Dead Man's Snitch - Monitor Cron Jobs and Windows Scheduled Tasks with ease.

Thanks everyone! Last week we launched the ability to check-in your snitches via email (like the server success example). This is the result of more and more requests to trigger an alert when an email hasn’t sent when it should have. We’re excited to see all of the different use-cases (setup instructions are at http://blog.deadmanssnitch.com/p...). Questions and feedback welcome! Also, use promo code PRODHUNT this week for one month free when you sign up to any paid plan.

This is awesome. You can set cron jobs, daily backups, etc. to ping this service every time they successfully run. Then, you tell Dead Man's Snitch how often to expect a ping. If they ever don't receive one, they alert you. I always have the problem where if *I* get "successfully completed" emails, they just pile up over time and I ignore them... and then I don't notice when one day, I don't get one. This is a good way to check up on my many scheduled tasks.

I've used this for the past few months to monitor the cron job that backs up our database. Having a 3rd party verify that tasks complete is really important. If you're monitoring your own tasks, then the bug or network event that stops your task from running might also stop your alert from sending.

Love DMS! Great way to be notified if your crons don't run.

Upvoting this for two reasons: 1) it's useful, 2) the name is inspired. I've used http://www.vigil-app.com for site upness for a few years and love it.

I really like Dead Man's Snitch as a lightweight monitoring tool for the recurrent cron-jobs. It is reliable, smooth and lets you sleep well until the dead man trigger sends you an email that somethin is wrong. I can highly recommend this, not only for business but also for private projects.

Pros:

Clean, intuitive interface. Easy to use, yet powerful service

Cons:

No cons from my side, fully satisfied