Ship the automation.
We'll watch it.
When your automation stops, you should hear it first, not from your client.
No credit card required.
No brittle schedules. It learns your workflow's rhythm.
Most monitoring makes you hard-code a cron interval. watchflow learns when each workflow actually runs, and only alerts when a run that should have happened didn't.
- ✓Learns the rhythm — which weekdays a workflow runs and roughly what time of day, from its own past pings.
- ✓Knows the quiet days — weekends and off-days never trigger false alarms, because nothing was ever expected there.
- ✓Alerts only when it counts — on a normally-active day, if no heartbeat arrives by the usual time (plus a short grace period), the run is flagged as missed.
Native modules for the tools you already build in
Drop watchflow straight into n8n, Make.com, and Microsoft Power Automate. Drag & drop, or use the HTTP API from anything.
Never miss a failed n8n workflow
Monitor the workflows you built for clients, lead syncs to CRM, ETL pipelines, API integrations. Get instant Slack/Email alerts when a workflow fails, data stops flowing, or the hourly sync simply doesn't run.
You only wire watchflow into your n8n instance once, then drop a single node at the end of every workflow you want to watch. No polling, no extra infrastructure.
One Global Error Trigger workflow
Create a single workflow with n8n's native Error Trigger and connect it to a watchflow Report a failed run node. Set it as your instance's error workflow once, and every workflow that throws reports its failure automatically, no per-workflow wiring.
A heartbeat at the end of each workflow
Drop a Report a successful run node as the last step of any workflow you care about. It fires the heartbeat that proves the run actually finished, so watchflow can alert you when the next one doesn't arrive, even if n8n never threw an error.
Almost nothing to configure
Pick your credential, leave Workflow Monitoring selected, and you're done. Want richer monitors? Add optional Custom Properties, e.g. itemsProcessed = {{ $input.all().length }}, and they show up right on the monitor in watchflow.
No webhook URLs to copy, no payloads to hand-build.
It says active. It says success. It did nothing.
The worst outages aren't the loud ones. A workflow can quietly stop, or keep sending its heartbeat while it processes nothing, and nobody finds out until the client does. watchflow checks both: that the run happened, and that it actually moved data.
Heartbeat Monitoring
Live status, and the data each run actually moved
Total flows
8
Healthy
6
Missed
1
Pending
1
Salesforce → SAP sync
salesforce-sap-etl
Nightly invoice run
invoice-batch
Lead enrichment → CRM
lead-enrich-crm
Hourly SFTP export
sftp-export
Weekly report builder
weekly-report
Webhook → Slack notifier
slack-notifier
Every flow in one view, the real data each run moved, and the one that quietly stopped impossible to miss.
Built for people who build for others
You build the automation, but you answer to a client or a department for it. Watchflow gives you the proof that it's still running, without you having to check.
Group every workflow by client
Keep each client's automations in their own space. When something breaks, you know instantly whose workflow it is, and you can answer before they ask.
A status page you can hand to the client
Share a live health page that shows every workflow is running on time, proof it's still working, without screenshots or "let me check and get back to you."
Per-client grouping and shareable status pages are part of the Pro plan.
See plansProtect your most critical workflow free, forever.
Three heartbeats, silent-failure alerts, and native modules, at no cost, with no credit card. Upgrade the day your second money-maker goes live.
Start freeSimple, transparent pricing
Start free, forever. Upgrade when more than one critical workflow is on the line.
Protect your one money-maker.
- Silent-failure alerts
- Email + 1 alert channel
- Native modules for n8n, Make.com & Power Automate
For your second critical workflow and beyond.
- Everything in Free, plus:
- All alert channels (Slack, Teams, Webhook…)
- Custom data / payload tracking
- Grace periods
For builders who answer to clients.
- Everything in Starter, plus:
- Per-client grouping
- Shareable status page
For agencies running monitoring at scale.
- Everything in Pro, plus:
- White-label alerts & status pages
- Priority support
Save two months with annual billing. No credit card required to start.
From the Blog
Deep dives on Heartbeat Monitoring, workflow reliability, and practical integrations for n8n and Make.com.
“Scenario has been stopped”: Why Make.com Disables Your Scenario After 3 Errors, and How to Actually Find Out
Make.com disables your scenario after consecutive errors, and the one email it sends is easy to miss. Learn the mechanism, the failures Make.com never emails about, and how an external heartbeat (Dead Man’s Switch) with Slack/Teams alerts catches it first.
Beyond Uptime: How to Track Business Metrics Directly in Your Monitoring Dashboard
A 'Success' status doesn't guarantee business success. Learn how to track actual data payloads, prevent silent data loss, and gain operational intelligence with heartbeat monitoring and payload inspection.
The Missing Link in n8n: How to Monitor Self-Hosted Workflows
A technical guide to monitoring self-hosted n8n workflows. Learn how to detect silent failures and stalled automations using heartbeat monitoring as an external Dead Man’s Switch, with grace periods, payload inspection, and native n8n integration.
Cron vs. Webhooks vs. Event-Driven: Which One Is More Reliable?
A technical comparison of cron jobs, webhooks, and event-driven triggers. Learn the failure modes unique to each approach and when heartbeat monitoring is the right external safety net for your architecture.
10 Critical Cron Jobs You Should Be Monitoring Right Now
A practical checklist for DevOps and no-code teams. Use Heartbeat Monitoring (healthchecks) as a Dead Man’s Switch to catch silent failures, overdue runs, and validate outcomes with payload inspection.
Why Cron Jobs Fail Silently: Heartbeat Monitoring for Scheduled Tasks
Silent failures don’t throw errors, they just stop doing the work. Use Heartbeat Monitoring (healthchecks) as a Dead Man’s Switch to catch overdue jobs.
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Everything you need to know about monitoring your services with watchflow.
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