UptimeRobot alternative after their ToS changes

by andrew-jack on 10/11/2024, 9:06:17 AM with 6 comments
UptimeRobot no longer allows free monitoring for commercial projects, which is a major drawback for many users like myself.

I’m now searching for an alternative that offers a generous free plan.

After using UptimeRobot for about six years and being a big fan of their service, their recent pricing and terms of service changes, along with the plan restructuring, have unfortunately made it impractical for my needs.

Here’s a screenshot from their newsletter: https://x.com/AndrewDeJackson/status/1844665065267442142

  • by smelbe on 10/11/2024, 9:51:16 AM

    We switched to Pulsetic monitoring a year ago, and when UptimeRobot first changed their pricing and terms, we made the move. Here’s the comparison table: https://pulsetic.com/uptimerobot-alternative/ . So far, everything has been great.

  • by Heleana on 10/11/2024, 10:08:14 AM

    What kind of feature set do you need out of it? Are you opposed to spinning up an open source project?

    If you need something more custom like creating tickets in a bug tracker, it would be fairly trivial to trigger a script based off one of the notification options they have out of the box.

  • by Rudism on 10/11/2024, 12:58:44 PM

    For a few years I've been running a couple self-hosted instances of Uptime Kuma from two different locations (a Raspberry Pi at my house and on my VPS) which monitor a few things I care about plus each other, and haven't had any problems.

  • by arminsergiony on 10/11/2024, 9:38:16 AM

    In the last few years, they’ve made a ton of changes to their pricing and terms, and honestly, it’s been pretty frustrating for users.