Healthchecks

What it is for

Healthchecks is a hosted Checks desk: you open Checks and read period/grace plus last ping on each cron heartbeat, and Hobbyist is $0. Use it when the job is a cron ping list you start at a public $, not when you need a Playwright browser check.

Soft-note: Hobbyist Free $0 + paid Supporter / Business. You can also self-host the OSS. Distinct from Better Stack, Checkly, OpenStatus, and OneUptime.

What makes it unique: the cover is Healthchecks’ official Checks table (Demo Project, tabs Checks / Integrations / Badges / Settings, tags db-backups / prod / sandbox / worker, rows /opt backups / Product Sync / DB Backup / Weekly Reports / Clean Uploads, columns Name / UUID / Integrations / Period Grace / Last ping) from my_checks.png — not a pricing icon. The Product Sync row itself is ops of Checks.

Key features

• Checks table — Name / UUID / Integrations / Period Grace / Last ping (cover still; docs). One desk. Cover Product Sync / /opt backups sit here.
• Project chrome — Demo Project plus Checks / Integrations / Badges / Settings (cover). A project, not a Hobbyist tile.
• Tags — db-backups / prod / sandbox / worker (cover). A tag, not a $5 meter.
• Period / Grace — the schedule columns (12 hours / 15 minutes on /opt backups) (cover; period_grace still). A period, not Filter.
• Last ping — 2 months, 1 week ago / 5 minutes ago (cover). A ping, not a Business tile.
• Check details — ping URL / event log on the selected check (check_details still Product Sync). A detail desk, not Add Check.

Filter by check name / Add Check on the cover are CTAs (not desks). Hobbyist / Supporter / Business tiles stay in Pricing.

Who it's for

Best fit: operators who will stay on Hobbyist at $0 while they add a first Product Sync check, then Supporter at $5 (same limits, support the project) or Business at $20 — not Business Plus $80 unless they need that printed tier.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from healthchecks.io/pricing. Soft-note: Hobbyist $0 + paid.

• Hobbyist — $0.
• Supporter — $5/month. Same limits as Hobbyist; supports the project.
• Business — $20/month, or $192/year ($16/month).
• Business Plus — $80/month, or $768/year ($64/month).
• Self-host — $0 via github.com/healthchecks/healthchecks. Not a Cloud invent.

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Limitations / costs

• Hobbyist is the free hosted tile. Higher limits print on Business $20.
• A heartbeat Checks desk, not Checkly’s browser check. For that runner see Checkly.
• Self-host is $0, not a second hosted SKU.

Alternatives

• Better Stack — heartbeats on Free $0 / 10 when you want Structure + logs, not Product Sync.
• OneUptime — Cloud Free $0 / self-host $0 when you want a broader uptime desk.
• OpenStatus — Hobby $0 when you want a public status page, not Period / Grace.

Official tutorial

Official healthchecks handle exists. Videos we oEmbedded (Mole screening via tesco, COG vo&music) are not product how-tos. We do not embed them as officialVideo. Do not claim “no official YouTube”: the live handle is @healthchecks.

Written path: healthchecks.io/pricing plus my_checks.png.

Website

https://healthchecks.io/

Repository

https://github.com/healthchecks/healthchecks

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is Healthchecks’ official my_checks.png (Demo Project Checks table + /opt backups / Product Sync). Dollars checked on healthchecks.io/pricing (Hobbyist $0; Supporter $5; Business $20 / $192 yr; Business Plus $80 / $768 yr). YouTube: @healthchecks linked; non-product films not embedded.

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.