Google app engine cron job scheduling setup and pricing

Question

I want to trigger a https endpoint every 1 minute I was using cron-job.org but it is not that reliable and goes down often. I have looked at 2 options Microsoft azure scheduler and Google app engine cron scheduler. Microsoft scheduler pricing is very clear, however, I dont understand how to setup google cron job and pricing to run the cron job every minute.

Answer 1

To use Google's cron scheduler, you will have to pay for the app engine running 24x7. Whereas Azure Scheduler is a true microservice and you only pay based on number of jobs/job collections, not the underlying resources consumed.

Answer 2

Unlike Microsoft's scheduler which appears to be an independently configurable and billable service, the GAE cron service can only be a part of a GAE app.

A standard environment GAE app is charged by instance-hours plus the various services it uses. See App Engine Pricing. But it also comes with fairly generous free daily quotas.

A simple app which would only make a few requests per minute - like the one you describe - should have no problems staying within the free daily limits.

Check the Quickstart to see how to get a basic app skeleton running. You already have the cron service doc, you only need the cron.yaml Reference to add a cron service to your app.