Monitoring 12,000+ cron jobs

Cron 挂了?
第一时间知道。

Dead simple cron job monitoring. Add one line to your crontab, get alerted when things break. No agents, no SDKs — just HTTP pings.

terminal
$curl -fsS --retry 3 https://cronguard.com/ping/abc123
OK
$# Add to your crontab:
$0 2 * * * /usr/local/bin/backup.sh && curl -fsS https://cronguard.com/ping/abc123
$

Everything you need to sleep soundly

Monitor any scheduled task with a single HTTP request. No complex setup, no overhead.

Heartbeat Monitoring

Your cron job pings a unique URL on success. If we stop hearing from it, you get alerted.

Timeout Detection

Set expected intervals with grace periods. Know when a job takes longer than it should.

Multi-Channel Alerts

Slack, Email, Discord, PagerDuty, Webhooks, Telegram. Get notified where you already work.

Duration Tracking

Track how long each run takes. Spot performance regressions before they become outages.

Team Collaboration

Share monitors across your team. Role-based access, shared alert channels, audit logs.

Simple Integration

One curl command. No agents, no SDKs, no dependencies. Works with any language or platform.

Simple, predictable pricing

Effectively $1/monitor/month or less. No per-user fees, no hidden costs.

Free

Free

5 monitors

  • 5 monitors
  • Email alerts
  • 1-minute check interval
  • 7-day history
  • Community support

Starter

$9/mo/month

20 monitors

  • 20 monitors
  • Email + Slack alerts
  • 30-second check interval
  • 30-day history
  • Webhook integrations
  • Email support
Most Popular

Pro

$29/mo/month

100 monitors

  • 100 monitors
  • All alert channels
  • 10-second check interval
  • 90-day history
  • All integrations
  • Priority support
  • Custom status page

Team

$79/mo/month

500 monitors

  • 500 monitors
  • All alert channels
  • 10-second check interval
  • 1-year history
  • All integrations
  • Dedicated support
  • Custom status page
  • Team management
  • SSO / SAML

How we compare

Transparent pricing, no per-user fees, dead-simple setup.

FeaturecronguardCronitorHealthchecks.ioBetter Uptime
Starting PriceFree (5 monitors)$20/moFree (20 checks)$20/mo
Cost per Monitor~$1/mo$2 + $5/user$2/mo$4/mo
Per-user PricingNoYes ($5/user)NoYes
Setup Complexity1 curl commandSDK or curl1 curl commandAgent + config
Alert Channels6 (Slack, Email, Discord, PagerDuty, Webhook, Telegram)5+10+8+
Grace PeriodsYes (custom)YesYesYes
Duration TrackingYesYesNoNo
Team FeaturesTeam plan ($79/mo)All plans + per-userBusiness planAll plans

Stop guessing. Start monitoring.

Add one line to your crontab and never wonder “is my backup running?” again.

# Takes 30 seconds to set up
$ curl -fsS https://cronguard.com/ping/YOUR_SLUG

Free plan includes 5 monitors. Upgrade anytime.