Cronless
Cronless is a free cron job service. We simulate a Linux cron job through our website and call your script at a scheduled time. Cron Jobs refer to a Linux scheduling service called "crontab".
Web-based, online or PHP cron jobs are used for two main reasons: First, you want to automate something you do often or infrequently so you don't forget. Second, you might have a CPU intensive script or program to run and you want to do it when site traffic is low. Cron services aren't always available on free (and sometimes paid) web hosting services, and furthermore crontab is a real headache to setup and run correctly.
If you don't have cron on your hosting account or don't want to write a crontab entry, then Cronless makes it EASY to setup a cron job online!
Why Online Cron Job Replacement?
Our free cron job service lets you:
- Run monthly billing scripts
- Update an RSS feed
- Send tweets automatically
- Cleanup temp files on a website
- Create a regular database backup
- Do automated tasks inside of a game
- The possibilities are ENDLESS!
Site Monitoring - Cronless Pro Accounts
What is it worth to you to know when your website went down? Would you like it sent to you via SMS, mere MOMENTS after it happens? How about when your email servers stop responding? Cronless offers a premium monitoring service where we can alert you if your site is offline, via SMS, email or IM, moments after it goes offline. Our site monitoring also offers uptime percentage and outage count, along with a website badge you can post to brag to your customers about your reliability.