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title: Usage & Pricing for Cron Jobs
product: vercel
url: /docs/cron-jobs/usage-and-pricing
type: reference
prerequisites:
  - /docs/cron-jobs
related:
  - /docs/functions
  - /docs/limits
  - /docs/plans/pro-plan
  - /docs/functions/usage-and-pricing
summary: Learn about cron jobs usage and pricing details.
install_vercel_plugin: npx plugins add vercel/vercel-plugin
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# Usage & Pricing for Cron Jobs

> **🔒 Permissions Required**: Cron Jobs

Cron jobs invoke [Vercel Functions](/docs/functions). This means the same [usage](/docs/limits) and [pricing](/pricing) limits will apply.

|                | **Number of cron jobs per project** | **Minimum interval** | **Scheduling precision** |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------------ |
| **Hobby**      | 100 cron jobs                       | Once per day         | Hourly (±59 min)         |
| **Pro**        | 100 cron jobs                       | Once per minute      | Per-minute               |
| **Enterprise** | 100 cron jobs                       | Once per minute      | Per-minute               |

### Hobby scheduling limits

> **⚠️ Warning:** Hobby accounts are limited to cron jobs that run **once per day**. Cron
> expressions that would run more frequently will fail during deployment.

Hobby plans have two restrictions on cron jobs:

1. **Daily execution limit**: Cron jobs can only run once per day. Expressions like `0 * * * *` (hourly) or `*/30 * * * *` (every 30 minutes) will fail deployment with the error:
   *Hobby accounts are limited to daily cron jobs. This cron expression would run more than once per day.*

2. **Timing precision**: Vercel cannot assure a timely cron job invocation. For example, a cron job configured as `0 1 * * *` (every day at 1 am) will trigger anywhere between 1:00 am and 1:59 am.

For cron jobs that run more frequently or with precise timing, **upgrade to our [Pro](/docs/plans/pro-plan) plan**.

## Pricing

Cron jobs are included in **all plans**.

You use a function to invoke a cron job, and therefore [usage](/docs/limits) and [pricing](/pricing) limits for these functions apply to all cron job executions:

- [Functions limits and pricing](/docs/functions/usage-and-pricing)


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