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UptimeRobot

Simple, inexpensive website and API uptime monitoring with a long-standing free plan.

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About UptimeRobot

UptimeRobot is one of the most widely used uptime checkers, mainly because its free plan has been generous for years. It pings websites, APIs, ports and servers, watches for keywords on pages, checks SSL certificates and domain expiry, and receives heartbeats from cron jobs, then alerts you by email, Slack, Discord, Telegram, SMS or webhooks when something goes down. Public status pages are included. The free plan checks every five minutes and is meant for hobby and non-profit use; paid plans shorten the interval to under a minute, add more monitor types, team seats and custom-domain status pages. It does not try to be an observability platform, so there are no logs, traces or on-call rotations beyond basic notification rules. It runs in the browser with iOS and Android apps.

Best for: Freelancers and small teams who want cheap, reliable uptime alerts and a status page.

Pros and cons

What works

  • Free plan with 50 monitors
  • Very quick to set up
  • Low prices on paid tiers

Why people leave

  • Free plan only checks every five minutes and is for non-commercial use
  • No on-call scheduling or incident management depth
  • Status page design options are basic

Top UptimeRobot alternatives

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  1. 1Uptime Kuma logo
    Uptime Kuma

    Self-hosted and free with 20-second checks and no monitor limits.

    66.5
  2. 2Better Stack logo
    Better Stack

    Adds on-call, phone alerts and logs on top of uptime checks.

    62.6
  3. 3Hyperping logo
    Hyperping

    Faster checks and nicer status pages for SaaS teams.

    59.6
  4. 4StatusCake logo
    StatusCake

    Similar free tier plus page speed and server monitoring.

    57.2
  5. 5Pingdom logo
    Pingdom

    Adds transaction checks and real user monitoring for business sites.

    55.3

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UptimeRobot: common questions

Is UptimeRobot free?

UptimeRobot has a free plan and paid plans. Free plan: 50 monitors (checked on UptimeRobot's own site).

Is UptimeRobot open source?

No, UptimeRobot is not open source. Open-source alternatives include Uptime Kuma.

What platforms does UptimeRobot run on?

UptimeRobot is available for Web, iOS and Android.

What are the best alternatives to UptimeRobot?

The highest-ranked UptimeRobot alternatives right now are Uptime Kuma, Better Stack and Hyperping. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.

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