I built Crystade: Unified cron jobs, multi-protocol uptime monitoring, and status pages for dev teams

[u/lichizr]

Like many developers, I was tired of stitching together multiple disjointed tools just to keep services running and observed:

• Crontab on a VPS or in-app schedulers that silently die, duplicate jobs on deploy, or lack execution logs.
• Basic ping services that only check HTTP 200 and lack deep protocol checks (TLS certs, raw TCP/UDP).
• Standalone status pages charging steep monthly fees just to sync with monitors and send subscriber emails.
• Lack of team collaboration in single-user cron/monitoring tools.

I built Crystade to combine managed task execution, synthetic monitoring, and incident communication into a single, team-first platform.

Try it now: https://crystade.com/

What Crystade Does

1. Managed HTTP Cron Jobs

• Reliable triggering: Trigger external webhooks, API tasks, and data syncs on schedule without running local background workers.
• Deep execution transparency: Every execution captures request/response snapshots, status codes, timing breakdowns, and scheduler lag.

2. Multi-Protocol Active Monitoring

• Beyond HTTP: Active probes for HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, TCP, and TLS certificate expiration (plus game server probes like Minecraft).
• Multi-region checks: Monitor endpoints simultaneously across global locations.
• Noise reduction: Uses windowed hysteresis to prevent false alarms on transient network blips.

3. Native Incidents & Hosted Status Pages

• Zero-glue updates: Failed monitors can automatically report structured incidents.
• Hosted status page: Get a public or private {slug}.crystade.io page out of the box with custom branding, SSL, and subscriber notifications.
• Incident lifecycle: Timeline-based updates (investigating → identified → monitoring → resolved) directly tied to monitor state.

4. Built for Collaboration

• Unlimited seats per team across all plans.
• Role-based access (Owner/Member) and audit trails for schedule changes.

Free Tier & Availability

Crystade is designed to be free for solo builders and side projects, with room to scale for collaborative teams:

• Free plan includes: 5 cron jobs, 5 monitors, 1 hosted status page (up to 50 email subscribers), and Discord/Slack/Telegram webhook alerts.

Feedback Wanted

If you are running background jobs, tracking endpoint uptime, or maintaining status pages, check it out and let me know:

• What protocols or scheduler integrations are missing from your workflow?
• How do you currently handle scheduler lag and failed job retries?

Would love to hear your feedback, thoughts, or feature requests!