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PulseMon

Monitors cron jobs and scheduled scripts via heartbeat pings, sending instant alerts on missed check-ins, with features like escalation reminders, ping history, overlap detection, and status pages.

PulseMon is a heartbeat monitoring service for cron jobs, background tasks, and scheduled scripts. It solves the problem of silent failures by alerting users within minutes if a job does not check in on time. The service targets developers, indie developers, and small to growing teams, with a free tier for side projects and paid plans for production workloads. It is positioned as a simple, fast-to-set-up alternative to other monitoring tools, requiring only a URL to ping and offering integrations with Slack, Discord, email, and webhooks.

Key features

  • Instant alerts via Slack, Discord, email, webhooks
  • Escalating reminders at 1h, 6h, 24h
  • Ping history and uptime tracking
  • Overlap detection for concurrent runs
  • Public status pages
  • Alerts include job output
  • Explicit failure alerts
  • Duration thresholds
  • Webhook signatures with HMAC-SHA256
  • No social media activity within the last 30 days
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