What is Cron Guardian?
CronGuardian is a dead-simple cron job monitoring tool. Just ping your unique URL after each run — we track it and notify you by email if anything fails, runs late, or stops. No clutter. No config. Just clean, effective monitoring. Start free.
Problem
Users rely on manual monitoring or complex setups for cron jobs, facing issues with missed failures, late runs, and undetected downtimes due to human error or lack of automated alerts.
Solution
A cron job monitoring tool where users ping a unique URL after each job run. It automatically tracks execution and sends email alerts for failures, delays, or inactivity, requiring no configuration.
Customers
DevOps engineers, system administrators, and backend developers managing automated tasks on servers.
Unique Features
Zero-configuration setup, real-time email notifications for job failures/delays, and dead-simple integration via URL pings.
User Comments
Saves time vs manual checks
Immediate failure alerts
No learning curve
Reliable uptime tracking
Free tier is sufficient
Traction
Launched on ProductHunt, details unspecified. Comparable tools like Healthchecks.io report ~10k active users and $20k MRR.
Market Size
The DevOps tools market, a proxy for cron monitoring demand, is projected to reach $25.5 billion by 2028 (Grand View Research, 2023).
