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Head-to-head · Status Tracking

Uptime Kuma vs Uptime.com

  • 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
Uptime.com #7 in Status Tracking 8.6/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 2 features Visit Uptime.com

Uptime Kuma leads on 0 checks, Uptime.com 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 planonly Uptime Kuma

Uptime Kuma scores higher on our rubric for status tracking: 9.0 against 8.6 out of 10; our editors rank them #3 and #7.

Uptime Kuma is the better fit for self-hosters wanting a widely adopted free monitor. Uptime.com is the better fit for teams seeking low-cost, multi-protocol monitoring.

  • Uptime Kuma fits best

    Self-hosters wanting a widely adopted free monitor

  • Uptime.com fits best

    Teams seeking low-cost, multi-protocol monitoring

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Side by side

Feature Uptime Kuma 9.0/10 Visit ↗ Uptime.com 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.0 8.6
Ranking #3 in Status Tracking #7 in Status Tracking
Best for Self-hosters wanting a widely adopted free monitor Teams seeking low-cost, multi-protocol monitoring
Pricing model Free Paid
Starting price Free plan $9/mo
Free plan ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud, Desktop, Self-hosted Cloud
Platforms Web, Windows, Linux Web
Integrations 8 integrations 10 integrations
Features Uptime Kuma 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 Not checked yet 1 sec
Alert channels Telegram, Discord, Gotify, Slack, Pushover, Email (SMTP), Apprise Email, SMS, mobile app push notifications, voice call, third-party integrations, webhooks
Monitor limit Not checked yet Not checked yet
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
  • 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
  • Requires self-hosted deployment rather than a turnkey SaaS service
  • Integration choices are comparatively focused
  • Monitoring intervals shorter than 20 seconds are not available
  • 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

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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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. Uptime KumaStatus Tracking 9.0Free plan
  2. Uptime.comStatus Tracking 8.6Paid

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

  • 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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