JustRun vs SetCronJob
SetCronJob is a reliable basic cron service. JustRun offers the same simplicity with significantly more capability: AI failure diagnosis, escalation policies, job chains, team collaboration, and a full CLI and MCP server.
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JustRun wins
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SetCronJob wins
| Feature | JustRun | SetCronJob |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Job Builder | ✓Step-by-step wizard with NLP scheduling | Basic form |
| AI Failure Diagnosis | ✓AI explains failures, in alert notifications | Not available |
| Alert Channels | ✓Slack, Discord, Email, Webhook, PagerDuty | Email only |
| Escalation Policies | ✓Multi-phase, AI Wizard, 3-tier inheritance | Not available |
| Job Chains | ✓Trigger Job B after Job A on any condition | Not available |
| Retry Policies | ✓Exponential, linear, fixed backoff | Basic retry |
| Dead Letter Queue | ✓Surface permanently failed jobs | Not available |
| Teams | ✓Invite teammates, roles, shared visibility | Not available |
| CLI | ✓npx @justrun/cli | Not available |
| MCP Server | ✓mcp.justrun.sh for AI agents | Not available |
| Minimum Interval | ✓5 min (free), 1 min ($3), 10 sec ($49) | 1 minute (paid) |
Free: 10 jobs. Hobby: $3/mo (25 jobs). Maker: $7/mo (100 jobs). Pro: $19/mo (1,000 jobs). Scale: $49/mo.
Free: 3 jobs. Standard: $5/mo (20 jobs). Professional: $15/mo. Enterprise: $50/mo.
SetCronJob supports JSON export. Export your jobs, reformat as JustRun JSON (name, url, cron_expression, method), and import via Dashboard → Migrate → JSON Import.
JustRun is the clear upgrade from SetCronJob. You get AI diagnostics, escalation policies, job chains, teams, and a CLI — at similar or lower cost.
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