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Vivere vs Healthchecks.io
Two cron-job monitors built on the same ping-URL idea. Healthchecks.io is open source with SMS and phone alerts; Vivere adds status pages, run logs, a wrapper CLI and a lower paid price.
Healthchecks.io is the reference point for cron monitoring: open source, generous, and run by one person for a decade. Vivere copies its best idea, the ping URL, and differs in what surrounds it.
| Vivere | Healthchecks.io | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 10 monitors, 5-minute minimum, email and webhook alerts | 20 checks, 100 log entries per check, most integrations |
| First paid plan | Pro: $9/month or $79/year, 100 monitors, 1-minute minimum | Business: $20/month or $192/year, 100 checks, 1,000 log entries |
| Larger plan | Team: $29/month, 500 monitors | Business Plus: $80/month, 1,000 checks |
| Cron expressions with timezone | Yes | Yes |
| Start / fail / exit-code / log pings | Yes | Yes |
| Run duration and output tail captured | Yes, via pings or the vivere run wrapper | Duration via /start; log body via /log |
| HTTP uptime checks | Yes | No |
| Public status page | Yes, all plans | No (badges only) |
| Chat alerts | Slack, Discord, Telegram, ntfy (paid), email and webhook (free) | Slack, Discord, Telegram, Matrix and many more |
| SMS, WhatsApp, phone | No | Yes, credits on Business plans |
| Self-hosting | No | Yes, BSD licence |
| Signed webhooks and JSON API | Yes | Yes |
Checked September 2026 against the public pricing page; prices and limits change, so confirm before deciding.
Choose Healthchecks.io if
- You want to self-host: it is BSD-licensed and runs anywhere Django does.
- You need SMS, WhatsApp or phone-call alerts, which its Business plans include as credits.
- Twenty free checks cover you and you never need a status page.
Choose Vivere if
- You want a public status page and badges without a second tool.
- You want run logs and durations captured by a wrapper (
vivere run) rather than only ping timestamps. - You monitor automations and agents, not just cron: the n8n, Make, Zapier, GitHub Actions and Claude Code guides are written for that.
- 100 monitors for $9 a month is the price you had in mind.
Moving over
Both products use the same pattern, so migration is replacing one URL with another: create the monitor in Vivere, copy its ping URL, and swap it into the crontab line, workflow step or script. Healthchecks.io's /start and /fail suffixes have direct equivalents; its /log suffix works the same way here.
Try Vivere free
Ten monitors, email and webhook alerts, a status page, no card. Create an account Read the quickstart
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