Cronitor is a full-featured monitoring platform. Gabe is a focused cron heartbeat monitor. Here's the comparison.
| Gabe | Cronitor | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Yes (3 monitors) | Yes (5 monitors) |
| Open source | Yes (MIT) | No |
| Self-hostable | Yes | No |
| Agent required | No | Optional (cronitor CLI) |
| Setup | One curl command | Account + dashboard config |
| Webhook alerts | Yes | Yes |
| SMS/Phone alerts | No | Yes |
| Dashboard | API only | Full web UI |
| Uptime monitoring | No (cron only) | Yes |
| CLI tool | Yes (npm) | Yes |
| GitHub Action | Yes | No |
| Paid plan | $4/mo (20 monitors) | $20/mo (unlimited) |
| Infrastructure | Cloudflare Workers | Proprietary cloud |
Gabe is for developers who want dead-simple cron monitoring without signing up for another SaaS platform. It's open source, self-hostable, and runs entirely on Cloudflare's free tier. No dashboard to check, no agent to install. Just a curl at the end of your crontab.
At $4/mo for 20 monitors vs Cronitor's $20/mo, it's also significantly cheaper if you only need heartbeat monitoring.
Cronitor is the better choice if you need uptime monitoring alongside cron monitoring, SMS/phone call alerts, a full web dashboard, or enterprise features like team management and audit logs.
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