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Should I use Healthchecks.io?

Get instant alerts when your cron jobs, background workers, scheduled tasks don't run on time. Monitor up to 20 cron jobs for free. - healthchecks.io

Worth it. Buy if you run cron jobs, backups, or scheduled workers and need alerts when they silently fail — it's cheap, open-source, and highly rated. Skip it if you want uptime, metrics, or server monitoring, or need SLA-backed enterprise support.

Confidence

High. Based on 14 public sources: review sites (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot), Reddit threads, comparison blogs, and vendor docs.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo direct support evidence in sources reviewed
  • Security posture

Pricing

Free

Hobbyist

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Business~$20/mo

Best for

  • Developers monitoring cron jobs
  • Backup and batch job alerting
  • Homelab and self-hosters
  • Solo SaaS founders

Not for

  • Teams needing uptime, SSL, or metrics monitoring
  • Buyers wanting SLA-backed vendor support (one-person company)
  • Non-technical teams; setup requires touching every job
  • Enterprises wanting a full observability platform

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Vendor is one person; support depth and longevity rest on a single maintainer

low

Free tier hard cap of 20 checks; teams with 50+ cron jobs pay

low

Paid plan listed around USD 20/mo; verify current pricing before committing

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free tier covers 20 cron job checks
  • Open-source (BSD-licensed) with self-hosting option
  • Cheaper than most alternatives at scale
  • 4.9/5 Capterra rating across 106 reviews
  • Official Slack integration listed on Slack Marketplace

Cons

  • Monitoring only — no uptime, SSL, or metrics; needs companion tools
  • One-person company with ~$234K revenue: continuity risk
  • Every monitored job needs manual ping-URL wiring
  • Self-hosted configuration docs carry explicit usage warnings

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/20/2026 - 10 sources - Open-source (BSD) with published security, privacy, and breach policies. No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x3review x5news x2

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • Free

    Starting price

  • 10

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Free tier, cheap paid plan, cheaper at scale
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Loved for simplicity; each job needs manual wiring
  • Feature depth: 3/5. Deliberately narrow: dead-man's-switch alerts only
  • Support quality. No direct support evidence in sources reviewed
  • Security posture: 3/5. Open-source, published policies; no public incidents found
  • 4.9/5 Capterra rating 106 reviews
  • Free Starting price 20 checks; paid ~$20/mo
  • Yes Free tier 20 monitored cron jobs
  • ~$234K Annual revenue Projected; one-person company

Pricing

Hobbyist

Free

  • 20 monitored checks
  • Basic failure alerts

Business

~$20/mo

  • Expanded check limits
  • Suited to teams with 50+ cron jobs

Security

Open-source (BSD) with published security, privacy, and breach policies.

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Users consistently praise it as simple, reliable cron monitoring; it's a homelab favorite alongside Uptime Kuma.

“Big fan of healthchecks.io.”
Reddit, r/homelab
“healthchecks.io and uptime kuma are my favorite pieces of software”
Reddit, r/homelab
“I really like healthchecks.io”
Reddit, r/selfhosted

Companies that use it

Full analysis

Based on 14 public sources: review sites (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot), Reddit threads, comparison blogs, and vendor docs.

Buy for cron and backup silent-failure alerts — cheap, open-source, loved. Wrong tool for uptime or server monitoring.

Methodology

Based on 14 public sources: review sites (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot), Reddit threads, comparison blogs, and vendor docs.

Sources

  1. Healthchecks.io Reviews - Trustpilottrustpilot.com
    review
  2. Healthchecks.io Cost & Reviews - Capterracapterra.com.au
    review
  3. Healthchecks Reviews - G2g2.com
    review
  4. healthchecks/healthchecks on GitHub (BSD)github.com
    official
  5. Plans and Pricing - Healthchecks.iohealthchecks.io
    official
  6. Best Healthchecks.io Alternatives in 2026 - Hyperpinghyperping.com
    review
  7. What One-person SaaS Healthchecks.io uses for hosting - Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.com
    news
  8. Healthchecks.io - Crunchbasecrunchbase.com
    news
  9. Healthchecks.io: Used by SSM to monitor processes (CERN)ssm.docs.cern.ch
    official
  10. Healthchecks.io Alternative with Uptime & SSL Built In - Foursightfoursight.cloud
    review

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