Best Uptime Monitoring Software in 2026
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Keeping tabs on service availability starts with the checks you need and how quickly a problem should reach your team. Compared on check interval, monitoring locations and monitor limit, these tools give you practical dimensions for assessing coverage. Alert channels, keyword and server monitoring, and SSL expiry alerts provide further points to compare. Free-plan availability and paid-from pricing help put the options in cost context. openstatus, SiteUptime and Checkmate are among the entries. Match the listed monitoring and alerting details to the services you need to watch.
Uptime Monitoring Software, one module each.A lit port is something its maker publishes; 19 of 19 with a known API signal have a public API.
- 01 ServiceUptime API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.4$5.95/mo
- 02 openstatus API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.3$30/mo
- 03 SolidPing API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.3€5/mo
- 04 Uptinio API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.3$8/mo
- 05 Kuvasz Uptime API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.2Free
- 06 SiteUptime API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.2$10/mo
- 07 Checkmate API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.1Free
- 08 Statping-ng API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.1Free
- 09 Gatus API yesDOCS 6.9$10/mo
- 10 MonSpark API yesDOCS 6.9
- 11 Cabot API yesDOCS 6.8
- 12 updown.io API yesFREE noDOCS 6.8€5/mo
- 13 Uptime Monitor API yesDOCS 6.8
- 14 UptimeKit API yesDOCS 6.8
- 15 PingPing API yesFREE noDOCS 6.7€6/mo
- 16 RapidSpike API yesFREE noDOCS 6.7£199/mo
- 17 Uptrends API yesFREE noDOCS 6.7$42/mo
- 18 elmah.io API yesFREE noDOCS 6.6$26/mo
- 19 Pingdom API yesDOCS 6.6
- 20 HetrixTools FREE yesDOCS 6.0$9.95/mo
- 21 UptimeRobot FREE yesDOCS 6.0$9/mo
- 22 Uptimia FREE yesDOCS 6.0$9/mo
- 23 Spectate FREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 24 StatusBot FREE yesDOCS 5.9$19/mo
- 25 WebGazer FREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
Compare all 25 in a table
| # | Platform | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Monitor limit | Check interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ServiceUptime | 7.4 | Free plan | $5.95/mo | Yes | 3 monitors | 5 minutes | |
| 2 | openstatus | 7.3 | Free plan | $30/mo | Yes | 30 /mo | 20 monitors | 1 minute |
| 3 | SolidPing | 7.3 | Free plan | €5/mo | Yes | 1,000 monitors | ||
| 4 | Uptinio | 7.3 | Free plan | $8/mo | Yes | 100 monitors | 1 minute | |
| 5 | Kuvasz Uptime | 7.2 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 6 | SiteUptime | 7.2 | Free plan | $10/mo | Yes | 10 /mo | ||
| 7 | Checkmate | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | Yes | |||
| 8 | Statping-ng | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | ||||
| 9 | Gatus | 6.9 | $10/mo | Yes | 30 monitors | |||
| 10 | MonSpark | 6.9 | Yes | |||||
| 11 | Cabot | 6.8 | Yes | |||||
| 12 | updown.io | 6.8 | No | €5/mo | No | |||
| 13 | Uptime Monitor | 6.8 | ||||||
| 14 | UptimeKit | 6.8 | ||||||
| 15 | PingPing | 6.7 | No | €6/mo | No | 5 monitors | ||
| 16 | RapidSpike | 6.7 | No | £199/mo | No | |||
| 17 | Uptrends | 6.7 | No | $42/mo | No | 42 /mo | ||
| 18 | elmah.io | 6.6 | No | $26/mo | No | 26 /mo | ||
| 19 | Pingdom | 6.6 | No | |||||
| 20 | HetrixTools | 6.0 | Free plan | $9.95/mo | Yes | 9.95 /mo | 30 monitors | 1 minute |
| 21 | UptimeRobot | 6.0 | Free plan | $9/mo | Yes | 12 /mo | 10 monitors | 1 minute |
| 22 | Uptimia | 6.0 | Free plan | $9/mo | Yes | 9 /mo | 10 monitors | 1 minute |
| 23 | Spectate | 5.9 | Free plan | Yes | 12 /mo | |||
| 24 | StatusBot | 5.9 | Free plan | $19/mo | Yes | |||
| 25 | WebGazer | 5.9 | Free plan | Yes | 19 /mo | 200 monitors | 1 minute |
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