Tallwatch

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Tallwatch: Broad cross-platform monitoring with a useful free tier and low-cost paid entry point. Ranked #11 of 27 in API Monitoring Tools by our editors (8.4/10); pricing: Free plan; best for cross-platform monitoring on a budget.

8.4/10★★★★☆Editor score

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At a glance

• Editor score
  8.4 / 10
• Pricing
  Free plan
• Best for
  Cross-platform monitoring on a budget
• Free plan
  Yes
• Paid from
  $11.99/mo
• Facts checked
  20 Sep 2026

• Where it wins

  • Free plan includes 10 monitors and a hosted status page
  • Multi-region checks with status, body, header, and latency assertions
  • REST API, CLI, MCP, on-call, and escalation features

• Where it doesn't

  • Free checks run every 60 seconds from 3 regions
  • Free plan limits history to 7 days and alerts to email and Slack
  • Advanced capacity and longer history require annual-billed paid plans

Our verdict on Tallwatch

Tallwatch monitors websites, APIs, hosts, and scheduled jobs from multiple regions. It suits developers, operations teams, and organizations that need uptime checks, API assertions, alert routing, on-call rotations, escalation policies, and hosted status pages. Coverage includes HTTP, keyword, ping, TCP, DNS, SSL, and heartbeat checks. Consensus-based incident detection opens incidents when multiple regions agree that a target is down, which is useful for reducing single-region judgments.

The Free plan supports 10 monitors, 60-second checks from 3 regions, 1 status page, email and Slack alerts, and 7 days of check history. Pro costs $11.99 per month when billed annually and raises capacity to 100 monitors, adds 30-second checks from all regions, 3 status pages, all 7 alert channels, 90 days of history, and programmable webhook payloads. Business costs $19.99 per month when billed annually and adds unlimited monitors, unlimited team members and status pages, 365 days of history, priority support, and cross-team rollup. The plan structure makes Tallwatch accessible for smaller monitoring needs while reserving scale and longer retention for paid tiers.

Platform coverage spans web, API, macOS, Linux, and Windows. Integrations include Email, Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, PagerDuty, signed webhooks, REST API, and MCP. Public or private hosted status pages support external communication, while maintenance windows, SSL monitoring, latency monitoring, and page health checks cover common operational requirements. Tallwatch is a strong fit when broad check types, multi-region coverage, and cross-platform access matter more than a narrowly focused API-only tool. Teams needing more than 10 monitors, faster checks, longer history, or broader alerting should plan for a paid tier; organizations wanting only a small free setup may find the Free plan sufficient.

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Tallwatch pricing

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Tallwatch integrations

Tallwatch lists 9 integrations on its own site.

• Email
• Slack
• Discord
• Microsoft Teams
• Telegram
• PagerDuty
• Signed webhooks
• REST API
• MCP

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