What is Cronwatch used for?

Cronwatch is a monitoring service for cron jobs and background tasks that alerts developers when scheduled runs fail or do not happen at all. It is a good fit for developers watching scheduled backups and syncs.

Is Cronwatch open source?

No. Cronwatch is proprietary (closed-source) software. In the Monitoring & Observability category, open-source options include Netdata, Grafana and Prometheus.

What are some alternatives to Cronwatch?

Cronwatch competes with Cronitor, Dead Man's Snitch and Better Stack.

Cronwatch: features, pricing and alternatives

About Cronwatch

Cronwatch is a monitoring tool for scheduled work. It watches cron jobs and other background tasks and alerts developers when a run fails or is missed, which helps catch jobs that stop silently. It is aimed at developers who run scheduled tasks on servers or inside applications and want to know quickly when one stops working.

Key features

Cron job monitoring
Background task monitoring
Alerts when runs fail
Alerts for missed runs

Good fit for

→Developers watching scheduled backups and syncs

Tags: cron; monitoring; alerting; background-jobs; developer-tools

Cronwatch: questions and answers

What is Cronwatch used for?: Cronwatch is a monitoring service for cron jobs and background tasks that alerts developers when scheduled runs fail or do not happen at all. It is a good fit for developers watching scheduled backups and syncs.
Is Cronwatch open source?: No. Cronwatch is proprietary (closed-source) software. In the Monitoring & Observability category, open-source options include Netdata, Grafana and Prometheus.
What are some alternatives to Cronwatch?: Cronwatch competes with Cronitor, Dead Man's Snitch and Better Stack.