Yes, Watchgoose has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes access to 10 checks, 1 user included, and access to 200 ping log entries. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $2.00/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.
About
Watchgoose is a scheduled-job monitoring service for cron jobs, backups, queues, shell scripts, and systemd timers. It monitors jobs by receiving HTTP pings or email heartbeats and marks a check down when the expected success signal does not arrive by the configured schedule plus grace period, or when a failure is reported explicitly.
The free plan includes 10 checks, unlimited projects, 1 user, and 200 ping log entries. The pricing page also lists a 14-day Startup trial and a 14-day Business trial, both with no card required, but the perpetual free plan is the primary free offering.
- 10 checks on the free plan
- Unlimited projects
- 1 user included
- 200 ping log entries
- HTTP and email heartbeat pings
- Cron and calendar schedule support
- 12+ alert channels
Free Tier Value
This free tier is perpetual and does not require a credit card, but it is tightly capped: the included checks and log history are only a small slice of the cheapest paid plan. Compared with Startup at about $17/month, the free offering looks worth roughly $2/month, or around 12% of the paid tier’s value.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- Access to 10 checks
- Unlimited projects
- 1 user included
- Access to 200 ping log entries
See Watchgoose pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Startup
- checks
- 100
- ping log entries
- 1500
- Unlimited projects
- Team access
- Standard support
- 50 SMS / 20 phone calls
- 5% of profit donated to Open Source
Business
- checks
- 1000
- ping log entries
- 3000
- Unlimited projects
- Team access
- Priority support
- 500 SMS / 100 phone calls
- 5% of profit donated to Open Source
Enterprise
- checks
- 10000
- ping log entries
- 10000
- Unlimited projects
- Team access
- Dedicated support (email + Slack)
- Invoiced billing
- 5% of profit donated to Open Source
Pricing extracted from Watchgoose's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Watchgoose free forever?
Yes. Watchgoose has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does Watchgoose require a credit card?
No. You can start on Watchgoose's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed Watchgoose's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. Watchgoose's cheapest paid plan is Startup at $17 / month.
What is Watchgoose's free tier worth?
Watchgoose's free tier is worth about $2.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 47/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
