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LastPing vs ProcessSpy

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LastPing compared with ProcessSpy
DetailLastPing logo LastPingProcessSpy logo ProcessSpy
What it doesMonitoring for AI agents, cron jobs, and CI/CD pipelines that tracks started, progress, blocked and failed signals The native macOS alternative to Process Explorer with advanced process monitoring capabilities
StageGrowing Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inDE Not given
Pricing modelFree Freemium
PricingFree for individuals with no monitor cap. A paid team tier may come later with advance notice. Free version with core features; paid license $34.99 USD for lifetime updates and unlimited devices. Also available on Setapp for $14.99/year or $34.99 lifetime.
Key features
  • MCP server with 50 tools for AI agents to create their own monitors
  • Absence detection that opens incidents when expected signals never arrive
  • Heartbeat monitoring for cron jobs via HTTP ping
  • CI/CD pipeline monitoring via signed webhooks from GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Jenkins
  • HTTP uptime probing for status code, latency, and keyword checks
  • Nine alert destinations with routing matrix and flap damping
  • Public status pages with embeddable badges
  • Terraform provider for monitoring as code
  • Agent registry and fleet view showing monitor status
  • Output assertions catching successful runs that did nothing
  • Per-process CPU and memory history
  • Process tree visualization with XPC service linking
  • Real-time disk I/O and memory pressure monitoring
  • CPU QoS breakdown and memory footprint analysis
  • Menu bar dashboard for system health tracking
  • Multi-property and regex search
  • JavaScript-based advanced filters
  • Deep process inspection with signature and entitlements info
  • CSV export for historical data and reporting
What makes it different
  • No SDK, library, or YAML changes required; works with any language via HTTP requests
  • Durable deadlines that survive restarts and never miss a check-in
  • Free for individuals with no monitor cap, fully hosted with no infrastructure to manage
  • Built by a systems engineer with DevOps experience who understands silent failures
  • Visualize complex process hierarchies with automatic XPC service linking
  • Advanced JavaScript filtering and multi-property regex search
  • Historical performance tracking with peak and average metrics
  • Retains information about finished processes for later analysis
  • Fully private with no data collection or remote transmission
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)4 +3 (up) since last check44 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)725
Citation Flow (Majestic)2028
Referring domains (Majestic)48261

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