DeadManPing
Ever had a cron job that ran successfully but didn't actually do what it was supposed to? Your backup script completes with exit code 0, but the file is empty. Your sync job finishes, but only 3 records got processed instead of 1000.
Cost / License
- Subscription
- Proprietary
Application types
EUPlatforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Features
- No Tracking
- Ad-free
- Dark Mode
- No Coding Required
- Website Monitoring
- Uptime Monitoring
- Cron Job Monitoring
- Task Scheduling
Tags
- scheduled-tasks
- cron-monitoring
- dead-man-switch
- monitoring-service
- webhook-monitoring
- cron
- DevOps
- cron-jobs
- Backup Monitoring
- Alerts
- Devops Tool
DeadManPing News & Activities
Recent activities
- BlackPearl02 updated DeadManPing
- BlackPearl02 added DeadManPing
- POX updated DeadManPing
BlackPearl02 added DeadManPing as alternative to Dead Man's Snitch, Healthchecks.io and CronSignal
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Proprietary and Commercial product.Pricing
Subscription ranging between $7 and $79 per month.Alternatives
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- English
What is DeadManPing?
Ever had a cron job that ran successfully but didn't actually do what it was supposed to? Your backup script completes with exit code 0, but the file is empty. Your sync job finishes, but only 3 records got processed instead of 1000. Traditional monitoring tools won't catch this - they only see that the job ran.
DeadManPing fixes that by monitoring what your jobs actually produce, not just whether they executed. You add one curl line at the end of your script with the results (file size, count, status, whatever matters), and it checks if those results make sense.
The best part? You don't change anything about how your cron works. No wrappers, no execution modifications, no migration. Just add the curl line and you're done. Works with bash, Python, Node.js, Ruby, PHP, Go - basically anything that can make an HTTP request.
If your job doesn't ping within the expected time window, or if the results don't match your validation rules, you get an alert via email, Slack, or Discord. Simple, effective, and it actually catches the failures that matter.