by Albright Labs

Pulsey Blog

Comparisons, guides and product news from the Pulsey team.

September 27, 2026
How to Monitor Cron Jobs So You Know When One Stops Running

Cron jobs fail silently. Learn why, how the heartbeat pattern catches missed and failed runs, and how to add it to crontab and GitHub Actions in a few lines.
- cron monitoring
- heartbeat monitoring
- devops
- how-to
September 27, 2026
Introducing Pulsey: Uptime and Cron Monitoring for Small Teams

Pulsey checks your websites, APIs and cron jobs and alerts your team by email, Slack, SMS or PagerDuty when something breaks. 50 monitors free, no card.
- uptime monitoring
- cron monitoring
- announcement
- status pages
September 27, 2026
Pulsey vs UptimeRobot: Which Uptime Monitor Fits Your Team?

An honest comparison of Pulsey and UptimeRobot: free tiers, alert channels, status pages, cron heartbeats and pricing, plus where each one is the better pick.
- uptime monitoring
- comparison
- uptimerobot alternative