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Head-to-head · Status Tracking

Uptime Kuma vs HetrixTools

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 1 check side by side
Higher score Uptime Kuma #3 in Status Tracking 9.0/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 2 features Visit Uptime Kuma
HetrixTools #5 in Status Tracking 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 2 features Visit HetrixTools

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

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreUptime Kuma · 9.0/10
  • Free planboth

Uptime Kuma scores higher on our rubric for status tracking: 9.0 against 8.8 out of 10; our editors rank them #3 and #5.

Uptime Kuma is the better fit for self-hosters wanting a widely adopted free monitor. HetrixTools is the better fit for teams monitoring websites and server health on a budget.

  • Uptime Kuma fits best

    Self-hosters wanting a widely adopted free monitor

  • HetrixTools fits best

    Teams monitoring websites and server health on a budget

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Side by side

Feature Uptime Kuma 9.0/10 Visit ↗ HetrixTools 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.0 8.8
Ranking #3 in Status Tracking #5 in Status Tracking
Best for Self-hosters wanting a widely adopted free monitor Teams monitoring websites and server health on a budget
Pricing model Free Free plan + paid
Starting price Free plan $9.95/mo
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud, Desktop, Self-hosted Cloud, Desktop
Platforms Web, Windows, Linux Web, Linux, Windows, macOS
Integrations 8 integrations 20 integrations
Features Uptime Kuma 0/2 · HetrixTools 0/2
Hosted status page Not checked yet Not checked yet
API monitoring Not checked yet Not checked yet
Specs
Minimum check interval Not checked yet 1 sec
Alert channels Telegram, Discord, Gotify, Slack, Pushover, Email (SMTP), Apprise 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
Monitor limit Not checked yet 30
Check locations Not checked yet Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Monitors HTTP(S), TCP, DNS, Ping, Docker, and other endpoint types
  • 20-second monitoring intervals and certificate-expiry notifications
  • Status pages, response-time charts, and multiple alert integrations
  • 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.
Cons
  • Requires self-hosted deployment rather than a turnkey SaaS service
  • Integration choices are comparatively focused
  • Monitoring intervals shorter than 20 seconds are not available
  • 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.
Our verdict

Uptime Kuma is an open-source monitoring tool for websites, network services, and infrastructure. It is aimed at people who want to run their own monitor on Linux or Windows, including through Docker, rather than subscribe to a hosted…

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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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  1. Uptime KumaStatus Tracking 9.0Free plan
  2. HetrixToolsStatus Tracking 8.8Free plan

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Uptime Kuma — where it wins

    • Monitors HTTP(S), TCP, DNS, Ping, Docker, and other endpoint types
    • 20-second monitoring intervals and certificate-expiry notifications
    • Status pages, response-time charts, and multiple alert integrations

    Where it doesn't

    • Requires self-hosted deployment rather than a turnkey SaaS service
    • Integration choices are comparatively focused
    • Monitoring intervals shorter than 20 seconds are not available

  • 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.

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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