Dead Man's Snitch

A hosted monitoring service that alerts you when a cron job or scheduled task fails to run.

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About Dead Man's Snitch

Dead Man's Snitch watches periodic jobs such as daily backups, monthly emails and hourly cron jobs. You create a snitch for each job, give it a name and an interval, and choose who should be alerted. Each snitch has a unique URL that your job requests with curl or a browser when it runs; if the check-in does not arrive on time, you get an alert.

It works with cron, Heroku Scheduler or any scheduled task, has an API, and offers iOS and Android apps for push notifications.

Strengths

  • Setup is a single curl request at the end of a job
  • Works with cron, Heroku Scheduler or any scheduled task
  • Mobile apps for push alerts
  • API for managing snitches

Limitations

  • Hosted service only, with no self-hosted option
  • Requires an account

Details

Pricing
FreemiumCan be tried for free, with paid plans listed on the site.
License
Proprietary
Platforms
Android, iOS, Web
How it runs
Downloadable app, Hosted service
Account
Required
Works offline
No
Best suited for
Catching backups and cron jobs that silently stop running
Last verified
Added
Provenance
Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (Backup & Sync); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 2 sources on file.

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