Run a cron job every 5 minutes
Want a task to run every five minutes? This is one of the most popular schedules out there, balancing frequent checks with a lower execution count than a minutely job.
*/5 * * * **/5 * * * *Every 5 minutes
*/5 * * * * triggers at minute 0, 5, 10 and so on, 12 times an hour. It is a popular choice for health checks and cache warming, and uses one fifth as many runs as a minutely schedule. Cronhost runs five-minute schedules on paid plans; Free runs every 30 minutes or slower.
Next run times
- 1.2026-09-13T14:10:00.000Z
- 2.2026-09-13T14:15:00.000Z
- 3.2026-09-13T14:20:00.000Z
- 4.2026-09-13T14:25:00.000Z
- 5.2026-09-13T14:30:00.000Z
What */5 * * * * means
| Field | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Minute | */5 | every 5 minutes |
| Hour | * | every hour |
| Day of month | * | every day of the month |
| Month | * | every month |
| Day of week | * | every day of the week |
Example use cases
- API health checks
- cache warming
- uptime pings
Work with this expression
Schedule this on Cronhost
Point it at any URL, add headers or a body if you need them, and let Cronhost handle the timing, retries, and execution logs. Intervals under 30 minutes need a paid plan.