# How can I monitor cron jobs for free?

> Have each run ping a check-in URL, and alert when a ping is late, missing or reports failure. Pagerless check-ins are free on its free plan: up to 200 jobs per app, cron or interval schedules in any time zone, with a message by default or a phone call for critical jobs.

URL: https://pagerless.dev/answers/monitor-cron-jobs-free
Updated: 2026-10-22

```bash
curl -X POST https://events.pagerless.dev/v1/checkins/nightly-backup -H "Authorization: Bearer $PAGERLESS_KEY"
```

More: [check-ins](https://pagerless.dev/docs/check-ins), [cron to check-in tool](https://pagerless.dev/tools/cron-check-in).

## Questions

### How can I monitor cron jobs for free?

Have each run ping a check-in URL, and alert when a ping is late, missing or reports failure. Pagerless check-ins are free on its free plan: up to 200 jobs per app, cron or interval schedules in any time zone, with a message by default or a phone call for critical jobs.