Silent failures
Your cron fires, your script crashes, nobody notices. The DB backup that hasn't run in six weeks. The report that's been empty since the deploy.
exit 1 # ← zero alerts Currently in private beta
Cron jobs that
actually tell you when they fail
SteadyCron schedules, runs, and monitors your HTTP cron jobs in one place — with retries, timeouts, and alerts built in. No more silent failures. EU-hosted. Infra-as-code first.
*/15 * * * * every 15 min 0 9 * * 1-5 weekdays 09:00 30 4 1,15 * * 1st and 15th 0 */4 * * * every 4 hours The problem
System cron is a lie you've accepted
It fires and forgets. No retries. No timeouts. No audit log. No alerts when the script fails, times out, or stops running entirely.
No retries or timeouts
A transient network hiccup fails the job permanently. Or a job hangs indefinitely, eating a cron slot while the server memory climbs.
SIGKILL? never heard of it Awful cron syntax
Every team has a README with a legend for what `0 4 * * 1` means. Then someone edits it wrong and the job runs at 4 AM every minute.
0 4 * * 1 # ??? No audit trail
"Did the invoice job run last Tuesday?" You check the logs. There are no logs. `cron.log` was rotated six days ago.
grep -i invoice /var/log/cron.log The product
Two halves. One product.
Most tools do one or the other. SteadyCron does both — because execution and monitoring belong together.
HTTP Job Execution
We call your endpoint. You focus on the handler. Configure retries, timeouts, and headers per job. Every invocation is logged with the response status, body, and duration.
- Configurable retries with backoff
- Per-job timeout enforcement
- Full request + response logs
- Cron syntax with human preview
- YAML/CLI sync for IaC workflows
POST https://api.myapp.com/jobs/invoice-send
Heartbeat Monitoring
Your jobs ping us after completing. We watch the interval. If the ping goes missing — job hung, server rebooted, process crashed — you get alerted before users notice.
- Dead-man's switch for any cron or script
- Configurable grace period and alert delay
- Alert via email, Slack, or webhook
- Quiet hours + escalation (Team plan)
- Works from any language or shell
curl https://hb.steadycron.com/ping/{token}
Why SteadyCron
Built for engineers who care
EU-hosted, GDPR-native
Runs on Hetzner in Germany. Governed by German law. No US sub-processors for core execution.
Infra-as-code first
Define and sync all your jobs via a YAML manifest or our CLI. No click-ops, no drift between environments.
steadycron sync jobs.yaml Fair, linear EUR pricing
Three tiers. No per-execution fees that balloon with scale. Billed in EUR; no currency surprises.
Alerting that works
Email, Slack, and webhook alerts — with quiet hours, escalation policies, and per-job thresholds. You decide when to wake up.
Pricing
Simple, honest tiers
No per-execution fees. No hidden line items. Billed in EUR.
Free
€0
Kick the tyres.
Developer
€10 / mo
For one engineer who needs it to just work.
Team
€30 / mo
For a team that ships on schedule.
Ready to stop flying blind?
Start on the free tier. No credit card required. Private beta — request access below.