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Cronitor

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description Cronitor Overview

Cronitor is an automated website performance monitoring tool that continuously tests websites from multiple global locations, tracking key metrics like load time and identifying potential issues affecting user experience without manual intervention.

help Cronitor FAQ

Can Cronitor detect that a cron job never started?

Yes, a job can send a heartbeat to Cronitor whenever it runs, and Cronitor alerts when an expected signal is late or missing. This covers silent scheduler failures that ordinary website uptime checks cannot see.

Does Cronitor only monitor cron jobs?

No, its products include cron-job monitoring, generic heartbeat monitoring, website uptime checks, real-user monitoring, and hosted status pages. A single account can therefore cover scheduled jobs and public web availability.

How is Cronitor different from Better Uptime or UptimeRobot?

All three can watch public endpoints, but Cronitor has a particularly strong workflow for scheduled jobs and background tasks. Its monitors can track whether a job started, completed, ran too long, or failed to check in.

Does a cron job need a Cronitor software agent?

Not always, because a script can call a unique Cronitor heartbeat URL with tools such as curl. Cronitor also provides CronitorCLI for wrapping jobs and sending richer execution information.

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