Dotcom-Monitor review
Broad synthetic monitoring with a free tier and paid plans that scale by configuration.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Dotcom-Monitor is a cloud platform for monitoring website availability, APIs, web applications, network services, servers, ports, DNS, and SSL certificates. It is aimed at businesses, IT teams, developers, and DevOps organizations that need synthetic checks across different services, rather than teams looking only for a basic website ping. Its coverage includes REST, SOAP, and GraphQL APIs, browser-based checks, scripted transactions, and user journeys, alongside ICMP ping, traceroute, and TCP port monitoring. The company was founded in 1998, and the platform supports web, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, and API access.
Coverage and alerting are central strengths. Checks can validate page content and keywords, monitor certificate validity and expiration, and use configurable thresholds to trigger alerts. The platform offers monitoring from global locations, with plan details ranging from two locations on Free to 25 on Subscription and 30+ on Enterprise. Alert options include email, phone call, SMS, SNMP, webhooks, WhatsApp, Slack, PagerDuty, Microsoft Teams, AlertOps, Status.io, and ServiceNow. A mobile dashboard with push notifications supports incident response. Teams wanting browser journeys and API checks alongside network and infrastructure monitoring can consolidate a broad set of synthetic checks in one platform; organizations seeking only a narrow uptime check may not need that breadth.
The Free plan costs $0 per month and includes up to 25 targets, monitoring frequency up to every five minutes, two locations, email alerts, and seven-day data retention. Subscription starts at $13.33 per month, with pricing varying by platform, target count, and frequency; the plan comparison shows up to 100 targets, checks as frequent as every minute, 25 locations, private agents, and API configuration. Enterprise has custom pricing, unlimited targets, 30+ locations, SSO, MFA, and 24/7 priority support. A 30-day free trial is available. Dotcom-Monitor is a fit for teams that value breadth and configurable monitoring, while cost-sensitive teams should assess their needs against the free plan's frequency and location limits before choosing a paid configuration.
Dotcom-Monitor pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Monitors REST, SOAP, and GraphQL APIs, browser journeys, and scripted transactions
- Checks SSL/TLS certificates, page content, network services, and availability
- Offers alerts through channels including SMS, Slack, webhooks, and PagerDuty
- Where it doesn't
- The free plan checks at intervals of up to five minutes from two locations
- Subscription pricing varies by platform, target count, and monitoring frequency
- Enterprise pricing is custom, and its listed support is limited to Enterprise
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