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24 alternatives to Crono

Web-hosted API replacement for cron (or cron as a service 🤓)

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Crono launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Cron▲1,207

   Next-generation calendar for professionals and teams

   2021 · cron.com · its alternatives →

2. 2CI
   Cron.io - Sharing a by-product. Should this be a full service?▲153

   2012 · cron.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Cronotion▲137

   Repeated tasks for your notion with the power of cron

   2022 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Cronhooks 2.0▲83

   Trigger webhooks at specific times or on intervals using cron expressions. Automate workflows with ease.

   2022 · cronhooks.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Cronhub▲418

   Painless cron monitoring in a simple dashboard

   2018 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Crono▲6

   Programmatic time-based job scheduler

   2020 · its alternatives →

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   Cronit▲98

   Online cronjobs & Recurring task scheduling

   2022 · cronit.app · its alternatives →

8. 8IB
   I built a cron job scheduler▲84

   2020 · blog.cronhub.io · its alternatives →

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   Cronyo – A simple CLI to manage your cron jobs on AWS▲86

   The missing cron CLI for AWS Cloudwatch and Lambda - cronyo/cronyo

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Crono▲6

    Super Simple Timesheets.

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Cronitor▲170

    Monitor cron jobs, micro-services and almost anything else.

    2017 · cronitor.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Cronofy API▲69

    Unified Calendar API for developers

    2015 · cronofy.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Cron Host▲9

    Reliable cron scheduling for backend workflows & automations

    May 2026 · cronho.st · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Cron Jobs Expert▲89

    Create Cron job without line of code

    2023 · its alternatives →

15. 15CE
    Convert English to Cron Expressions▲108

    2022 · cronprompt.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Crono▲654

    All-in-one sales automation platform for B2B sales teams

    2024 · crono.one · its alternatives →

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    Posthook – Job Scheduling as a Service▲162

    Schedule reminders, follow-ups, notifications, and expirations with one API call. Delivery tracking, retries, and failure alerting built in. No cron to maintain.

    2018 · posthook.io · its alternatives →

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    Loophook▲78

    Background jobs made simple

    2022 · loophook.xyz · its alternatives →

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    Scheduled Webhook▲79

    Event driven task scheduler

    2023 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Cronhq▲94

    Cron jobs that actually run

    29d ago · cronhq.xyz · its alternatives →

21. 21
    CronRocket▲59

    Manage your background jobs in the cloud

    2023 · its alternatives →

22. 22CO
    Cronit – Online Cronjobs▲16

    2022 · cronit.app · its alternatives →

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    I created a tool to schedule HTTP requests▲17

    In my last project, I was struggling to create and monitor cron jobs. So, instead of creating hundreds of standalone scrips and executing them with cron, I decided to turn those scripts into multiple endpoints. Next, I created a single service that I could schedule HTTP requests to those endpoints and monitor its execution. No more scripts, now everything is endpoints that I can run manually at any time I turned this scheduler service into a Micro-SaaS so you don't have to build it yourself: beew.io I know you can Schedule HTTP requests with Zapier but come on... I will not pay 50 bucks for…

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    ChronoAPI▲6

    Modern scheduling api for developers | cron jobs made simple

    2025 · chrono-api-landing-page.vercel.app · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →