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Head-to-head · Status Tracking

UptimeRobot vs Uptime.com

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 3 checks side by side
Higher score UptimeRobot #2 in Status Tracking 9.1/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 2 features Visit UptimeRobot
Uptime.com #7 in Status Tracking 8.6/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 2 features Visit Uptime.com

UptimeRobot 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 scoreUptimeRobot · 9.1/10
  • Lowest starting priceUptime.com · $9/mo
  • Free planonly UptimeRobot

UptimeRobot scores higher on our rubric for status tracking: 9.1 against 8.6 out of 10; our editors rank them #2 and #7.

Uptime.com is cheaper to start at $9/mo against $12/mo.

UptimeRobot is the better fit for teams needing multi-type uptime checks and status pages. Uptime.com is the better fit for teams seeking low-cost, multi-protocol monitoring.

  • UptimeRobot fits best

    Teams needing multi-type uptime checks and status pages

  • Uptime.com fits best

    Teams seeking low-cost, multi-protocol monitoring

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Side by side

Feature UptimeRobot 9.1/10 Visit ↗ Uptime.com 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.1 8.6
Ranking #2 in Status Tracking #7 in Status Tracking
Best for Teams needing multi-type uptime checks and status pages Teams seeking low-cost, multi-protocol monitoring
Pricing model Free plan + paid Paid
Starting price $12/mo $9/mo (best)
Free plan ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud, Mobile Cloud
Platforms Web, iOS, Android Web
Integrations 12 integrations 10 integrations
Features UptimeRobot 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, SMS, voice call, email-to-SMS, mobile app push, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, Discord, Google Chat, Mattermost, PagerDuty, Splunk On-Call, Pushbullet, Pushover, Zapier, webhooks Email, SMS, mobile app push notifications, voice call, third-party integrations, webhooks
Monitor limit 10 Not checked yet
Check locations Not checked yet Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Free plan includes 50 monitors and basic status pages
  • Checks cover HTTP, APIs, DNS, SSL, ports, ping, and keywords
  • Alerts connect to chat tools, PagerDuty, Zapier, and webhooks
  • 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-plan checks run at five-minute intervals
  • Solo has 10 monitors, fewer than the Free plan's 50
  • Paid plans start at $12/month with annual billing
  • 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

UptimeRobot is a cloud-based service for monitoring websites, APIs, servers, network endpoints, ports, DNS records, SSL certificates, domains, and scheduled jobs. It suits teams that want uptime checks alongside alerting and status pages,…

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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. UptimeRobotStatus Tracking 9.1Free plan
  2. Uptime.comStatus Tracking 8.6Paid

Strengths and trade-offs

  • UptimeRobot — where it wins

    • Free plan includes 50 monitors and basic status pages
    • Checks cover HTTP, APIs, DNS, SSL, ports, ping, and keywords
    • Alerts connect to chat tools, PagerDuty, Zapier, and webhooks

    Where it doesn't

    • Free-plan checks run at five-minute intervals
    • Solo has 10 monitors, fewer than the Free plan's 50
    • Paid plans start at $12/month with annual billing

  • 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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