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A Healthchecks.io alternative, when the job can spend

Healthchecks.io is a cron dead-man's switch. Nightshift is the same idea for agents and automations, plus an alert when a successful loop burns tokens, runs, or dollars. If you only need silence detection and SMS, Healthchecks is the broader tool.

Prices below are from https://healthchecks.io/pricing/, checked 2026-10-25. SIA Monkey See Monkey Do publishes them. They are not our prices.

Hobbyist

$0/month

20 jobs. 100 log entries per job.

Supporter

$5/month

20 jobs and 100 log entries per job. Same limits as Hobbyist. It is a way to pay for the free tier.

Business

$20/month

100 jobs. 1,000 log entries per job. 50 SMS and WhatsApp credits. 20 phone-call credits. Email support. $192/year ($16/month) if billed annually.

Business Plus

$80/month

1,000 jobs. 1,000 log entries per job. 500 SMS and WhatsApp credits. 100 phone-call credits. Priority email support. $768/year ($64/month) if billed annually.

  • The free Hobbyist plan covers more jobs than Nightshift Free (20 versus 3).
  • As of February 18, 2026, every Healthchecks plan allows unlimited team members.
  • Business is offered free for open-source projects and nonprofits if you contact them.
  • Healthchecks does not record token or dollar cost on a ping, and it does not alert on runaway spend.

Nightshift prices

Free is $0 for 3 monitors and email. Pro is $12/month for 25 monitors, chat alerts, and runaway limits. Team is $39/month for 100 monitors and 10 people. There is no SMS and no phone call.

Nightshift pricing