What is Ping-Signal?
Ping-Signal is a "dead man's switch" monitoring service. It watches your scheduled tasks (cron jobs, backups) and alerts you the moment they go silent, long before your customers notice a problem. Setup in 60 seconds. Free plan available!
Problem
Users manually monitor cron jobs/background tasks, leading to unnoticed failures until customers are affected due to lack of real-time alerts and silent task failures.
Solution
A monitoring tool (dead man's switch) where users set up automated alerts for cron job failures, e.g., receiving Slack/email notifications if tasks miss their scheduled execution window.
Customers
DevOps engineers, system administrators, and developers managing scheduled tasks (backups, data syncs) in startups or SMEs.
Unique Features
Dead man's switch mechanism, 60-second setup, multi-channel alerts (Slack/Email), free tier, proactive failure detection before user impact.
User Comments
Saves time compared to manual monitoring
Easy integration with existing systems
Reliable instant alerts
Free plan is sufficient for small teams
Critical for preventing customer-facing outages
Traction
Launched on ProductHunt with 500+ upvotes
2k+ active users
Free plan adoption cited as key growth driver
Founder has 1.2k X followers
Market Size
The global DevOps market, including monitoring tools, is projected to reach $25 billion by 2027 (Grand View Research).
