Silent Fail vs PulseWatch

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Silent Fail compared with PulseWatch
Detail	Silent Fail	PulseWatch
What it does	A dead-man's switch for n8n, Make and Zapier that alerts you when your workflows stop running	External monitoring for scheduled jobs and scripts
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	GB
Pricing model	Not given	Freemium
Pricing	Free plan: 3 monitors, no judged checks. Solo: $9/month for 25 monitors, 1,000 judged checks per month. Pro: $29/month for unlimited monitors, 1,000 judged checks per month included. Additional check packs available: $10 for 1,000 checks, $40 for 5,000 checks, $70 for 10,000 checks.	Free: $0/month for 2 monitors with 30-minute checks and 7-day run history. Solo: $7/month USD for 10 monitors with 10-minute checks. Indie: $19/month USD for unlimited monitors with 5-minute checks.
Key features	HTTP endpoint pings for deadline monitoring Supervision mode to verify work actually happened Python and TypeScript SDK for checking One alert per outage, one all-clear when recovered Native integrations for Zapier and n8n Drift detection for timing changes Works with any tool that makes HTTP requests No access needed to workflow data or credentials Health check endpoint to monitor the monitor itself Grace period to tolerate schedule variance	External monitoring with independent watchdog Email alerts on state changes Lightweight HTTP ping integration Run history display Automatic baseline establishment Grace period and maximum runtime configuration Suppression of flapping alerts Monitor naming and optional failure messages
What makes it different	Catches silent failures where automation reports success but work doesn't actually happen Deterministic checks approved by user, no model decides alerts Checks run inside your process, never sends your data One email per outage prevents alert fatigue No OAuth, no credentials stored, minimal data collection	No monitoring dependency - job continues if watchdog is down Catches jobs that never started Transition-based alerts reduce noise Evidence-first approach to failures No SDK required, uses standard library
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	Not checked yet no change since last check	Not checked yet −5 (down) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	4	2
Citation Flow (Majestic)	26	23
Referring domains (Majestic)	20	11

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