Never Miss a Cron Job Again.

ScrapX heartbeat monitoring tracks every scheduled task and alerts you the moment something goes wrong.

Cron monitoring dashboard screenshot

Why Heartbeat Monitoring Matters

24 h
Maximum interval between two heartbeats
09:00 CET
Daily alert email sent at 9 AM
90 %
Less unplanned downtime reported by ScrapX customers

How ScrapX Keeps Your Tasks on Track

ScrapX heartbeat monitoring gives you daily visibility into scheduled tasks — no complex setup, no data overload.

Missed backups that nobody notice until it’s too late.
Crontab typos that silently break business‑critical tasks.
Nightly scripts failing with no visibility.
Manual log checks eating up engineering hours.

Key Capabilities
Daily Failure Digest
One email at 09:00 CET summarises all missed heartbeats.
Slack & Webhook Alerts
Instant pings to your incident channel when something goes wrong.
One‑Line Setup
Just add curl …/ping/<id> to your cron job.
Step‑by‑Step Guide
Get started in under 3 minutes with our blog tutorial.
Read tutorial →

Important: Every cron job must hit its ScrapX ping URL at least once every 24 hours. A missed ping immediately triggers an alert—keeping you informed before issues escalate.

Cron feature screenshot

5 out of 5 stars

“ScrapX caught a failed database backup within minutes and saved us hours of potential recovery work. It’s now a critical part of our deployment pipeline.”

Jonas K
DevOps Engineer

Ready to prevent silent failures?

Start monitoring your cron jobs in under 2 minutes — free for 30 days, no credit card required.