Stoker monitors Windows services across all your machines and auto-restarts ones that hang, leak memory, or die, with a circuit breaker so repeated failures don't make a bad night worse. It's self-hosted with zero telemetry, works air-gapped, and licenses are verified offline so buying never ties your machines to someone else's cloud. The free tier protects one machine forever with the same automation as paid tiers; paid plans from $199 to $999 a year only add more machines, not more features — 'no feature gates.'
What holds up
- +First machine is free forever, with the same automation as paid tiers — no feature gates
- +Zero telemetry and works air-gapped — nothing phones home
- +Circuit breaker stops it from restarting a flapping service into a worse outage
- +30-day full trial on every install, plus a refund if you change your mind after buying
Mind the limits
- −Windows only — no Linux or macOS service monitoring
- −Paid tiers scale by machine count — $199/yr for 10 machines up to $999/yr unlimited
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