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CronPilot — Cron job monitoring & alerting SaaS

One-liner: Dead-simple cron monitoring — ping an endpoint when your job runs, get alerted when it doesn't.

Target market: DevOps, SREs, indie developers running scheduled tasks

Monetization: Free: 3 monitors. $7/mo: 20 monitors + SMS. $19/mo: 100 monitors + team + Slack/webhook alerts.

🔍 Competitor Research (Feb 2026)

Competitor Pricing Notes
Healthchecks.io Free: 20 jobs / $20/mo: 100 jobs / $80/mo: 1000 jobs Solo founder, open source, profitable. 4.9★ Capterra. THE benchmark.
Cronitor $21/mo base + $2/monitor. Business tier more. Also does uptime + status pages. More expensive.
Dead Man's Snitch $5/snitch/mo Simple but pricey per-unit.
Better Stack Heartbeat monitoring bundled with logging Enterprise-focused.
Cronhub Scheduling + monitoring combo Less focused.

Gap analysis: Healthchecks.io has an incredibly generous free tier (20 jobs!) and is beloved. Cronitor is the premium option. CronPilot would need a strong differentiator — perhaps tighter integration with NATS/webhooks, better UI via Datastar, or bundling with StatusCaster.

Risk: Healthchecks.io is open-source and free for 20 jobs. Hard to compete on price. Would need to differentiate on DX, integrations, or bundle.

Domain: cronpilot.com TAKEN.

Verdict: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5) — Proven market but strong free competitor. Best as a bundle feature of StatusCaster rather than standalone.

## CronPilot — Cron job monitoring & alerting SaaS **One-liner:** Dead-simple cron monitoring — ping an endpoint when your job runs, get alerted when it doesn't. **Target market:** DevOps, SREs, indie developers running scheduled tasks **Monetization:** Free: 3 monitors. $7/mo: 20 monitors + SMS. $19/mo: 100 monitors + team + Slack/webhook alerts. --- ### 🔍 Competitor Research (Feb 2026) | Competitor | Pricing | Notes | |---|---|---| | **Healthchecks.io** | Free: 20 jobs / $20/mo: 100 jobs / $80/mo: 1000 jobs | Solo founder, open source, profitable. 4.9★ Capterra. THE benchmark. | | **Cronitor** | $21/mo base + $2/monitor. Business tier more. | Also does uptime + status pages. More expensive. | | **Dead Man's Snitch** | $5/snitch/mo | Simple but pricey per-unit. | | **Better Stack** | Heartbeat monitoring bundled with logging | Enterprise-focused. | | **Cronhub** | Scheduling + monitoring combo | Less focused. | **Gap analysis:** Healthchecks.io has an incredibly generous free tier (20 jobs!) and is beloved. Cronitor is the premium option. CronPilot would need a strong differentiator — perhaps tighter integration with NATS/webhooks, better UI via Datastar, or bundling with StatusCaster. **Risk:** Healthchecks.io is open-source and free for 20 jobs. Hard to compete on price. Would need to differentiate on DX, integrations, or bundle. **Domain:** cronpilot.com TAKEN. **Verdict: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)** — Proven market but strong free competitor. Best as a bundle feature of StatusCaster rather than standalone.
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