Compare the Top Job Scheduler Software for Linux as of August 2025

What is Job Scheduler Software for Linux?

Job schedulers, also known as enterprise job scheduling software, are software tools that enable organizations and IT professionals to schedule automated IT and DevOps processes, tasks, and batch jobs to run automatically without a human needed to manually run the job. Job schedulers are useful for automating jobs and processes in order to save time and resources. Compare and read user reviews of the best Job Scheduler software for Linux currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    JS7 JobScheduler
    JS7 JobScheduler is an Open Source workload automation system designed for performance, resilience and security. It provides unlimited performance for parallel execution of jobs and workflows. JS7 offers cross-platform job execution, managed file transfer, complex no-code job dependencies and a real REST API. Platforms - Cloud scheduling from Containers for Docker®, Kubernetes®, OpenShift® etc. - True multi-platform scheduling on premises for Windows®, Linux®, AIX®, Solaris®, macOS® etc. - Hybrid use for cloud and on premises User Interface - Modern, no-code GUI for inventory management, monitoring and control with web browsers - Near real-time information brings immediate visibility of status changes and log output of jobs and workflows - Multi-client capability, role based access management High Availability - Redundancy and Resilience based on asynchronous design and autonomous Agents - Clustering for all JS7 products, automatic fail-over and manual switch-over
    Starting Price: $1440/year
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    RunMyJobs by Redwood

    RunMyJobs by Redwood

    RunMyJobs by Redwood

    RunMyJobs by Redwood is the #1 and only enterprise workload automation solution that's SAP Endorsed, achieving premium certification and the highest SAP verification for outstanding customer value. With a guaranteed 99.95% uptime and 24/7 support, you can automate end-to-end processes in complex environments reliably, on-prem or in the cloud. SAP customers can keep a clean core and ensures no process disruptions during multiphase RISE migrations with seamless integration with S/4HANA, BTP, ECC and 1,000+ pre-built SAP templates and connectors. Enjoy unparalleled freedom to connect to unlimited servers, applications, and environments, from modern SaaS solutions to legacy systems. Build automations faster with a low-code, drag-and-drop visual editor and an extensive library of templates. Monitor every process from a single pane of glass with real-time visibility. Receive early warnings and configure alerts of potential issues to address them before they impact operations.
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    ActiveBatch Workload Automation

    ActiveBatch Workload Automation

    ActiveBatch by Redwood

    ActiveBatch by Redwood makes setting up and launching automation easy with no custom scripting required. With a low-code Super REST API adapter, over 100 pre-built job steps and a user-friendly drag-and-drop workflow designer, you can integrate across any system, application and data source, on-prem, in the cloud or in hybrid environments. Maintain complete control and visibility and meet SLAs with monitoring of all automation from a single pane of glass and get custom alerts via emails or SMS. Managed Smart Queues dynamically scale resources for high-volume workloads, reducing process times while the self-service portal enables business users to run and monitor workflows independently. ActiveBatch meets security and compliance standards, with ISO 27001 and SOC 2, Type II certifications, encrypted connections and regular third-party tests, always keeping security at the forefront. Along with ongoing product advancements, get the added benefit of 24x7 support and on-site training.
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    Stonebranch

    Stonebranch

    Stonebranch

    Universal Automation Center (UAC) is a real-time IT automation platform designed to centrally manage and orchestrate tasks and processes across hybrid IT environments - from on-prem to the cloud. Universal Automation Center (UAC) is a software platform designed to automate and orchestrate your IT and business processes, securely manage file transfers, and centralize the management of disparate IT job scheduling and workload automation solutions. With our event-driven automation technology, it is now possible to achieve real-time automation across your entire hybrid IT environment. Real-time hybrid IT automation and managed file transfers (MFT) for any type of cloud, mainframe, distributed or hybrid environment. Start automating, managing and orchestrating file transfers from mainframe or disparate systems to the AWS or Azure cloud and vice versa with no ramp-up time or cost-intensive hardware investments.
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    Activeeon ProActive
    The solution provided by Activeeon is suited to fit modern challenges such as the growth of data, new infrastructures, cloud strategy evolving, new application architecture, etc. It provides orchestration and scheduling to automate and build a solid base for future growth. ProActive Workflows & Scheduling is a java-based cross-platform workflow scheduler and resource manager that is able to run workflow tasks in multiple languages and multiple environments (Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, etc). ProActive Resource Manager makes compute resources available for task execution. It handles on-premises and cloud compute resources in an elastic, on-demand and distributed fashion. ProActive AI Orchestration from Activeeon empowers data engineers and data scientists with a simple, portable and scalable solution for machine learning pipelines. It provides pre-built and customizable tasks that enable automation within the machine learning lifecycle, which helps data scientists and IT Operations work.
    Starting Price: $10,000
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    Attune

