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 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.
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 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.
Common questions
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