Silent Fail
Dead-man's-switch monitoring for automation workflows — sends an email alert when your n8n, Make, or Zapier workflow stops pinging in, meaning it silently stopped running.
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Description
Automation tools like n8n or Zapier are great until a workflow silently breaks — no error, no crash, it just stops running, and you only find out days later when something downstream fails. Silent Fail catches that gap: your workflow pings it on a schedule, and if the ping doesn't arrive on time, you get an email.
Silent Fail is a dead-man's-switch monitoring service: each monitored workflow sends periodic HTTP pings, and Silent Fail tracks three states — Up, Down, and Awaiting first ping — with a configurable grace period so a slightly late run doesn't trigger a false alarm. It sends email alerts when a ping is missed and an all-clear notification when the workflow resumes, and includes a built-in health-check endpoint and webhook testing tool to verify setup before relying on it. It works with n8n, Make, and Zapier specifically, rather than being a generic uptime monitor.
💬 Our review
The short version: Silent Fail is a cheap, focused fix for a real blind spot in no-code automation — silent workflow failures — and its free tier makes it an easy first try before you decide if you need more.
Healthchecks.io pioneered this dead-man's-switch pattern and remains the most established option, with a mature free tier and broad ecosystem support beyond just automation platforms; Cronitor covers similar ground with more general cron/job monitoring. Silent Fail's pitch is narrower and more approachable: it's built specifically with n8n/Make/Zapier users in mind, rather than requiring you to adapt a general cron-monitoring tool to your workflow context. At $9/month for the Solo tier, it's priced to compete directly with Healthchecks.io's paid tiers rather than undercut them dramatically, so the real decision is fit — if you're already comfortable with Healthchecks.io's generic ping model, there's little reason to switch; if you want something that speaks n8n/Make/Zapier natively, Silent Fail's free tier costs nothing to try.
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Gratuit (fonctionnalités limitées), Solo $9/mois, Pro $29/mois
Pros
Pensé spécifiquement pour n8n, Make et Zapier
Période de grâce configurable pour éviter les fausses alertes
Notification de retour à la normale (all-clear)
Offre gratuite disponible pour tester
Cons
Alertes uniquement par email (pas de Slack/SMS mentionné)
Moins établi que Healthchecks.io sur le marché
Limité aux plateformes d'automatisation, pas un monitoring cron généraliste