Everything Dead Man's Snitch does. And then some.
Dead Man's Snitch pioneered the concept. Cronping brings it into 2026 — with more alert channels, richer monitoring, a free plan, and a modern UI your team will actually enjoy using.
Why Cronping
Why teams switch to Cronping
12+ alert channels
Slack, Discord, Teams, Telegram, PagerDuty, Incident.io, Pushover, ntfy, and webhooks. DMS supports email + Slack only.
Free plan
Up to 5 monitors, email alerts, 30-day history — at no cost. Dead Man's Snitch starts at $6/month.
Native teams
Invite team members, assign roles, route alerts to the right channel. DMS is designed for individuals.
Context-Aware Monitoring
Alert on JSON payload fields like rows_processed == 0. DMS only checks if the ping arrived.
Features
Feature comparison
| Feature | Cronping | Dead Man's Snitch |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | ||
| Cron expression schedules(basic only) | ||
| Interval-based schedules | ||
| Full run lifecycle (/start, /fail) | ||
| Context-Aware Monitoring (JSON rules) | ||
| Email alerts | ||
| Slack alerts | ||
| Discord alerts | ||
| Telegram alerts | ||
| Microsoft Teams | ||
| PagerDuty integration | ||
| Incident.io integration | ||
| Pushover / ntfy / Gotify | ||
| Custom webhooks | ||
| Prometheus / Grafana metrics | ||
| Native multi-tenant teams | ||
| REST management API | ||
| Starting price | Free | $6/mo |
Pricing
Pricing comparison
More monitors. More channels. Lower cost.
| Price range | Cronping | Dead Man's Snitch |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 5 monitors | — |
| ~$5–6/mo | 20 monitors (Basic) | 1 snitch (basic) |
| ~$20/mo | 100 monitors (Pro) | ~5 snitches |
| $60/mo | Unlimited (Business) | — |
| $149/mo | — | Unlimited snitches |
Dead Man's Snitch pricing as of April 2026. Subject to change.
FAQ
Common questions
Yes. Cronping does everything Dead Man's Snitch does — ping-based monitoring for cron jobs — and adds JSON payload rules, 12+ alert channels, cron expression validation, team support, and a free plan.
Dead Man's Snitch has a very focused concept ('dead man's switch for cron jobs') and a memorable brand. If you only need email + Slack alerts and the simplest possible setup, it covers the basics. Cronping covers the same basics and much more.
Dead Man's Snitch starts at $6/month for one snitch. Cronping has a free plan for up to 5 monitors, and a Basic plan at $5/month for 20 monitors — more monitors, more channels, at a lower cost.
Yes — that's exactly what heartbeat monitoring is. Your cron job sends a ping to Cronping at the end of each run. If the ping doesn't arrive within the grace period, Cronping fires an alert.
Yes. Any environment that can make an HTTP request works: bash, Python, PHP, Node.js, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes CronJobs, Heroku Scheduler, and more.
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