Looking for a Cronitor alternative?
Cronitor is a developer-favorite for cron job + uptime monitoring in one tool. SitePulse is narrower — HTTP uptime and a free public status page, no cron heartbeats. If you only need the uptime half, here's how they compare in 2026.
TL;DR
- Pick Cronitor if you need cron job heartbeats, page-speed monitoring, or the full Slack/PagerDuty integration ecosystem in one tool.
- Pick SitePulse if you only need HTTP uptime + status page, want a free status page on every plan, and prefer flat pricing without per-seat costs.
- Honest gaps in SitePulse vs Cronitor: no cron monitoring, no page-speed checks, no Slack webhook (yet), single-region probes.
Pricing comparison
SitePulse
- Free — 5 monitors · 5-min$0
- Pro — 25 monitors · 1-min · 90-day history$9 / mo
- Business — 150 monitors · 1-min · 1-yr history$29 / mo
Flat pricing. No per-seat. No add-ons.
Cronitor
- Free — 5 monitors · 1-min$0
- Starter — Includes status page$10 / mo
- Team — Higher quotas + seats$50+ / mo
Tiered by monitor count and seats. Pricing as of early 2026.
Feature-by-feature
Free plan monitors
Free plan check interval
Cheapest paid plan
1-minute checks
Public status page
Email alerts
Cron job / heartbeat monitoring
Slack / Discord webhooks
Page-speed / performance monitoring
Where probes run from
Check history retention
UI / DX
Pricing model
Best for
Cronitor pricing and features as of early 2026 — check their pricing page for the latest.
When Cronitor is the right call
- You need cron job / scheduled task heartbeat monitoring — your jobs ping Cronitor when they complete.
- You want page-speed / performance metrics alongside uptime.
- Slack, PagerDuty, or Opsgenie integration is critical.
- You want 1-minute checks on the free tier (Cronitor offers this; SitePulse Free is 5-minute).
- Multi-region probes matter to you.
When SitePulse is the right call
- You only need HTTP uptime, not cron heartbeats — pay for what you use.
- A free, public status page on every plan matters (Cronitor's status pages are paid-only).
- You prefer flat pricing — no per-seat, no surprise add-ons.
- You want a clean, modern UI you don't dread opening.
- Your audience is in Asia/Pacific and you want probes from Tokyo.
Try SitePulse free
5 monitors, 5-minute checks, email alerts, public status page — free forever. No credit card.
Frequently asked questions
Why would I switch from Cronitor to SitePulse?+
Two reasons. First, if you don't actually use Cronitor's cron/heartbeat features and just need HTTP uptime + a status page, you're paying for features you don't use. Second, SitePulse includes a public status page on the free plan — Cronitor's status pages are paid-tier only. If your cron monitoring is critical to you, stay on Cronitor; it's the better tool for that job.
Is SitePulse cheaper than Cronitor?+
Roughly comparable at the entry tier. SitePulse Pro is $9/mo for 25 monitors at 1-minute intervals. Cronitor Starter is $10/mo. The bigger difference is at higher tiers — SitePulse Business is $29/mo for 150 monitors, Cronitor's Team plans scale higher. SitePulse keeps it flat; Cronitor adds per-seat costs as your team grows.
Does SitePulse monitor cron jobs like Cronitor?+
No. SitePulse does HTTP/HTTPS endpoint monitoring only — it pings your URL and alerts on failures. Cronitor's signature feature is cron heartbeat monitoring — your cron jobs ping Cronitor when they finish, and Cronitor alerts you if a job is late or missing. If that's your primary need, Cronitor is the right tool. If you mostly need to know when your website or API goes down, SitePulse covers it.
Does SitePulse have a free public status page like Cronitor?+
Yes — and it's free on every plan, including the $0 Free tier. Cronitor offers status pages only on paid plans. If a public status page is part of why you're shopping, SitePulse gives it away free.
What's missing in SitePulse vs Cronitor today?+
Several things, mostly by design: (1) Cron job heartbeat monitoring; (2) Page-speed / performance monitoring; (3) Slack/PagerDuty/Opsgenie integrations (webhooks coming soon); (4) Multi-region probes (Tokyo only today). If those matter, Cronitor is the better choice.
Where do you run the checks from?+
Tokyo (ap-northeast-1). Multi-region voting is on the roadmap to suppress single-network false positives. Cronitor probes from multiple regions, which catches more types of regional outages.