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The healthchecks.io alternative for automations you run without code.
Looking for a healthchecks.io alternative? healthchecks.io is a well-loved, open-source cron monitor for developers who work in curl and the command line. Checkilo is built for the automations you run on Zapier, Make, and n8n, with a native step and no code, and it watches whether each run actually did the work.
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The real difference
healthchecks.io watches the check-in. Checkilo watches the work inside the run.
healthchecks.io is an excellent open-source cron monitor: your job pings a URL, and if the ping is late or missing, it alerts. For a multi-step automation on Zapier, Make, or n8n, Checkilo goes inside the run, so you see which step stalled and whether a run that reported success actually did the work, and you connect it with a native step instead of curl.
Both catch this
It never ran
A trigger goes dead, a workflow is switched off, a token expires. No run starts, so the expected ping never arrives. Checkilo and healthchecks.io both raise the alarm on that silence.
Checkilo names the step
It stalled halfway
A run starts, clears a few steps, then stops at the CRM call. With a start ping, healthchecks.io can tell you a job began and never finished. Checkilo's checkpoint pings go further and name the exact step it stalled at, so you know where to look.
Checkilo sees more
It succeeded but moved nothing
The run finishes, reports success, and syncs zero orders. healthchecks.io can fail a check when a keyword you set appears in the output. Checkilo works at the value level, no code: define success as an order ID in the payload or a customer email, preview it against your last 50 runs, and a run that misses it raises an alert.
healthchecks.io is a genuinely great open-source cron monitor: a generous free tier, dozens of alert channels, and you can self-host it on your own servers. Checkilo is built for a different person: the non-technical operator running automations on no-code tools, who needs to see inside each run and connect it without touching curl.
Side by side
Checkilo vs healthchecks.io, honestly.
Where healthchecks.io leads, it gets the check, and on price, free-tier size, and open-source it genuinely leads. The rows that matter most are at the top: what each tool can actually see inside a run.
| Capability | Checkilo Free and Pro | healthchecks.io Open-source cron monitor |
|---|---|---|
| What each one sees A check-in is the floor. The difference is what else is visible. | ||
| Alerts when an expected run never arrives | Yes | Yes |
| Step-by-step run timeline that names the step it stalled at | Yes | No |
| Catches a run that reports success but processed nothing 1 | Yes | Keyword match |
| Define a real success without code, tested before it goes live | Yes | No |
| Built for Who each tool is designed around. | ||
| Primary home | Zapier, Make, n8n, any HTTP | Cron jobs, scripts, scheduled tasks |
| How you connect it | Native n8n node, plus Make and Zapier apps (in review), or any webhook | curl, HTTP, email, or webhook |
| Designed around | No-code automation operators | Developers and sysadmins |
| How alerts reach you Getting the right human's attention. | ||
| Alert channels on the free plan | All 7, incl. LINE and Teams | Two dozen, incl. PagerDuty and Signal |
| Native PagerDuty and Opsgenie on-call routing | Via webhook | Yes |
| Re-alerts until acknowledged, then escalates | Built in (Pro) | Via on-call tools |
| Open source and plans Where each one starts, not the whole story. | ||
| Open-source, self-hostable on your own servers | No | Yes |
| Free plan | 5 automations, no card | 20 checks, no card |
| Entry paid plan | $19/mo, 50 automations | $20/mo, 100 checks |
1 healthchecks.io can classify a ping as success or failure by matching keywords in the request body, configured per check by a developer. Checkilo Success Criteria is no-code and value-level: require a specific checkpoint or a value in the success payload, such as an order ID or a customer email, and it is tested against your last 50 runs before it goes live.
healthchecks.io plans and features are as listed on healthchecks.io in July 2026. Checkilo's Make and Zapier apps are published and awaiting each marketplace's review; the n8n node is verified.
Beyond the alarm
See it working. Know the moment it doesn't.
Catching a silent break is the start. Between the alerts, Checkilo also shows you your automations are healthy, so being sure is something you glance at, not something you chase.
See the work, not just the ping
Checkilo reads the numbers your automations already send on success, order totals or records synced, and shows them back, so you can spot one quietly sliding to zero while every run still reports success.
One incident, the whole story
When something does break, you get a single incident with the timeline from first failure to recovery, not a pile of repeat alerts, plus a back-to-normal notice when it fixes itself.
A weekly all-clear
Once a week, a plain-language summary that opens with the best news, every automation healthy and nothing needed you, then flags anything worth a second look. The only routine email Checkilo sends.
An honest recommendation
Pick the one that fits the job.
healthchecks.io is the better fit when
- You are a developer or sysadmin watching cron jobs, backups, or scripts, and you are comfortable pinging a URL from curl or the command line.
- You want an open-source monitor you can self-host on your own servers, or the most generous free tier for watching many simple jobs.
- You want dozens of alert channels, native PagerDuty or Opsgenie routing, or exit-code and log capture from shell scripts.
Checkilo is the better fit when
- Your automations run on Zapier, Make, or n8n, and a silent failure quietly costs you orders, support, or reporting.
- You need to know which step failed, and whether a run that reported success actually did the work, not just that a job checked in.
- You would rather drop in a native step than write a curl command, and want alerts in Slack, LINE, Teams, and four more channels free.
See inside your automations. Free for the first 5.
No card to start. Add a native step or paste one ping URL, and Checkilo starts watching every checkpoint.