    Attune

    AttuneOps

    Attune is a powerful and intuitive IT automation tool that empowers system administrators to automate complex processes with ease. It supports popular scripting languages such as bash and PowerShell, making it accessible to admins who are already familiar with these languages. Attune's unique orchestration approach enables admins to customise automation processes to meet their specific needs. Its sequence of steps feature establishes its own connection to a device using ssh or WinRM, deploys a script, and captures the log output as if you were running a script in a terminal. Attune also offers a powerful blueprinting feature, where admins can create reusable templates called Blueprints. These Blueprints use Parameters to create multiple automated jobs from a single Blueprint, saving time and ensuring consistency across multiple jobs. Attune's Blueprints can be shared and reused across teams and organisations, streamlining automation processes and driving greater efficiency.
    Starting Price: $1,200
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    Ctfreak

    Ctfreak

    JYP Software

    Tired of maintaining your multiple crontabs? Would you like a Slack notification when one of your backups fails? CTFreak allows you to centralize and schedule various types of tasks: - Shell scripts (bash/powershell) on multiple servers via SSH - Ansible playbooks targeting multiple servers via SSH - SQL scripts on multiple databases concurrently (mysql/mariadb/postgresql) - Chart Reports from SQL queries - Webhook call - Workflow for concurrent or sequential execution of tasks Not to mention: - A mobile friendly interface - Single Sign-On via OpenID Connect - Notifications via Slack / Discord / Mattermost / Email - Issue tracking integration via Jira / Github / Linear - REST API - Incoming webhooks (Github / Gitlab / ...) - Log retrieval and consultation - User rights management by project
    Starting Price: $159/year/instance
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    Automate Schedule
    Powerful workload automation for centralized Linux job scheduling. When you’re able to automate all your workflows across your Windows, UNIX, Linux, and IBM i systems with a job scheduler, your IT team has more time to tackle more strategic projects that impact the bottom line. Bring isolated job schedules from cron or Windows Task Scheduler enterprise-wide. When your job scheduler integrates with your other key software applications, it’s easier to see the whole picture, leverage data across the organization, and unify your job schedules. Be more efficient so you can meet your workload automation goals. Automated job scheduling makes your life easier and transforms the way you do business. Build dynamic, event-driven job schedules across servers and take dependencies into account—supporting your business goals with better workflows. Automate Schedule offers high availability for a master server and a standby server so if an outage were to occur, important tasks would continue.
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    Robot Schedule
    Every data center manager wants their IT team to be efficient, meet service-level agreements, and avoid processing errors. Automated job scheduling and batch job management free you and your operators to be more productive. And Robot Schedule is the starting point for any automation project requiring IBM i. Robot Schedule’s workload automation capabilities allow users to automate everything from simple jobs to complex, event-driven processes on multiple platforms and centralize management from your most reliable system, IBM i. Just create a calendar of when and how jobs should run, and the software will do the rest. Your operators have enough tasks on their plates to worry about babysitting scheduled jobs in order to ensure they run on time and in the right order. You and your team can rely on Robot Schedule to provide powerful workload automation for a smoother, error-free job schedule. Choose from more than 25 scheduling parameters.
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    Argent

    Argent

    Argent Software

    Argent Guardian® Ultra is the world's most scalable monitoring solution for all Windows, Linux, UNIX (AIX, HP-UX, SCO, Solaris), and iSeries Servers. Using a patented agent-optional architecture, Argent Guardian® Ultra monitors servers with or without installing agents, providing the power and flexibility to define the monitoring architecture to match customers' exact needs. The days of manually scheduling and managing batch processes are over. Business process automation lowers overall IT costs, ensures application efficiency, enhances IT service and assists with compliance requirements. Argent Job Scheduler and Argent Queue Engine automate business processes, alert customers via Argent Console when issues occur and provide Service Level Agreements so that management receives the Business View of IT. Argent Job Scheduler provides a single point of control across all operating systems, applications and databases for Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, SCO and iSeries Servers.
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    A-AUTO

    A-AUTO

    UNIRITA

    A-AUTO is job-scheduling software that runs on various platforms, including mainframe, IBM z/OS and i5/OS, UNIX, Linux, and MS Windows servers. It integrates jobs automatically across platforms for any application systems, and does 24hours a day, 365 days a year non-stop job scheduling. Reliable execution of batch jobs is essential to the operation of mission-critical applications. The scheduled date of each job is very important to an operation. A-AUTO assigns a schedule date to each process and controls the execution of jobs in chronological order.
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    ROC Maestro

    ROC Maestro

    ROC Software

    ROC Software provides an easy to use, yet powerful job scheduling solution with ROC Maestro. For environments that involve UNIX®, Linux®, or Windows®, ROC Maestro dramatically simplifies job scheduling administration while expanding your operational reach. With ROC Maestro, resource constraints are not an issue. Its lightweight, small footprint means you don't need a separate server or large external database to run your cross-platform job scheduling. What's more, the system's sophisticated GUI makes it easy to use. You'll protect your existing IT investments, ensure smooth automated batch processing, and save valuable administrative time and resources. The ability to automate and monitor processes based on reusable calendars, events, cross-platform dependencies and reporting is so easy with ROC Maestro. It's all about getting the centralized control and visibility you need without constantly dealing with the subtle differences between platforms and applications.
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