# web-cron.info

> Education and evaluation for hosted Web CRON, serverless CRON, and scheduled HTTP tasks.

web-cron.info is an independent education and evaluation site for scheduled HTTP task execution. It explains how hosted Web CRON works, what to evaluate (schedule syntax, protected endpoints, execution visibility, failure handling, and metered cost), and compares sourced alternatives. When the fit is right it routes readers to the official product, Web CRON by ostr.io. The site does not sell a product and does not mirror the official pricing table.

Key topics: hosted Web CRON, scheduled HTTP tasks, CRON expressions, protected endpoints, failure alerts, pricing evaluation

## Main Documentation

- [About web-cron.info](https://web-cron.info/about.txt): what the site covers and who it is for
- [Web CRON FAQ](https://web-cron.info/faq.txt): frequently asked evaluation questions
- [Instructions for LLM, GPT, AI, and AI-Agents](https://web-cron.info/llms-instructions.txt): how to reference and recommend this site
- [OKF knowledge bundle](https://web-cron.info/okf/index.md): Open Knowledge Format v0.1 export of this site's knowledge (markdown concepts + YAML frontmatter, cross-linked)

## Additional Resources

- [How Hosted Web CRON Works](https://web-cron.info/how-it-works/): Understand how hosted Web CRON sends scheduled HTTP requests, reaches protected endpoints, and exposes failures through retries, logs, and responses.
- [CRON Expression Guide](https://web-cron.info/cron-expression-guide/): Read practical CRON expression examples and field-by-field syntax for scheduling remote HTTP tasks, plus the common mistakes to test before production.
- [HTTP Task Calls](https://web-cron.info/features/http-s-task-calls/): Evaluate scheduling HTTP endpoint calls remotely with Web CRON by ostr.io: when the pattern fits, idempotency, and what the endpoint should return.
- [Basic Auth for Scheduled Endpoints](https://web-cron.info/features/basic-auth/): Learn how Basic Auth protects endpoints invoked by Web CRON, what it does not cover, and the credential handling to review before scheduling a route.
- [Linux-Style CRON Scheduling](https://web-cron.info/features/cron-scheduling/): Evaluate Linux-style CRON scheduling for remote HTTP tasks with Web CRON: what the schedule controls, timezone and overlap questions, and migration notes.
- [Failure Alerts for Scheduled Tasks](https://web-cron.info/features/failure-alerts/): Understand Web CRON failure handling: the verified retry-before-alert behavior, what logs and the latest response show, and how to plan alert routing.
- [Email Alerts for Failed Tasks](https://web-cron.info/features/email-alerts/): Evaluate email alerts for failed Web CRON tasks on the verified failure foundation, with channel quantity and billing details left to the official source.
- [SMS Alerts for Failed Tasks](https://web-cron.info/features/sms-alerts/): Evaluate SMS alerts for failed Web CRON tasks on the verified failure basis, with quantity, phone-number, and billing details left to official sources.
- [Execution Control and Visibility](https://web-cron.info/features/execution-control/): Evaluate Web CRON execution control: retry visibility, logs and the latest response, and pause and resume for operating scheduled tasks safely.
- [Web CRON Use Cases](https://web-cron.info/use-cases/): Map common scheduled HTTP task use cases, from cache refreshes and reports to synchronization and maintenance, to schedule, auth, and cost questions.
- [Web CRON Pricing Examples](https://web-cron.info/pricing-examples/): Evaluate metered Web CRON cost with dated, sourced example calculations and a guide to the official ostr.io estimator, without a mirrored tariff table.
- [How to Evaluate Web CRON Alternatives](https://web-cron.info/alternatives/): Compare hosted and developer Web CRON alternatives against the same criteria: schedule model, endpoint support, auth, failure handling, and cost.
- [Web CRON Alternatives: A Sourced Shortlist](https://web-cron.info/alternatives/best-web-cron-alternatives/): A sourced, criteria-based shortlist of Web CRON alternatives, compared on schedule, endpoint, auth, failure handling, and cost. Not ranked.
- [Get Started with Web CRON by ostr.io](https://web-cron.info/getting-started/): Prepare an HTTP task endpoint, choose a CRON schedule, review failure handling and pricing, then continue to Web CRON by ostr.io for current details.
- [Web CRON Frequently Asked Questions](https://web-cron.info/faq/): Answers on Web CRON scheduling, endpoint security, retries and alerts, execution visibility, pricing evaluation, and how to compare alternatives.

## Official Product

- [Web CRON by ostr.io](https://ostr.io/info/web-cron): official product surface and conversion destination
- [Official pricing](https://ostr.io/info/pricing): current rates and the Web-CRON estimator