Monitoring30 of 41
Alerts and status page17 of 25
Team and trust3 of 18
Free plan and price15 of 16
uptime monitoring service · UptimeRobot
UptimeRobot
Hosted uptime monitor with a free plan of 50 monitors and paid plans from €9 a month.
In short
- The free plan has 50 monitors checked every 5 minutes1.
- Solo costs €9 a month billed yearly for 10 monitors with 60-second checks1,2.
- Solo with 50 monitors costs €19 a month billed yearly2.
- Solo includes heartbeat, DNS and SSL expiry monitoring, 3 status pages and your own status domain1,2.
- Solo has no login seats; three come with Team at €35 a month billed yearly1,2.
UptimeRobot suits small sites and freelancers who want a large free plan and cheap one-minute checks1,2. Solo covers the main check types, SSL alerts, heartbeats and a status page on your own domain1,2. The catch: Solo has no team logins, webhooks or PagerDuty, and the page does not name a SOC 2 Type II report or SAML sign-in1,2,4.
Best for: Small sites that want many free monitors and cheap one-minute checks.
Where the points come from
Monitoring 30 of 41 points
| Rule | What is published | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Fastest check on the entry plan | 60Solo checks every 60 seconds1. | 8 / 10 |
| Check types | Ping, TCP port, DNS, Keyword or response checkPing, port, keyword and DNS monitors are listed for Solo; DNS is added at Solo1,2. | 8 / 8 |
| Check locations | 4Solo can pick from 4 regions: North America, Europe, Asia and Australia1. | 1 / 5 |
| SSL certificate expiry alerts | YesSolo alerts 30, 14 and 7 days before an SSL certificate expires1. | 5 / 5 |
| Cron job (heartbeat) monitoring | YesHeartbeat monitoring is part of Solo and above1,2. | 8 / 8 |
| Multi-step or browser checks | Not publishedNot published on the vendor's pricing page1. | 0 / 5 |
Alerts and status page 17 of 25 points
| Rule | What is published | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Alert channels | SMS, Phone call, Slack, Microsoft TeamsSolo has SMS and voice credits, Slack and Teams; Webhook and PagerDuty start on Team1,2,3. | 8 / 12 |
| Public status page | YesSolo includes 3 status pages1. | 6 / 6 |
| Status page on your own domain | YesSolo status pages can use your own domain2. | 3 / 3 |
| On-call schedules or escalation | Not publishedNot published on the vendor's pricing page1. Only repeat alerts are listed. | 0 / 4 |
Team and trust 3 of 18 points
| Rule | What is published | Points |
|---|---|---|
| SAML single sign-on | Not publishedNot published on the vendor's pricing or security pages1,4. | 0 / 5 |
| SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 | Not publishedThe security page names an independent SOC 2 audit but not a Type II report4. | 0 / 4 |
| Written uptime guarantee | Not publishedTerms give no uptime percentage; an SLA is listed only on the quote-based Enterprise plan1,6. | 0 / 3 |
| Public API | YesA REST API that creates and changes monitors is included on all plans2,5. | 3 / 3 |
| Three or more team members | NoSolo has no login seats; Team includes 32. | 0 / 3 |
Free plan and price 15 of 16 points
| Rule | What is published | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Monitors on the free plan | 50The free plan includes 50 monitors1. | 6 / 6 |
| Entry plan price | $10.07/moSolo, 10 monitors, €9 a month billed yearly; the page shows euros only1,2. Converted at €1 = $1.11867. | 6 / 6 |
| Price with 50 monitors | $21.25/moSolo with 50 monitors, €19 a month billed yearly, 60-second checks; the page shows euros only2. Converted at €1 = $1.11867. | 3 / 4 |
The rule behind each line: how we score uptime monitoring services.
Plans and prices
As the vendor lists them, before tax. Prices are in US dollars unless the plan shows euros; the points use US dollars, with euros converted at the ECB rate.
| Plan | Price as listed | Per month | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeSmall sites | Free1 | $0 | 50 monitors, 5-minute checks, 1 basic status page |
| Solo (10 monitors)No login seats | €9/month, billed yearly1,2 | $10.07 | €108 a year; 60-second checks, 3 status pages |
| Solo (50 monitors)No login seats | €19/month, billed yearly2 | $21.25 | €228 a year; 60-second checks |
| Team3 login seats | €35/month, billed yearly1,2 | $39.15 | 100 monitors, 30-second checks, webhooks and PagerDuty |
| Scale5 login seats | €65/month, billed yearly1,2 | $72.71 | 200 monitors, 15-second checks, unlimited status pages |
Prices are 'from' prices in euros for annual billing; monthly billing costs more (Solo €10)1,2. Extra SMS and voice credits are priced in USD1.
Strengths
- The free plan allows 50 monitors with 5-minute checks1.
- Solo checks every 60 seconds and adds heartbeat, DNS, SSL expiry and multi-location checks1,2.
- Solo's 3 status pages can use your own domain2.
- The API is included on every plan, including Free2,5.
- A 14-day money-back guarantee applies to new subscriptions1.
Limits
- Solo includes no login seats, so a team cannot share the account2.
- Webhook, Zapier and PagerDuty alerts start on the Team plan1,2.
- The free plan checks every 5 minutes and lacks SSL expiry, DNS and heartbeat monitoring1,2.
- The terms promise no uptime percentage for the service itself6.
- The page lists no multi-step or browser checks1.
Other uptime monitoring services
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HyperpingSmall teams that want checks, alerts and a status page in one plan89/100$24.17/moentry plan price - 2
Better Stack UptimeSmall engineering teams that want monitoring, on-call and incident alerts in one tool81/100$29/moentry plan price - 3
NodePingTeams that need many monitors and check types at a flat monthly price68/100$25/moentry plan price - 4
Oh DearAgencies and teams that watch many client sites68/100$45.83/moentry plan price
Sources
- Plans & Pricing, UptimeRobot. Accessed 9 Oct 2026.
- UptimeRobot Pricing (machine-readable), UptimeRobot. Accessed 9 Oct 2026.
- Integrations, UptimeRobot. Accessed 9 Oct 2026.
- Security and compliance, UptimeRobot. Accessed 9 Oct 2026.
- UptimeRobot API, UptimeRobot. Accessed 9 Oct 2026.
- Terms of Service, UptimeRobot. Accessed 9 Oct 2026.
- Euro foreign exchange reference rates: US dollar, European Central Bank. Accessed 8 Oct 2026.
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