Introduction

Learn about Telemetry.host and how it helps you monitor cron jobs and scheduled tasks

What is Telemetry.host?

Telemetry.host is a comprehensive monitoring service designed specifically for cron jobs, scheduled tasks, and periodic processes. Unlike traditional uptime monitors that only detect when a service stops responding, Telemetry.host captures the full context of your task executions-including error logs, custom status codes, and execution metadata.

Key Features

Comprehensive Error Capture

  • Full error logs: Capture stdout/stderr from your scripts
  • Custom status codes: Send success, warning, or error states
  • Execution metadata: Track duration, file sizes, record counts, and more
  • Plain text support: Pipe command output directly to monitoring endpoints

Intelligent Failure Detection

  • AI-powered log analysis: Reduces false positives from technical output
  • Pattern recognition: Learns to distinguish real errors from metric names
  • Confidence scoring: Provides context for each detected failure
  • SMART disk monitoring: Specialized handling for disk health reports

Flexible Monitor Modes

  • Timeout mode (recommended): Simple timeout-based monitoring
  • Auto mode: Learns check-in patterns automatically
  • Frequency mode: Traditional expected frequency + grace period

Multi-Channel Notifications

  • Email, Discord, Slack, and 50+ channels via Apprise
  • Customizable notification templates
  • Per-monitor notification settings
  • Test notification functionality

Team Collaboration

  • Role-based access control (admin/editor/viewer)
  • Shared monitoring visibility
  • Team-wide projects and monitors
  • Audit trail for actions

Who Should Use Telemetry.host?

System Administrators

Monitor critical infrastructure tasks across multiple servers:

  • Database backups
  • Log rotation and cleanup
  • Security scans and updates
  • Disk health monitoring (SMART)

Developers

Track automated processes and deployments:

  • CI/CD pipeline health
  • Data processing jobs
  • Report generation
  • API health checks

SMB Owners

Ensure business-critical processes run reliably:

  • Daily backup verification
  • Email report delivery
  • Data synchronization
  • Service health monitoring

How It Works

  1. Create a monitor in the dashboard or via auto-provisioning URL
  2. Get your unique endpoint for the monitor
  3. Send check-ins from your cron job using curl or any HTTP client
  4. Receive alerts when something goes wrong or check-ins are missed

Comparison with Alternatives

FeatureTelemetry.hosthealthchecks.ioPingdomUptimeRobot
Error log capture✅❌❌❌
Custom status codes✅❌❌❌
AI failure detection✅❌❌❌
Auto-provisioning✅✅❌❌
Team collaboration✅✅✅✅
Free tier✅ (5 monitors)✅ (20 checks)❌✅ (50 monitors)

Pricing

Free Tier

  • 5 monitors
  • 7 days of log history
  • Email and Discord notifications
  • Basic dashboard

Professional ($19/month)

  • 50 monitors
  • 90 days of log history
  • All notification channels
  • Team collaboration (up to 5 members)
  • Advanced dashboard

Enterprise ($99/month)

  • Unlimited monitors
  • 1 year of log history
  • Unlimited team members
  • Priority support
  • Custom integrations

Next Steps

Ready to get started? Follow our Quickstart Guide to create your first monitor in 5 minutes.

Or learn more about core Concepts to understand how Telemetry.host works.