Rundeck

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Cronitor

| Attribute | Cronitor | Rundeck |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 73.2 (62% (medium)) | 41.8 (26% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":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. | 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. |
| integrations.count | 10 | 8 |
| 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":"Ansible"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Chef"},{"name":"Azure Storage"},{"name":"Google Cloud Platform"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"PagerDuty"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","summary":"Free open-source version available; commercial tiers available with contact for pricing","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.rundeck.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T15:27:59.207Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":2,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Cron Scheduling)

| Capability | Cronitor | Rundeck |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-09-01T14:44:26.360Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*