Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Schedule periodic jobs on Heroku with Cron launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Cron To Go for Heroku▲7

   Run scheduled tasks on your Heroku Apps

   2019 · crontogo.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Cron▲1,207

   Next-generation calendar for professionals and teams

   2021 · cron.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Taro▲195

   Automate recurring cron jobs in minutes

   2020 · 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. 5IB
   I built a cron job scheduler▲84

   2020 · blog.cronhub.io · its alternatives →

6. 6LM
   Lifesignal – Monitor cron jobs and workers running on Heroku▲9

   2014 · lifesignal.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Cronhq▲94

   Cron jobs that actually run

   Sep 2026 · cronhq.xyz · its alternatives →

8. 8
   CronRocket▲59

   Manage your background jobs in the cloud

   2023 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Cron Syntax Cheatsheet▲73

   Cron syntax reference and examples on how to schedule cron jobs to run every minute, at specific time, several times a day, only on workdays, every 15 minutes.

   2017 · healthchecks.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Cronotion▲137

    Repeated tasks for your notion with the power of cron

    2022 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Cronit▲98

    Online cronjobs & Recurring task scheduling

    2022 · cronit.app · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Cronhub Scheduler▲38

    Painless cron job scheduling for developers

    2020 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Scheduled Webhook▲79

    Event driven task scheduler

    2023 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Toki Coordinationfree tier, from $3.99/mo▲203

    Your personal assistant to schedule + follow up on meetings

    Sep 2026 · toki.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Heroku CI▲208

    Continuous Integration from Heroku

    2017 · devcenter.heroku.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Loophook▲78

    Background jobs made simple

    2022 · loophook.xyz · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Every Seconds▲5

    Run cron jobs and task scheduler in seconds

    Dec 2025 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    NextCron▲21

    The effortless serverless scheduling solution

    2023 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    CronBuzz▲71

    Simple and effective cron job monitoring tool

    2020 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    CronBox▲96

    Where AI agents work at a schedule in the cloud

    Mar 2026 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Timekit▲97

    A comprehensive scheduling API (pre-launch)

    2014 · timekit.io · its alternatives →

22. 22IC
    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 →

23. 23
    Advanced Scheduler | Heroku Add-on▲3

    Powerful and reliable task scheduling as a service.

    2019 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Bringschuld▲86

    Simple periodic task and email monitoring

    2018 · its alternatives →

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