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Reputation: 12912

Azure Scheduler (Preview) vs Cron Jobs + Web Role?

I just came across a new Azure feature - Azure Scheduler:

http://gauravmantri.com/2013/11/10/windows-azure-scheduler-service-part-i-introduction/

I was wondering - from an architectural perspective - how is this any better or different from using an online CRON service to send a predefined request to a WebAPI endpoint? I'll need a WebAPI endpoint in both cases - with the Azure offering, I have the ability to Enqueue into an Azure Queue, but otherwise it's the same thing, right (maybe with the former being cheaper)?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 397

Answers (1)

Simon Munro
Simon Munro

Reputation: 5419

Two big differences with the scheduler service

  • Managed and paid for within the same Azure subscription. This does make ops a little easier.
  • The RESTful API for the service.

As good as it may be, it is expensive compared to other offerings in the market (I use setcronjob). As you point out, you still need to write your job endpoint anyway.

Upvotes: 1

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