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Know when your project goes down

You built something real. Users are paying. Your side project deserves the same monitoring that production systems run on — and with 20 free monitors, you probably won't pay a cent.

The problem

A user DMs you on Twitter to say your site is down — you had no idea

Your SSL cert expired on a subdomain you forgot about and users see a browser warning

Your nightly cron job silently stopped running three weeks ago

You're on vacation when the server crashes and nobody notices for two days

How Vantaj helps

Zero false alarms

Vantaj checks from 10 regions. An alert fires only when multiple probes agree the target is down. No 3 AM pages for a network blip.

Status page included

A public status page goes live automatically. Give your users somewhere to check instead of flooding your inbox during an outage.

Cron job monitoring

Add one HTTP call to the end of your scheduled jobs. Vantaj alerts you when a job stops running on schedule — before your data goes stale.

SSL & domain expiry

Vantaj tracks expiry dates and alerts you 30 days out. Your users won't see a browser warning because you forgot to renew.

Slack, Discord, or email

Alerts go wherever you already pay attention — Slack, Discord, Telegram, email. Set up in under a minute.

20 monitors free

The free tier covers 20 monitors, a public status page, and 5-minute check intervals. No credit card. No trial period. No expiry.

01 - Add your URLs

Cover your key endpoints

Start with your homepage, login route, and API. Add your SSL certificate and domain to catch expiry before users do. Takes under two minutes.

02 - Enable the status page

Give users somewhere to look

Your public status page is live as soon as you add a monitor. Share the URL in your app footer or README. It absorbs a lot of "is it down?" messages.

03 - Connect Discord or Slack

Alerts reach you where you already are

Incidents post to your channel the moment they open. Recoveries post when the service comes back up. You stay informed without checking a dashboard.

04 - Heartbeat your cron jobs

Catch silent failures in background tasks

Paste one line at the end of each scheduled task. If it doesn't ping Vantaj on time, you get an alert. Works for any language, any host.

Set up in under a minute

Free for up to 20 monitors. No credit card required. No agents to install.

Start for free