Spectate
Spectate: A broad incident-management platform with free access and paid monitoring tiers. Ranked #14 of 48 in Uptime Monitoring Software by our editors (8.1/10); pricing: Free plan; best for teams focused on incident management.
At a glance
- Editor score8.1 / 10
- PricingFree plan
- Best forTeams focused on incident management
- Free planYes
- Paid from$12/mo
- Founded2016 · Bergschenhoek, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
- Facts checked22 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Free Hobby plan with monitors, a status page, and email alerts
- Incident timelines, merging, collaboration, and postmortems
- Voice, SMS, integrations, mobile apps, and AI-assisted incident features
Where it doesn't
- Escalation policies are marked as coming soon
- Core monitoring depth is less clearly established than incident coverage
- Published Pro user counts differ between pricing views
Our verdict on Spectate
Spectate is a cloud monitoring and incident-management platform from Realify for agencies, startups, SaaS teams, and independent developers. It covers websites, APIs, servers, domains, and performance metrics, then connects monitoring with alerting, incident timelines, collaboration, postmortems, and branded public status pages. Web, iOS, and Android access supports teams that need incident work beyond a desktop dashboard. Its positioning is especially relevant for teams focused on managing incidents and communicating service status.
The pricing structure starts with the free Hobby plan, which includes 5 monitors or servers, 1 status page, and email alerts. Solo costs $12 per month or $144 per year and adds 1 user, 15 monitors or servers, 1-minute checks, and 1 public status page. Pro costs $24 per month or $288 per year, with 5 users, 50 monitors or servers, 30-second checks, 2 public status pages, 25 Voice/SMS credits, and AI features. Scale costs $72 per month or $864 per year and includes unlimited users, 100 monitors or servers, unlimited public status pages, 100 Voice/SMS credits, and password-protected pages. Business costs $169 per month and raises capacity to 250 monitors or servers with unlimited Voice/SMS credits. The Pro user count appears differently across the published plan views, so buyers should review that tier carefully.
Spectate's strongest distinction is breadth: configurable alert policies and routing sit alongside Slack, Discord, Pushover, webhooks, Microsoft Teams, voice, and SMS alerts. Incident timelines, merging, postmortem publishing, AI-assisted analysis, automated status updates, custom domains, and team collaboration create a connected incident workflow. However, escalation policies are marked as coming soon, and the product's core monitoring depth is less clearly established than its incident-management coverage. Teams prioritizing incident coordination, postmortems, and status communication should consider Spectate; buyers seeking deeper standalone monitoring specialization may prefer a narrower alternative.
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Spectate fact sheet
| Free plan | Yes |
|---|---|
| Paid from | $12/mo |
| Monitor limit | Not verified |
| Check interval | Not verified |
| Monitoring locations | Not verified |
| SSL expiry alerts | Not verified |
| Keyword monitoring | Not verified |
| Server monitoring | Not verified |
| Alert channels | Not verified |
| Deployment | Cloud, Mobile |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android |
| Compliance & security | SSO/SAML |
| Support | Email, Docs |
| Built for | Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 9 integrations: Voice, SMS, Email, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord … |
| Pricing | Free plan (source) |
| Website | spectate.net |
| Facts checked | 22 Sep 2026 |
Spectate integrations
Spectate lists 9 integrations on its own site.
- Voice
- SMS
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
- Discord
- Pushover
- Telegram
- Webhooks
Alternatives to Spectate
- SolidPingBroad protocol coverage, status pages, and on-call tools, with hosted plans from €5 per month.9.4
- HyperpingBroad hosted checks and response workflows, with paid plans starting at $24 per month billed annually.9.3
- UptimiaBroad monitoring coverage with selectable global checkpoints and plans for different check volumes.9.2
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