UptimeRobot
Free real-time monitoring for 50 sites every 5 minutes. Custom alerts through email, SMS, calls, and apps like Slack, PagerDuty, and more. Use status pages and mobile apps for easy management.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Proprietary
Application types
EUPlatforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Features
- Uptime Monitoring
- Website Monitoring
- User Profiles with Location
- Event tree analysis
- SMS Reminders
- Support for Let's Encrypt
UptimeRobot News & Activities
Recent News
- Fla published news article about UptimeRobot
UptimeRobot launches DNS Monitoring for real-time domain record alertsUptimeRobot has launched DNS Monitoring, enabling users to receive real-time alerts on domain DNS r...
- POX published news article about UptimeRobot
UptimeRobot introduces Monitor Wizard for automated and comprehensive website monitoringUptimeRobot, a leading uptime monitoring service, has introduced a new feature named Monitor Wizard...
Recent activities
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What is UptimeRobot?
UptimeRobot is a monitoring tool that offers up to 50 monitors with 5-minute interval checks at no cost. The tool allows you to establish various types of monitors including HTTPS, ping, port, keyword, and background job monitors.
Notifications from UptimeRobot can be received through a variety of channels. These include e-mail, SMS, phone calls, and push notifications. In addition, it integrates with various third-party apps such as PagerDuty, Slack, Twitter, Microsoft Teams, Zapier, Splunk On-Call, Telegram, Webhooks, Pushbullet, Pushover, and Google Chat. There is also a mobile app available for iOS and Android devices for real-time monitoring on the go.
UptimeRobot also offers the capability to generate a custom status page to display your system's uptime. This feature allows you to add announcements or send them via email to your subscribers. For users seeking more advanced features, the Pro Plan provides SSL expiration monitoring and advanced notification settings.
UptimeRobot information
Developed by
itrinity, s.r.o. Licensing
Proprietary and Freemium product.Pricing
Subscription ranging between $7 and $64 per month + free version with limited functionality.Rating
Average rating of 3.7Alternatives
227 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
Just begun using this, however I like it so far. It is best only for very simple uptime, and ping knowledge of public websites. Not much else.
Compared to: I also compared Pingdom, Port Monitor, New Relic, Zabbix, Splunk The first two had weak free models - 15 days or not frequent enough monitor intervals. The latter three are overly complex for my needs and Zabbix/Splunk have to be installed on a server you own. Splunk did have a cloud version but the signup was complex and I stopped. New Relic had a 15 day trial and their free version (carefully hidden) only allows on website monitor.
What is the name of the tool? I also use a free tool
Anturis which is a cloud-based tool with troubleshooting, 5 monitors, 1 min polling time,sms and email alerts as well as phone alerts. I think that this is a nice option for small companies especially.
[Edited by Venom88, November 12]
uptimerobot; I think it allows you unlimited or many monitors vs 5 (that you mentioned) I have now used this successfully for 6 months on a live business website. It works great and flawless. Instant notification of downtimes on half a dozen occasions.
If you are looking for a free option uptimerobot is a good start. I have tried pingdom's free option too. Random location (which leads to confusing latency numbers) as well as a their 5 minute monitoring interval makes uptime robot a better option.
They broke it. Monitors are frequently not working, reporting state 30-40 minutes late, or not at all. I have 2 accounts and 1 account may report correctly while the second doesn't - it's just unusable. Support say: “this is normal”.
Right now, I have a monitor that should be up, but isn’t. Their solution? - Reset the stats and lost 3 years of history because it is "stucked in cache". Disgraceful.
No solution and refund from their team.
I have used this service for years with the free plan, to monitor the down times of small personal projects and the websites I develop. In May 2024 I notice that I no longer receive down notifications via their Telegram bot, as was the case until the previous month. I then read on their site that the notification functionality on Telegram has been made exclusive to paid plans. I open a live chat with support, I ask when this change was implemented and why I have not received any communication about it, other than an email in which I was notified of the change in username of their Telegram bot: I am told that the change dates back to around a year ago and that communication was sent via email. After having pointed out to him that what was said contrasts with what I reported, I ask, as compensation for the lack of communication, that the notification functionality via Telegram still be enabled while maintaining my free plan, or that I be offered a discount for one of the paid plans. I am offered a 30% coupon for an annual plan, which on the minimum plan would have made me spend around €126, €130 if paying with PayPal as the fee is recovered from the user. However, an expense that was too high for my needs to justify the upgrade. Disappointed by the experience I had with the support, I opt for an alternative service that allows me to keep the notifications on Telegram and the next day I delete the account on their site.
Add the site UptimeControl.net to the article, because only they have a 3-minute site availability check interval on the free plan.
UptimeRobot works great EXCEPT it will silently ignore expired TLS certificates and pretend everything is fine. I don't want to complain about a free service but this is very sneaky and bit me hard.
It's fine not to include full certificate monitoring/reminders in the free plan, but when my site is down because of TLS issues, I need to know.
It's perhaps not the sexiest, but it works flawlessly (if you like me can live with 5 minute intervals). I've been using it for years and it has not failed me yet. There's even a mobile app and a dashboard page, but I usually stick with the Slack integration for instant notifications.
I have been using this for a few years. It's very simple, and free. - I have not tried the API, so i can't comment on that.