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Get notified when a periodic task doesn't run

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Re: Get notified when a periodic task doesn't run

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Post by selectout »

barnaba wrote: post #2

$19/month for more than one task? That's fine for companies, but I'm not going to pay that much as an individual, who needs 3, maybe 5 tasks to track.

I agree with this. Awesome service that you probably could scale up with properly with larger corporations while keeping the smaller individual projects/startups that use 3-10 tasks at lower costs or even free.

I know I could use this for 3 things on my own, but would probably rather just build it myself than pay $19/month. (although that is definitely more than reasonable if I wasn't using this for just independent projects)

Re: Get notified when a periodic task doesn't run

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Post by wrath »

barnaba wrote: post #2

$19/month for more than one task? That's fine for companies, but I'm not going to pay that much as an individual, who needs 3, maybe 5 tasks to track.

Agreed. I don't think my company would use this at the moment until it's proven service that has a good track record and a SLA (what's your up-time guarantee?). That said, I'd use it for my personal projects but not for $19/month. I'd pay about $1/month per monitor.

Re: Get notified when a periodic task doesn't run

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Post by r38y »

metaobject wrote: post #3

And what service do I use to find out when this service doesn't run?

What are you currently using to make sure your periodic tasks run?

As far as making sure DMS runs, we use another third-party to make sure our checkers run. Contact support if you are interested in finding out more.

Re: Get notified when a periodic task doesn't run

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Post by guylhem »

To those complaining about the price - the level of technicality, like for MAILTO=user@domain.com in a crontab may not explain the price alone. Price != costs.

The right price is the price your target consumers are willing to pay. And if like another commenter you are doing to build it yourself instead of forking $19, you obviously are not the consumer. (and neither am I - I'll stick to cron :-) !)

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