Never Miss a Failed
Cron Job Again

Cron job monitoring is a service that tracks your scheduled tasks and alerts you when they fail, don't run on time, or take too long to complete. It ensures your critical background jobs (like database backups, data processing, or report generation) are running correctly without requiring manual checks.

CronMonitor offers a free forever plan with 3 monitors, perfect for personal projects. Paid plans start at just $9/month for 50 monitors with advanced features. All plans include a 14-day free trial with no credit card required.

Setting up takes just 60 seconds! Create a monitor in CronMonitor, get your unique ping URL, and add a simple curl command to the end of your cron job:

You'll receive an instant alert as soon as we detect your cron job hasn't checked in within its expected interval. The alert includes the monitor name, when it last ran successfully, and how long it's been down. You can configure grace periods to avoid false alerts for jobs that occasionally run a few minutes late.

Absolutely! Each monitor gets a unique ping URL that works from any server or application. You can monitor cron jobs across unlimited servers, cloud providers, or Docker containers. Use our project organization feature to keep production, staging, and development jobs neatly separated.

Laravel has built-in support for pinging URLs after scheduled commands. Simply chain the thenPing() method:

You can also use pingBefore() to ping when a task starts, or pingOnSuccess() and pingOnFailure() for more granular monitoring.

Absolutely! CronMonitor works perfectly with containerized environments. Just add a curl command at the end of your task script:

For Kubernetes CronJobs, add the curl command as the final step in your job container. The ping URL works from any network that can reach the internet.

CronMonitor supports two scheduling modes:

• • Simple interval – expects a ping every X minutes/hours. Best for jobs that run "every 5 minutes" or "every hour".
• • Cron expression – uses standard cron syntax (e.g., 0 2 * * *) for precise scheduling. Best for jobs that run "at 2am daily" or "every Monday at 9am".

Cron expressions are more precise and account for specific times, while intervals are simpler to set up for recurring tasks.

CronMonitor can alert you through multiple channels:

• ✓ Email – instant email alerts to one or more addresses
• ✓ Slack – send alerts to any Slack channel via webhook
• ✓ Discord – integrate with your Discord server
• ✓ SMS – available on Pro and Enterprise plans

You can configure different notification channels per monitor, so critical jobs can alert via SMS while routine tasks use email only.

Security is our top priority:

• ✓ HTTPS everywhere – all data in transit is encrypted with TLS 1.3
• ✓ Unique tokens – each monitor has a cryptographically random UUID that's virtually impossible to guess
• ✓ No sensitive data stored – we only store ping timestamps, not your cron job output or logs
• ✓ GDPR compliant – we're based in the EU and follow strict data protection regulations

Read our full security policy for more details.

Every paid plan comes with a 14-day free trial with full features:

• ✓ No credit card required to start
• ✓ Full access to all plan features during trial
• ✓ Automatic downgrade to free plan if you don't subscribe
• ✓ Your monitors and data are preserved after trial ends

Plus, the free forever plan with 3 monitors is always available – no trial, no expiration.