Honest, side-by-side comparisons with the most popular uptime monitoring services.
| Feature | UptimeWiz | UptimeRobot | Pingdom | Better Uptime | StatusCake |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $5/mo | $7/mo (paid) | $10/mo | $20/mo | Free / paid |
| Monitors (base plan) | 50 | 50 (free) | 10 | 10 | 10 free |
| Check interval | 5 min (free) / 1 min (paid) | 5 min (free) | 1 min | 3 min | 5 min |
| Monitoring regions | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1-2 | 1 |
| False positive protection | Multi-region consensus | Limited | Limited | Limited | Limited |
| Email alerts | |||||
| Slack alerts | Paid | Paid | Paid | ||
| Discord alerts | |||||
| Public status pages | Paid | Paid | |||
| HTTP monitoring | |||||
| Port monitoring | Paid | Paid | Paid | ||
| Open pricing | Opaque | Opaque | Opaque | Opaque |
Competitor data based on publicly available pricing pages. Last updated April 2025.
Popular free tier, but limited check intervals and single-region monitoring.
UptimeWiz checks every minute from 3 global regions — you detect outages 5x faster with zero false positives.
Enterprise monitoring tool with an enterprise price tag.
UptimeWiz gives you 50 monitors with 3-region checks at $5/mo. That's 5x more monitors for half the price.
Well-designed product, but expensive for the features offered.
For $5/mo, UptimeWiz provides 50 monitors with 1-minute checks — at 4x lower cost per monitor.
Generous free tier but slow check intervals on free plan.
UptimeWiz includes Slack, Discord, status pages, and 3-region monitoring from $5/mo — no gatekeeping.
10 monitors free forever. No credit card. Cancel paid plans anytime.
Invite only — coming soon