# CronMonitor

> CronMonitor is a cron job monitoring service that helps developers and DevOps teams ensure their scheduled tasks run on time and complete successfully. It provides instant alerts when cron jobs fail, run late, or don't run at all.

CronMonitor works on a simple "dead man's switch" principle: your cron jobs ping a unique URL when they run. If a ping doesn't arrive within the expected schedule, CronMonitor sends you an alert via email, Slack, Discord, or webhook.

## Key Features

- **Simple integration**: Just add a curl/wget call to the end of your cron job
- **Flexible scheduling**: Support for cron expressions and custom intervals
- **Multiple notification channels**: Email, Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, webhooks
- **Grace periods**: Configurable tolerance for timing variations
- **Team collaboration**: Invite team members to monitor jobs together
- **API access**: Full REST API for programmatic management
- **Dashboard**: Real-time overview of all your monitored jobs

## How It Works

1. Create a monitor in CronMonitor dashboard
2. Get your unique ping URL (e.g., `https://cronmonitor.app/ping/{TOKEN}`)
3. Add the ping to your cron job: `your-command && curl -fsS https://cronmonitor.app/ping/{TOKEN}`
4. CronMonitor tracks pings and alerts you if something goes wrong

## Use Cases

- Database backups
- Log rotation scripts
- Data synchronization jobs
- Report generation
- Email queue processing
- Cache warming
- Any scheduled task that must run reliably

## Documentation

- [Getting Started](https://cronmonitor.app/docs/getting-started): Quick setup guide
- [API Reference](https://cronmonitor.app/docs/api): REST API documentation
- [Integrations](https://cronmonitor.app/docs/integrations): Slack, Discord, Teams, webhooks
- [Best Practices](https://cronmonitor.app/docs/best-practices): Tips for effective monitoring

## Pricing

- [Pricing](https://cronmonitor.app/pricing): Free tier available, paid plans for teams and businesses

## Company

CronMonitor.app is built by an independent developer in Poland, focused on creating reliable, developer-friendly monitoring tools.

## Contact

- Website: https://cronmonitor.app
- Support: contact@cronmonitor.app