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About Watchgoose
What is Watchgoose?
Watchgoose is a cron job monitoring and heartbeat alerting tool. It watches your cron jobs, backups, queues, and scripts by expecting a ping (via HTTP or email) on a schedule. If a ping doesn't arrive within a grace period, Watchgoose alerts your team through 12+ channels including Slack, email, SMS, phone calls, and PagerDuty.
Problem it solves
Manual cron monitoring is error-prone. Watchgoose gives you real-time alerting when a job goes late or down, so you can fix issues before customers notice. It eliminates the guesswork of 'did it run?' and helps you sleep through the night.
Who it is for
Watchgoose is for developers, small teams, and freelancers who manage scheduled tasks and need reliable uptime—especially those running backups, data pipelines, or queue workers. It's not for teams wanting full infrastructure monitoring; it focuses specifically on heartbeat and cron checks.
Real use cases
Monitor backup jobs (e.g., nightly database backups), ensure queue workers are alive, track data syncs, and get alerted when any scheduled script fails to run. Use cron expressions, intervals, or calendar schedules, and set grace periods to absorb small delays.
Key features
- HTTP & email pings — Ping via URL or send email to a per-check address; both trigger the same alert flow.
- 12+ alert channels — Slack, email, SMS, phone, webhooks, Telegram, Discord, PagerDuty, and more—mix and match per check.
- Cron & calendar schedules — Use standard cron expressions, human-friendly intervals, or full calendar schedules with timezone support.
- Grace periods — Absorb jitter to avoid false alerts.
- Teams & projects — Group checks by service, invite teammates with role-based access, and keep projects separate.
- Live status & logs — Per-check status, last-ping timestamp, ping history with durations and exit codes; badges and JSON endpoints for dashboards.
- Project-scoped API — Automate check creation from CI, with read-only keys for dashboards and read-write keys for automation.
SaaSpartout Score
7.5
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Watchgoose Pricing
Watchgoose pricing: from €17/mo.
For comparison: the median starting price in Developer Tools is $19/month, measured across 301 tools we track. See the full SaaS Pricing Index →
Free Plan
€0 forever — 10 checks, unlimited projects, 1 user, 200 ping log entries. No card required.
Startup Plan
€17 per month (billed monthly, excludes VAT) — 100 checks, unlimited projects, 50 SMS / 20 phone calls, 1500 ping log entries. Free 14-day trial.
Business Plan
€73 per month (billed monthly, excludes VAT) — 1000 checks, unlimited projects, 500 SMS / 100 phone calls, 3000 ping log entries. Free 14-day trial.
Enterprise Plan
Custom pricing (contact sales) — 10000 checks, unlimited projects, 1000 SMS / 500 phone calls, 10000 ping log entries, dedicated support, invoiced billing.
All paid plans include HTTP pings, alert channels, project-scoped API access, and team access. Annual billing is 20% cheaper.
Frequently asked questions
Is Watchgoose free?
Yes, Watchgoose offers a free plan with 10 checks, unlimited projects, and 1 user. No credit card required.
How much does Watchgoose cost?
Watchgoose's paid plans start at €17 per month for the Startup plan (100 checks) and €73 per month for the Business plan (1000 checks). Enterprise is custom.
Does Watchgoose have a free trial?
Yes, new accounts can start a 14-day free trial of the Startup or Business plan without entering payment details.
Who is Watchgoose best for?
Watchgoose is best for developers and small teams who need reliable monitoring for cron jobs, backups, queues, and scripts—especially those who want alerting via multiple channels.
What are the top alternatives to Watchgoose?
Popular alternatives to Watchgoose include Cronitor, Healthchecks.io, and Dead Man's Snitch. Each offers similar heartbeat monitoring with varying features and pricing.
What is the key limitation of Watchgoose?
Watchgoose focuses solely on cron job and heartbeat monitoring; it does not provide broader infrastructure monitoring like CPU, memory, or disk usage. Free plan limited to 10 checks and 1 user.
