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Cronitor
VerifiedDevOps · cronitor.io
Overview
Cronitor is a monitoring platform for cron jobs, scheduled/background tasks, websites, and APIs, alerting teams when jobs fail, run late, or don't run at all. It also offers heartbeat monitoring, uptime checks from 12+ global locations, status pages, and basic real-user analytics.
The problem Cronitor solves
Teams running scheduled jobs — cron tasks, Kubernetes CronJobs, Airflow pipelines, CI jobs — have no built-in way to know when a job silently fails to run or hangs, since traditional monitoring tools watch servers, not job completions. Cronitor solves this with lightweight heartbeat/dead-man's-switch monitoring paired with uptime and API checks, letting small teams get fast Slack/PagerDuty/OpsGenie alerts on job failures without deploying a full observability stack.
Decision context
Use these points to test whether the product fits your operation, not just whether it has a long feature list.
- Published starting price: Free. Confirm user, usage, and feature limits for the plan you would actually buy.
- Deployment: cloud. Check security, data-residency, and access requirements for every team that will use it.
- Verified integrations include Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Google Chat, Telegram, PagerDuty. Validate sync direction and plan limits for the connections that matter.
- This record was last checked on 7/26/2026; pricing and features can change.
How to evaluate Cronitor
A listing helps create a shortlist; a trial with the team’s real workflow decides whether the tool fits. Use this reading with the structured facts and confirm changes with the vendor.
Workflow fit
The record describes it as a fit for Small teams and solo developers who need fast cron/scheduled-job failure alerting without heavy setup overhead, Teams wanting cron monitoring, uptime/API checks, and heartbeat monitoring bundled into one lightweight tool, Kubernetes/Airflow/GitHub Actions users who want native CronJob-level monitoring via open-source agents. Check that this context matches the volume, roles, and processes your team needs it to support.
Pilot questions
- Can Cronitor complete the critical workflow without manual work outside the product?
- Do the recorded connections (Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Google Chat) support the sync direction, permissions, and volume we need?
- What user, usage, storage, support, or security limits appear after the headline starting price?
Evidence and freshness
This record was checked on 7/26/2026. That date tells you when the record was reviewed, not that the vendor has left its terms unchanged since then.
Best for
- Small teams and solo developers who need fast cron/scheduled-job failure alerting without heavy setup overhead
- Teams wanting cron monitoring, uptime/API checks, and heartbeat monitoring bundled into one lightweight tool
- Kubernetes/Airflow/GitHub Actions users who want native CronJob-level monitoring via open-source agents
Not a fit if
- Teams needing true infrastructure resource monitoring (CPU/memory/disk) at the machine level
- Organizations needing a full native incident-management/on-call platform
Why it’s listed
- Purpose-built dead-man's-switch monitoring for cron jobs, Kubernetes CronJobs, and Airflow pipelines
- Bundles cron, heartbeat, uptime, and API monitoring in one lightweight tool
- Fast setup with a free tier for individuals and small teams
Pricing
Hacker
FreeFree plan for individuals monitoring up to 5 jobs/sites with basic alerting.
- 5 monitors included
- Cron, heartbeat, and website/API monitoring
- Email and Slack alerts
- 1 basic status page (50 subscribers)
Business
$2 per monitor/month (usage-based, starting price) + $5/user for additional seatsUsage-based plan billed per monitor, aimed at teams needing faster checks and premium integrations.
- Unlimited monitors (pay-per-monitor)
- 30-second check frequency
- SMS alerts
- PagerDuty, OpsGenie & Splunk integration
Enterprise
Custom pricingCustom-priced plan for large organizations needing dedicated support and unlimited scale.
- Custom monitors and integrations
- Dedicated engineer
- Priority support
- Flexible invoice billing
Features
Integrations
Pros & cons
Pros
- Fast, low-friction setup — almost effortless to deploy
- Flexible API and broad integration surface
- Reliable, real-time alerting with minimal reported downtime
- Easy-to-use dashboard UI and simple Slack alert configuration
Cons
- No CPU/memory/resource-utilization monitoring during job execution
- Subscription/usage-based pricing model; some reviewers prefer one-time purchase options
- Limited support for complex schedule exceptions/tolerances
- Role-based access control not available on the free tier
- Some reported friction with WhatsApp/Telegram integrations
What we found
Capterra reviewers describe setup as almost effortless with reliable, real-time alerting and a flexible API, while citing the lack of CPU/memory resource monitoring and usage-based pricing as drawbacks.
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