No. 6 of 55 ·Website Monitoring Software

Cronitor

Web · Linux · API · paid plans from $2/mo

Freedom report

Two barsScore 6.4

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely2 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Cronitor is ranked #6 of 55 in website monitoring software on Freedom251. It runs on API, Linux, Web. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $2/mo.

Cronitor plans and pricing

All plans

Hacker Free free forever 5 monitors · email and Slack alerts · 1 status page · 50 included subscribers · 5 minute fastest check frequency · no SMS alerts · no premium integrations cronitor.io · 4 Oct 2026

Business $2/mo $2/mo per monitor + $5/mo per user; billed monthly, no contract All 11 alert integrations · SMS and on-call alerts · 12 month data retention · unlimited API requests · SAML SSO +$5/mo per user · 30 second fastest check frequency cronitor.io · 4 Oct 2026

Enterprise $6,000/yr from $6,000/yr annual invoice billing Custom features · custom integrations · dedicated engineer · priority support · unlimited status pages · flexible invoice billing cronitor.io · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on website monitoring software

Free plan: Yes
Paid from: $2/mo
Check types: http
SSL monitoring: Yes
Latency monitoring: Yes
Page health checks: Yes
Status page: Yes
Maintenance windows: Yes
API access: Yes

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The record

Monitoring: Cronitor monitors cron jobs, background workers, scheduled agent tasks, websites, APIs, and heartbeats.
Job history: Job monitoring keeps the status, metrics, and output from every run to help investigate failures and delays.
Uptime checks: Website and API checks run from 12+ worldwide locations and can test availability, content, performance, and certificates.
Heartbeat monitoring: Heartbeats from agents, queues, devices, and other systems can trigger alerts when expected activity stops.
Status pages: Cronitor offers public or private status pages connected to its monitors.
Analytics: Its web analytics track traffic, errors, and performance using a lightweight cookie-free script.
Integrations: Listed alert integrations include Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Google Chat, Telegram, Lark, PagerDuty, Datadog On-Call, OpsGenie, Splunk On-Call, and webhooks.
Security feature: The pricing page lists SAML single sign-on and SCIM provisioning on Business and Enterprise plans, with SAML SSO priced at +$5/mo per user on Business.
Support: Business includes email and chat support, while Enterprise includes priority support and a dedicated engineer.
Who it serves: Cronitor says its monitoring tools are for developers who care about reliability and that it helps over 70,000 developers and thousands of teams.
Company history: Cronitor says it started in March 2014 after its founders encountered a silently failing cron job.
Free plan limits: The Hacker plan is described for homelabs and small projects and excludes SMS alerts and premium integrations.
Price from: $2/mo

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Website Monitoring Software in 2026#6 of 55

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Sources

cronitor.io· checked 4 Oct 2026
cronitor.io/docs/integrations· checked 4 Oct 2026
cronitor.io/pricing· checked 4 Oct 2026
cronitor.io/about· checked 4 Oct 2026