The Heroku Scheduler alternative for indie devs
Heroku Scheduler is Heroku's built-in job scheduler — zero-setup if you already live on Heroku. But tied to Heroku, only runs every 10 min / hourly / daily, and has no monitoring or alerting at all — if a job fails you simply will not know.
Cronmint gives you cron scheduling andheartbeat (missed-run) detection, with email + Slack alerts and a UI you'll actually enjoy — starting free, $9/mo for Pro.
| Cronmint | Heroku Scheduler | |
|---|---|---|
| Modern, fast UI | ||
| Heartbeat / missed-run detection | ||
| Slack alerts | ||
| Configurable retries | ||
| Free tier | 5 jobs | None |
| Paid starts at | $9/mo | Heroku add-on |
We try to keep this fair — Heroku Scheduler is a solid tool and zero-setup if you already live on Heroku. Cronmint is the better fit specifically for indie devs and small teams who want heartbeat detection and clean alerting without enterprise pricing.