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Head-to-head · Status Tracking

HetrixTools vs Uptime.com

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 3 checks side by side
Higher score HetrixTools #5 in Status Tracking 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 2 features Visit HetrixTools
Uptime.com #7 in Status Tracking 8.6/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 2 features Visit Uptime.com

HetrixTools leads on 0 checks, Uptime.com on 1, and 2 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 3 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreHetrixTools · 8.8/10
  • Lowest starting priceUptime.com · $9/mo
  • Free planonly HetrixTools

HetrixTools scores higher on our rubric for status tracking: 8.8 against 8.6 out of 10; our editors rank them #5 and #7.

Uptime.com is cheaper to start at $9/mo against $9.95/mo.

HetrixTools is the better fit for teams monitoring websites and server health on a budget. Uptime.com is the better fit for teams seeking low-cost, multi-protocol monitoring.

  • HetrixTools fits best

    Teams monitoring websites and server health on a budget

  • Uptime.com fits best

    Teams seeking low-cost, multi-protocol monitoring

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Side by side

Feature HetrixTools 8.8/10 Visit ↗ Uptime.com 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.8 8.6
Ranking #5 in Status Tracking #7 in Status Tracking
Best for Teams monitoring websites and server health on a budget Teams seeking low-cost, multi-protocol monitoring
Pricing model Free plan + paid Paid
Starting price $9.95/mo $9/mo (best)
Free plan ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud, Desktop Cloud
Platforms Web, Linux, Windows, macOS Web
Integrations 20 integrations 10 integrations
Features HetrixTools 0/2 · Uptime.com 0/2
Hosted status page Not checked yet Not checked yet
API monitoring Not checked yet Not checked yet
Specs
Minimum check interval 1 sec 1 sec
Alert channels Email, Phone call, SMS, Telegram, Pushbullet, Pushover, ntfy.sh, Slack, Discord, Mattermost, RocketChat, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, PagerDuty, Jira, Opsgenie, ilert, VictorOps, Zenduty, SIGNL4, Webhooks Email, SMS, mobile app push notifications, voice call, third-party integrations, webhooks
Monitor limit 30 Not checked yet
Check locations Not checked yet Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Free plan includes 15 uptime and 15 server monitors.
  • One-minute checks run from multiple monitoring locations.
  • Alerts reach email, SMS, Slack, PagerDuty and other channels.
  • Monitors websites, APIs, transactions, page speed, and network protocols
  • One-minute checks, SSL expiry alerts, and expected-string validation
  • Status pages, SLA reports, and integrations including Slack and PagerDuty
Cons
  • Free accounts require dashboard activity every 90 days.
  • Professional is limited to 30 uptime and 30 server monitors.
  • Its feature set is less extensive for synthetic transactions than some monitoring tools.
  • The $9/month offer does not show its check quota or location count
  • Monitoring breadth may exceed the needs of teams focused only on websites
  • Pricing details beyond the Website Monitoring offer are not presented
Our verdict

HetrixTools monitors website uptime, server health, and online infrastructure, making it a fit for webmasters, hosting providers, system administrators, and teams that need outage alerts and uptime reporting. Checks can run every minute…

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Uptime.com brings website, API, and infrastructure availability checks together for engineering, operations, and SRE teams. Its scope ranges from HTTP(S) checks to TCP and UDP ports, ping, DNS, SSH, FTP, SMTP, and IMAP. Checks can run at…

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  1. HetrixToolsStatus Tracking 8.8Free plan
  2. Uptime.comStatus Tracking 8.6Paid

Strengths and trade-offs

  • HetrixTools — where it wins

    • Free plan includes 15 uptime and 15 server monitors.
    • One-minute checks run from multiple monitoring locations.
    • Alerts reach email, SMS, Slack, PagerDuty and other channels.

    Where it doesn't

    • Free accounts require dashboard activity every 90 days.
    • Professional is limited to 30 uptime and 30 server monitors.
    • Its feature set is less extensive for synthetic transactions than some monitoring tools.

  • Uptime.com — where it wins

    • Monitors websites, APIs, transactions, page speed, and network protocols
    • One-minute checks, SSL expiry alerts, and expected-string validation
    • Status pages, SLA reports, and integrations including Slack and PagerDuty

    Where it doesn't

    • The $9/month offer does not show its check quota or location count
    • Monitoring breadth may exceed the needs of teams focused only on websites
    • Pricing details beyond the Website Monitoring offer are not presented

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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