Alternatives to Dkron
Dkron: A self-hosted scheduler that runs cron jobs across a cluster of servers, with a dashboard and API. Here are 24 other products that do a similar job. Of these, 15 have a free plan.
- Codehooks
Hosted backend that takes in webhooks from Stripe, Shopify and others, stores them and runs your code with queues, cron and retries.
Since 2024
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- PandaStack
Runs fast-booting microVM sandboxes, throwaway Postgres databases and app deploys for teams building AI agents.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Tickstem
Schedules timed tasks, watches that your jobs and sites stay up, and checks email addresses, for apps on serverless hosts and AI agents.
Since 2026
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Amika
Runs coding agents in isolated virtual machines on your own computers or cloud accounts, joined on one private network.
Since 2026
Developer tools · Developers
- Apply.Build
Hosts apps from a GitHub repo on European servers, with attack filtering, logs and metrics for a fixed monthly fee.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- ArchGenie
Describe or sketch a cloud setup and get a diagram, Terraform or Bicep code, a security grade and cost estimates.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Aurora Gateway
Self-hosted gateway that routes, caches and tracks your app's requests to OpenAI, Anthropic and other LLM providers.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- AutoMQ
A Kafka-compatible streaming service that keeps data in cloud object storage to cut broker and network costs for engineering teams.
Pay as you go · Developer tools · Developers
- Celesto
Low cost hosted runners for GitHub Actions, swapped in with one line, plus cloud sandboxes for AI agents.
Since 2026
Pay as you go · Developer tools · Developers
- Centia.io
A backend for map and location apps: import spatial files into PostGIS and get SQL, realtime and OGC APIs, hosted or self-run.
Since 2025
Developer tools · Developers
- CH-UI
A self-hosted web workspace for ClickHouse with a SQL editor, dashboards and cluster monitoring, for data teams.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Cirun
Starts GitHub Actions runners on demand in your own cloud account, including GPU, ARM and macOS machines.
Pay as you go · Developer tools · Developers
- CloudForecast
Sends engineering teams a daily summary of AWS and Azure spending changes by Slack, Teams or email.
Since 2018
Subscription · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Codecannon
Generates a typed Laravel and Vue monorepo with auth, Docker and CI from a schema you define, for developers starting a SaaS.
Since 2025
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Easypanel
A control panel for your own server that deploys apps from Git, runs databases and handles SSL and backups.
Developer tools · Agencies
- Encore
Lets developers declare databases and queues in code, run them locally, then deploy to their own AWS or Google Cloud.
Subscription · Developer tools · Developers
- Frost
Open-source platform you run on your own server to deploy Docker apps, databases and preview builds, without per-seat fees.
Since 2025
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- HivePaaS
Self-hosted platform on Docker Swarm for deploying apps, databases and functions on your own servers.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- imgproxy
A server you run yourself that resizes and converts images on the fly from URL options, for web teams.
Since 2019
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- IncidentFox
An AI agent that looks into production alerts, finds the likely root cause and prepares fixes for engineering teams.
Since 2026
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Infrawrench
A desktop and web app that finds resources across AWS, GCP, Azure and other clouds and lets infra teams work on them in one place.
Since 2026
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Mist
Self-hosted platform that deploys Docker apps from Git with domains, SSL and databases for small dev teams.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- nimblegate
A self-hosted gateway that checks every git push from AI coding agents and blocks leaked keys or skipped tests.
Since 2026
Free plan · Security and passwords · Developers
- Nori
Runs coding agents like Claude Code or Codex in the cloud on your own keys or subscription, started from Slack or the web.
Since 2025
Subscription · Developer tools · Developers