Yes, Dead Man's Snitch has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes 1 single solitary Snitch. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $2.00/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.
About
Dead Man's Snitch is a cron job monitoring service that checks whether scheduled tasks run on time. It provides a unique URL for each job, and the job is marked as monitored when the URL is requested by curl, a browser, or another HTTP client.
The service supports cron jobs, Heroku Scheduler, and other scheduled tasks. It alerts configured recipients when a job does not execute as expected, and the pricing page lists plans with 1, 3, 100, or 300 snitches, plus API access, Field Agent, team members, integrations, smart alerts, and error notices depending on plan.
- 1 free snitch on The Lone Snitch plan
- 3 snitches on the entry paid plan
- 100 snitches on the mid-tier plan
- 300 snitches on the top plan
- API access and Field Agent support
- Unlimited team members
- Integrations, smart alerts, and error notices
Free Tier Value
This free tier gives one solitary Snitch, while the cheapest paid plan starts at $5/month for 3 Snitches plus the same core API and alerting workflow. That makes the free offering worth about 40% of the starter plan’s capacity, so roughly $2/month; it appears perpetual and capped, and the page does not indicate that a credit card is required.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- 1 single solitary Snitch
See Dead Man's Snitch pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Little Birdy
- Snitches
- 3
- 3 Snitches
- Basic Intervals
- API
- Field Agent
- Unlimited Team Members
Private Eye
- Snitches
- 100
- 100 Snitches
- Enhanced Intervals
- API
- Field Agent
- Unlimited Team Members
- Integrations
Surveillance Van
- Snitches
- 300
- 300 Snitches
- Enhanced Intervals
- API
- Field Agent
- Unlimited Team Members
- Integrations
- Smart Alerts
- Error Notices
Pricing extracted from Dead Man's Snitch's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Dead Man's Snitch free forever?
Yes. Dead Man's Snitch has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does Dead Man's Snitch require a credit card?
No. You can start on Dead Man's Snitch's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed Dead Man's Snitch's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. Dead Man's Snitch's cheapest paid plan is Little Birdy at $5 / month.
What is Dead Man's Snitch's free tier worth?
Dead Man's Snitch's free tier is worth about $2.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 46/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
