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Dead Man's Snitch vs Cronitor: catalog facts
Dead Man's Snitch	Cronitor
Freemium Can be tried for free, with paid plans listed on the site.	Freemium Free to start, with paid plans for more monitoring.
Android, iOS, Web	Web
Setup is a single curl request at the end of a job Works with cron, Heroku Scheduler or any scheduled task	Catches cron jobs that fail, run late or never start Keeps output and metrics from every run
Hosted service only, with no self-hosted option Requires an account	Hosted service that requires an account Jobs need an SDK, API call or wrapper to report in
Downloadable app, Hosted service	Hosted service
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Account needed	Account needed
Needs internet	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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