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Val Town Cron

Schedulers 8.3/10 Jun 16, 2026

Hosted TypeScript/JavaScript functions with built-in cron triggers for quick automations.

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Val Town Cron scores 8.3/10 for free value in Schedulers. The main constraint: Free plan supports public vals and cron intervals; private vals and higher frequency require checking the current plan.

Category Schedulers Kind Hosted script cron Caveats Free-tier public code is not suitable for secrets-heavy private business logic unless secrets stay in environment variables and plan limits fit. Renewal monthly Card required No Eligibility anyone

Free value score

8.3 / 10
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Overall 8.3/10
value = 8.3/100
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Run value 10/10
value = 101 $/mo
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Reliability 5.5/10
value = 5.5/100
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Workflow fit 8.3/10
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Key metrics

3.0M/mo Run quota Uses stated run/message/execution quota when present; otherwise a conservative floor.
4.0/hr Granularity/reliability Derived from minimum interval with conservative reliability adjustment.
6 Workflow/runtime api, cron, history, logs, timeout, webhook
2.5K jobs Cron jobs each can have a cron trigger
15 min Min interval
3M/mo Executions 100,000 runs/day
3 logs Run history
1 min Job timeout

What you get

Cron trigger in the editor

Runs hosted JS/TS functions

Very low setup overhead

Gotchas

  • 100,000 runs/day

    Free plan allows up to 100,000 val runs per day, resetting each day.

  • 15-min minimum cron interval

    The shortest cron schedule on the free plan is every 15 minutes; sub-15-minute intervals require Pro ($21/mo).

  • 1-min wall clock per run

    Each individual run is hard-killed after 1 minute of wall clock time; Pro extends this to 10 minutes.

  • No private vals

    All vals on the free plan must be public; private vals (up to 2,000) require Pro.

  • No custom domains

    Free plan does not support custom domains; HTTP vals are served under val.town subdomains only.

  • Email only yourself

    The built-in email send feature on the free plan can only send to the account owner's email address.

  • 3-day log retention

    Execution logs are retained for only 3 days on the free plan; Pro offers 10 days.

Sources

  • "**15 min** cron intervals ... **1 min** wall clock time / run ... **Unlimited** public vals ... **3 days** log retention ... **100,000** runs / day"

    https://www.val.town/pricing

  • "API requests per minute Authenticated Val Town API calls. | 1,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 ... Minimum cron interval ... | 15 min | 1 min | 1 min ... Private vals | 0 | 2,000 | 2,000 ... Vals | 2,500 | 4,000 | 4,000"

    https://www.val.town/limits

  • "You can store 10mb on the free plan and up to 1gb on the paid plan. Contact us if you need more space."

    https://docs.val.town/llms-full.txt

  • "How much funding has Val Town raised over time? Val Town has raised $7M. Who are Val Town's investors? Preston-Werner Ventures and Accel have invested in Val Town."

    https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/527784-85
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