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fabPlane vs Nightshift Watchdog

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fabPlane compared with Nightshift Watchdog
DetailfabPlane logo fabPlane Nightshift Watchdog
What it doesDesign PCBs with an agent that works in KiCad Dead-man's switch for AI agents and automations
StageNot given Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inNot given US
Pricing modelFree Freemium
PricingNot given Free: 3 monitors, email alerts. Pro: $12/month with 25 monitors, Slack, Discord, Telegram alerts, and spend limits. Team: $39/month with 100 monitors, up to 10 people, same alerts and spend limits.
Key features
  • AI agent drafts schematics and board layouts based on text descriptions
  • Review changes as diffs before applying to your project
  • Works directly on KiCad .kicad_pro files with no conversion needed
  • Catalog of open hardware projects to explore and edit
  • Manufacturing checks and ordering integration
  • 3D board preview and visualization
  • Browser-based project exploration without desktop app
  • MCP server support for Claude Code and Codex
  • Autorouter and design rule checker integration
  • Cross-platform support for macOS, Windows and Linux
  • Monitors AI agents, n8n flows, Make scenarios, Zapier zaps, Claude Code hooks, GitHub Actions, and Vercel crons
  • Email alerts for silence and recovery on all plans
  • Slack, Discord, and Telegram alerts on Pro and Team plans
  • Runaway loop detection with spend limits
  • 14-day ping history and charts
  • Checks for missed pings every minute
  • Grace period configuration
  • Explicit failure pinging
  • Encrypted webhook URLs and bot tokens
  • Workspace collaboration on Team plan
What makes it different
  • AI agent works inside real KiCad, not screenshots, with every change reviewable as a diff
  • Completely free to download and use with no conversion or lock-in of your files
  • Catalog of open hardware designs ready to build or fork
  • Integrated manufacturing workflow from design review to order
  • Works with existing KiCad projects without requiring reimport
  • Hosted service with no installation or scheduler setup required
  • Alerts within about a minute of job failure
  • Detects silent failures that don't throw errors
  • Spending caps and baseline anomaly detection
  • Built specifically for unattended overnight jobs and AI automations
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)10 no change since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)00
Citation Flow (Majestic)210
Referring domains (Majestic)170

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