What Tablif read on LastPing's site
LastPing describes itself as: “LastPing Monitoring for AI agents, cron jobs and CI/CD”
- Price model: free tier
- Free tier: Free forever
- Stage: Live, no waitlist
- Alternative to: Healthchecks.io
- How it differs: “Most monitoring tools watch for things that happen. LastPing watches for things that stop happening”
What it is
Calls itself “dead-man's-switch monitoring”.
- Calls itself: dead-man's-switch monitoring
“LastPing is dead-man's-switch monitoring that makes sure your background processes are actually running.”
Where it puts itself
Positions itself as an alternative to Healthchecks.io. Rules out “no credit card”. Publishes a comparison page.
- Alternative to: Healthchecks.io
- Says it will not: no credit card
“Most monitoring tools watch for things that happen. LastPing watches for things that stop happening”
“How is LastPing different from Healthchecks.io?”
What it costs
A free tier, free forever. No monthly or yearly plan. No one-time option.
- One-time: no
- Monthly: no
- Yearly: no
- Free plan: free forever
“Free for individuals — no credit card, no trial clock.”
“A team tier may come later.”
Who it sells to
Sells to developers. Built for solo users. Made for SREs and developers.
- Sells to: developers
- Company size: solo / indie
- Made for: SREs · developers
“LastPing is a free, fully-hosted resilience tool for developers and SREs who are tired of finding out a cron job, backup, or CI pipeline died days ago.”
“Free for individuals — no credit card, no trial clock.”
How it runs
A command-line tool. Hosted in the cloud. Offers an API. Open source. AI is the core of the product.
- Kind: cli
- Runs where: cloud / hosted
- API: yes
- Open source: yes
- AI role: core to the product
“There's also an open-source Go CLI for wiring checks into scripts and pipelines in one line.”
“Free for individuals, and fully hosted.”
What it works with
Names Fly.io, GitHub Actions and 4 more on its pages.
- Names: Fly.io · GitHub Actions · GitLab CI · +3
“Fly.io Machines can run on a cron schedule using the --schedule flag”
“GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins, no curl step in every workflow”
What it offers as proof
Live, no waitlist. Try it without signing up. Publishes docs and a blog.
- Instant signup: yes
- Trial asks for: nothing
“Get started”
“No credit card required.”
Sources
Tablif read these pages, last on 10 Oct 2026. Everything above is what the product says about itself; Tablif does not verify every claim.
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