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== Scheduling Providers ==

=== Third-Party ===

There are many{{which?|date=December 2010}} third-party webcron scheduling providers on the web.<ref name=cronJobServices>[http://www.cronjobservices.com Webcron services]</ref> These services accept a URL and a frequency schedule to retrieve, or ping, the specified URL. Most{{which?|date=December 2010}} providers have restrictions built into their system to avoid overloading their servers and to encourage users to sign up for premium accounts.{{citation<ref needed|datename=DecembereasycronPlans>[http://www.easycron.com/user/register 2010}}EasyCron plans]</ref>

Users who set up premium accounts on third-party webcron scheduling providers typically{{really?|date=December 2010}} gain additional benefits such as [[SMS]] and [[email]] notifications, uptime reports and logging, increased timeout limits, schedules won't expire, being able to use [[HTTP POST]] method, [[HTTP cookie]] support, or fewer restrictions on scheduling frequency.<ref>[http://www.setcronjob.com/html/prices SetCronJob premium pricing page], retrieved October 14, 2010</ref><!--- This is just an example I randomly chose. There are a good 30 or so third-party scheduling providers that offer different benefits with premium accounts. --><ref name=easycronPlans>[http://www.easycron.com/user/register EasyCron plans]</ref>{{psc|date=December 2010}}{{or?|date=December 2010}}

Some webcron service providers accept [[Cron#CRON_expression|CRON expression]] in web interface to schedule the job executing time.<ref name=webcronCronExp>[http://www.easycron.com/faq/What-cron-expression-does-easycron-support EasyCron accepts cron expression]</ref>

=== Visitor Based ===

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* [http://barebonescms.com/download/ WebCron] - A webcron solution with both visitor based and remote access scheduling providers.

* [http://www.phpjobscheduler.co.uk/ phpJobScheduler] - A webcron solution with a visitor based scheduling provider.

* [http://www.easycron.com/ easyCronEasyCron.com] - AAn advanced webcron service providerthat allowingsupports settingfull upCron webcronexpression, jobsexecution basinglogging, onemail user'snotifying, ownrandom datejobs, HTTP POST, cookie, and timecustom timezone.

* [http://www.getcron.com/ GetCron.com] - A web cron service with timezones support for cron jobs and intuitive 3 steps wizard for scheduling crons tasks.