# Cron Job Alternative
**URL:** https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-alternative/1838
**Category:** Product Support
**Created:** [May 16, 2015, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-alternative/1838 "2015-05-16T09:36:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@petertl](https://forum.mautic.org/u/petertl)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2015, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-alternative/1838/1 "2015-05-16T09:36:33Z")
Hi,
unfortunately I am not able to use cron which is mandatory as I understood:
[https://github.com/mautic/documentation/tree/master/setup](https://github.com/mautic/documentation/tree/master/setup)
Is there an alternative to the console to trigger the functions (e.g. via PHP get variables)?
Thank you,
Peter
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### Author:  [@petertl](https://forum.mautic.org/u/petertl)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2015, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-alternative/1838/2 "2015-05-16T09:36:33Z")
Hi,
unfortunately I am not able to use cron which is mandatory as I understood:
[https://github.com/mautic/documentation/tree/master/setup](https://github.com/mautic/documentation/tree/master/setup)
Is there an alternative to the console to trigger the functions (e.g. via PHP get variables)?
Thank you,
Peter
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### Author:  [@gmillard](https://forum.mautic.org/u/gmillard)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-alternative/1838/3 "2015-05-16T14:38:02Z")
Afraid there isn’t. Is it that your host doesn’t allow Php directly from cron? Can you still execute a web script as a cron job? One user had the issue where the host required a Web accessible script for the cron job. But the host allowed system() so the user was able to wrap the commands in a simple php script.
Thanks,
Alan
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### Author:  [@Agnon](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Agnon)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-alternative/1838/4 "2015-05-19T05:15:19Z")
[https://www.easycron.com](https://www.easycron.com) provides online cron job service. It’s an alternative to task scheduler(cron job) solution under Windows & Linux.
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### Author:  [@roman](https://forum.mautic.org/u/roman)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-alternative/1838/5 "2015-05-22T15:33:46Z")
Hi @Agnon !
Are you (or anyone) using [easycron.com](http://easycron.com) with Mautic?
Due to limitations in shared hostings it’s impossible to execute this kind of cronjobs and I tried to use [easycron.com](http://easycron.com) but, if I’m not wrong, it’s mandatory to specify the path to a file containing a script.
Could you share with us an example of how you’re using [easycron.com](http://easycron.com) with Mautic?
It’s really awesome that we can use Mautic in low-requirement hostings, but I guess this issue is really a problem for marketers with basic programming skills.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@petertl](https://forum.mautic.org/u/petertl)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-alternative/1838/6 "2015-05-22T15:49:06Z")
Cron jobs are not the problem, there are services like the mentioned EasyCron e.g. The point is that I do not manage to trigger the console with parameters (like php /path/to/mautic/app/console mautic:leadlists:update --env=prod).
Peter
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### Author:  [@silavapi](https://forum.mautic.org/u/silavapi)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-job-alternative/1838/7 "2020-02-02T23:00:00Z")