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There are two ways to run cronpad. Both run the same scheduling engine; the differences are who operates it and which safety limits apply.
| cronpad Cloud | Self-hosted | |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | Sign in with Google or GitHub | One container (or binary) and a data volume |
| Cost | Free, with generous limits | Free, unlimited |
| Sinks | Webhooks | Webhooks and shell commands |
Webhooks to private networks (10.x, localhost) | Blocked | Allowed |
| Who runs upgrades, backups, monitoring | Us | You |
Not sure? Start on Cloud. Jobs are plain JSON, so you can export them and create them on a self-hosted instance later with the API.