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Indie alternatives to Healthchecks

3 products made by independent developers and small teams that do what Healthchecks does, 3 of them with a free plan. Free and open-source options come first.

At a glance

ProductPriceOpen sourceSelf-hostPlatforms
Better StackFree plan––Web, API
CronitorFree plan––Web, API
HoneybadgerFree plan––Web, API

The alternatives

1. Better Stack

Uptime monitoring, incident management, logs and status pages

Better Stack combines uptime checks, on-call alerting, status pages, log management and dashboards in one service.

Free plan · Web, API · Website ↗

2. Cronitor

Monitoring for cron jobs, websites, APIs and status pages

Cronitor monitors cron jobs, background workers, websites and APIs, and alerts you when something breaks. It also offers hosted status pages.

Free plan · Web, API · Website ↗

3. Honeybadger

Error tracking, uptime and cron monitoring for developers

Honeybadger combines exception monitoring, uptime checks, cron monitoring and logging for web apps, with support for Ruby, JavaScript, Python, PHP, Elixir and more.

Free plan · Web, API · Website ↗

Questions

Is there a free alternative to Healthchecks?

Yes. 3 of the 3 indie alternatives listed here have a free plan or are free: Better Stack, Cronitor and Honeybadger.

What makes these alternatives to Healthchecks “indie”?

They are built by independent developers or small teams rather than large companies. Each one is listed because it does the same core job as Healthchecks.

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