Built for teams that run jobs in the background

Know the moment backups or cron jobs stop checking in.

Create heartbeat URLs, track last pings, detect missed grace periods and generate client-facing backup proof.

No noisy infrastructure suite · Setup in 5 minutes

For teams that care about invisible work

Backups, scripts and scheduled tasks that must keep running.

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The problem

Background jobs fail quietly until the damage is visible.

A script stops pinging.

The backup misses a run.

No one notices until later.

CronBeacon tells you immediately.

How it works

Heartbeats and alerts without a heavy stack.

01

Create a heartbeat

Give each cron job or backup a simple check-in URL.

02

Watch the grace period

See when a task stops checking in before it becomes a problem.

03

Prove it is running

Share client-facing proof that important jobs are alive.

No missed pings. No guessing. No manual checking.

Features

Everything a heartbeat monitor should do.

Dead-man pings

Notice when a check-in is missing.

Grace periods

Tune each heartbeat per task.

Alerts

Know when something goes quiet.

Client proof

Show that backups are running.

Schedule summaries

Summarise what happened each day.

API keys

Keep integrations simple.

Pricing

Lightweight pricing for important background work.

Starter

EUR 12 / month

  • Dead-man pings
  • Grace periods
  • Alerts
  • Client proof
  • Schedule summaries
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Done-for-you setup

EUR 39 once

  • Create heartbeat URLs
  • Set alert rules
  • Brand proof reports
  • Ops handoff

For teams that want their checks online fast.

Final CTA

A background job should never fail silently.