Overview
Checks your sites from 60 locations and alerts you when something goes down. The alert sound is a rooster, and you cannot change it. We tried.
Dawn Patrol is part of our Coop Operations line, and it plays nicely with RollingRoost and Hatchery, so you can adopt it one perch at a time. Ship, monitor, and roll back with the discipline of a farmer who wakes before dawn.
Teams usually start with the free Chick plan, move to Hen when the flock grows past a handful, and graduate to Rooster once the security team wants audit logs. The upgrade is one click, and nobody needs to molt.
Key features
- On-call rotations that account for time zones, vacations, and molting seasons.
- Automatic rollback when error rates climb faster than a hen up a ramp.
- Dry-run mode that shows exactly what would happen without so much as ruffling a feather.
- Integrates with Slack, Teams, and the Gaggle messaging line.
- Post-incident reviews are blameless, because nobody blames a chicken for being afraid of a fox.
Specifications
| Deploy time (median) | 3 minutes (a careful hen) |
|---|---|
| Rollback time | Under 3 seconds |
| Integrations | 35 tools |
| Alert channels | Email, SMS, crow |
| SKU | PS-OPS-009 |
| Category | Coop Operations |
| Released | 2023-01-26 |
| Current version | 1.6.3 |
Plans
Chick
Free
For one hen and a dream.
- 1 seat
- Community support
- Core features
- Watermarked with a tiny egg
Hen
$12/mo
For flocks that lay every day.
- Up to 25 seats
- Email and chat support
- Everything in Chick
- Integrations with the flock
Rooster
$48/mo
For the whole barnyard.
- Unlimited seats
- 24/7 clucking support
- SSO and audit logs
- A named support goose
Quick start
$ cluck install dawn-patrol
$ cluck dawn-patrol init --coop us-east-1
✔ Dawn Patrol hatched in 3.8s
✔ Connected to coop us-east-1 (34 hens online)
Next: cluck dawn-patrol --helpNeed more? The cluck install reference covers flags, and the getting started guide covers everything else.
What the flock says
My team likes it. My rooster-in-chief likes it. The fox on the board remains unconvinced.
I have been pecking at software for 20 years and this is the first time it pecked back, helpfully.
It is, in the words of our CFO, "fine, actually good". We have it on tape.
Frequently asked questions
Does Dawn Patrol work with the rest of the Pollosoft flock?
Absolutely. Everything shares one identity (Cage-Free SSO), one billing account (BillOfLaying), and one deeply optimistic status page.
Where is my data stored?
In the coop you pick at sign-up. Data never leaves that region unless you tell it to. Chickens like to know where they live.
Can I try Dawn Patrol for free?
Yes. Every software product has a Chick plan that never expires, plus a 30-day trial of Hen, no credit card required. Just a firm, honest handshake with a wing.