Tickstem — cron jobs, uptime monitoring and heartbeat checks for Vercel apps - Showcase

Mike Tickstem · 2026-05-05 09:37:54.650795

Built this because Vercel's built-in cron is limited and there's no native way to know if your scheduled functions actually ran successfully Tickstem gives you: - **Reliable HTTP cron** --- schedule any endpoint, get execution history, retries, and email alerts on failure - **Uptime monitoring** --- HTTP checks on a schedule, alerts when your endpoint goes down - **Heartbeat monitoring** --- auto-generated ping URL; if your function doesn't check in on time, you get alerted All under one API key, free tier available. Works with any framework on Vercel. https://tickstem.dev

Update: Tickstem now includes status pages that auto-generate from your uptime monitors and heartbeat checks --- no manual "we're investigating" posts needed.

The page reflects your actual monitor state in real time. If your monitors are green, the page is green. If an endpoint goes down, the page updates automatically. You get a public URL at https://tickstem.dev/status/your-slug --- shareable with users, no separate service needed.

Works well alongside Vercel deployments: monitor your API routes, set up a heartbeat on your background jobs, and your status page stays current without any manual updates.

Free tier includes 5 monitors and a status page. https://tickstem.dev