Healthchecks

Cron job and background task monitoring with alerts when jobs fail

About Healthchecks

Healthchecks is a monitoring service for cron jobs and other periodic background tasks. Each job pings a unique URL when it runs, and if a ping does not arrive on schedule, Healthchecks alerts you by email, chat or other integrations. It also tracks execution history and durations. Available as a hosted service with a free tier or as open-source software to self-host, it suits developers and operations teams who need simple, reliable dead man's switch monitoring.

Healthchecks website preview

Live preview of healthchecks.io via the WordPress mShots service — it can take a few seconds to generate on a first visit.

Healthchecks: strengths & things to check

Strengths

Free tier available — you can start without paying (freemium model).
Covers monitoring, cron, alerts, self hosted — see the focus areas listed in its key facts.
Has 6 close alternatives in the same category on this page, so switching or comparing is easy.

Things to check

The full feature set sits behind a paid plan — check which limits the free tier carries on the official site before committing.
Current plan prices are not listed here (they change too often to print reliably) — confirm the exact price on the official site.
It is one of 1164 tools in the Developer Tools category here — compare it against the alternatives below before you commit.

Derived from this listing's own data (pricing model, focus areas and category) — not a hands-on review score.

Healthchecks pricing

Pricing model	Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more.
Free access	Yes — free tier, paid upgrades available
Current plan prices	Listed on the official site — prices change, so this directory links out instead of printing a number that may already be stale.
Official site	healthchecks.io

Healthchecks key facts

Category: Developer Tools
Pricing: Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more.
Focus areas: monitoring, cron, alerts, self hosted
Official site: healthchecks.io

Healthchecks FAQ

How much does Healthchecks cost?

Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more. Current plans and prices are listed on the official site (healthchecks.io).

What is Healthchecks used for?

Cron job and background task monitoring with alerts when jobs fail Its focus areas in the Developer Tools category: monitoring, cron, alerts, self hosted.

Where can I try Healthchecks?

On its official site, healthchecks.io — the Visit Official Site button above goes straight there.

Healthchecks vs alternatives

	Healthchecks	Dead Man's Snitch	Alerta	Cabot
Pricing	Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more.	Paid — this directory does not list a free tier for it.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.	Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas	monitoring, cron, alerts, self hosted	cron, monitoring, alerts, simple	alerts, monitoring, operations, incidents	uptime, alerts, on call, monitoring
Official site	healthchecks.io	deadmanssnitch.com	alerta.io	cabotapp.com
Directory status	Listed	Listed	Listed	Listed

Side-by-side from each listing's own directory data. Full alternative cards are below.

About the Developer Tools category

Editors, platforms, and services developers rely on to build and ship software. The Developer Tools category on Tools Hub currently lists 1164 tools. Alongside Healthchecks, it includes OliveTin, SIP3, GraphHopper, Anubis.

FreemiumDeveloper Toolsmonitoringcronalertsself-hosted

Alternatives to Healthchecks

Tools in the same Developer Tools category that share focus areas with Healthchecks — worth comparing before you commit:

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Dead Man's Snitch

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Alerta

Unified alert console for monitoring systems

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Cabot

Self-hosted uptime monitoring with phone alerts

Freeuptimealertson-callmonitoring

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Centreon

Open source IT infrastructure monitoring platform

Freemiummonitoringinfrastructurenetworksalerts

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Cronicle

Multi-server task scheduler and runner with a web-based user interface

Freeschedulercronautomationself-hosted

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Monika

Synthetic monitoring with YAML configuration

Freemonitoringprobesalertscli

More in Developer Tools

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