Get flat-rate pricing instead of per-user billing. CronAlert includes monitoring, alerting, incidents, and status pages for $5/month — and integrates with PagerDuty.
Side-by-side breakdown of what you get
| Feature | PagerDuty | CronAlert |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Limited free plan | 25 monitors free |
| Pricing model | Per user ($21/user/mo) | Flat rate ($5–$50/mo) |
| 5-person team cost | $105/mo | $20/mo (Team plan) |
| HTTP uptime monitoring | Basic (via integrations) | Core feature |
| Heartbeat / cron monitoring | Via heartbeat API | Yes |
| Status pages | Separate product (StatusPage.io) | Included on all plans |
| Incident management | Core feature (advanced) | Yes |
| On-call scheduling | Core feature | Not included |
| Slack alerts | Available | Free |
| Discord alerts | Not native | Free |
| SSL monitoring | Not included | Free |
| MCP server (AI-native) | No | Yes |
| PagerDuty integration | N/A | Pro+ (alert channel) |
Flat pricing vs per-user pricing — no surprises when your team grows
| Plan | PagerDuty | CronAlert |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Limited free plan | 25 monitors, 3-min interval |
| Solo user | $21/mo | $5/mo — 100 monitors |
| 5-person team | $105/mo | $20/mo — 500 monitors |
| 10-person team | $210/mo | $50/mo — unlimited monitors |
| Annual savings (5 users) | — | Save $1,020/year |
PagerDuty's per-user pricing adds up fast. CronAlert's flat rate means your bill stays the same whether you have 2 team members or 10.
PagerDuty is primarily an incident management platform. CronAlert is purpose-built for uptime monitoring with HTTP checks, SSL monitoring, keyword checks, and heartbeat monitoring.
PagerDuty sells status pages as a separate product (StatusPage.io). CronAlert includes status pages on every plan, even the free tier.
Use CronAlert for monitoring and route alerts to PagerDuty for on-call management. Best of both worlds without paying PagerDuty prices for basic monitoring.
CronAlert and PagerDuty complement each other — CronAlert handles uptime monitoring, PagerDuty handles on-call and escalation.
Your monitors start checking immediately. Failures route to PagerDuty for escalation.
Yes. CronAlert integrates with PagerDuty as an alert channel on Pro plans and above. Use CronAlert for uptime monitoring and route alerts to PagerDuty for on-call management and escalation.
No. CronAlert is focused on uptime monitoring, not on-call management. For on-call scheduling and escalation policies, use PagerDuty alongside CronAlert. They complement each other well.
Yes. CronAlert automatically creates incidents when monitors fail and resolves them on recovery. You get incident timelines, status page updates, and alerts via all configured channels including PagerDuty.
Yes. CronAlert offers a REST API on all plans (basic on free, full on paid) and an MCP server for AI-native monitoring management from Claude, Cursor, or any AI assistant.
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