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UptimeRobot alternatives

10 companies ranked alongside UptimeRobot on Lister's rankings, compared on what each is best for, its starting price and its Lister Score.

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The closest alternatives to UptimeRobot on Lister are StatusCake, Datadog and New Relic, the companies that share the most rankings with it. Each is compared below on its stated best fit, starting price and Lister Score.
UptimeRobot alternatives, compared
#ALTERNATIVEBEST FORSCOREFROMRANKED
1StatusCakeUptime monitoring made simpleE-commerce and growing businesses100.0$20.49/month#1 in Status page software with a free planOn 3 of UptimeRobot's rankings
2DatadogCloud scale monitoring and securityLarge enterprises and DevOps teams95.0$15/host/month#1 in Top 10 Monitoring & Observability PlatformsOn 3 of UptimeRobot's rankings
3New RelicAll-in-one observability platformSoftware engineers and developers92.7$49/month#2 in Top 10 Monitoring & Observability PlatformsOn 3 of UptimeRobot's rankings
4Better StackBetter uptime monitoring and incident responseModern engineering teams92.7$24/month#2 in Top 10 Uptime MonitoringOn 2 of UptimeRobot's rankings
5PingdomFast, reliable website monitoringWebmasters and digital agencies92.7$15/month#2 in Top 10 Website MonitoringOn 2 of UptimeRobot's rankings
6DynatraceSoftware intelligence for the enterprise cloudLarge enterprises with complex cloud environments90.3Custom#3 in Top 10 Monitoring & Observability PlatformsOn 2 of UptimeRobot's rankings
7ChecklyMonitoring for the modern developerFrontend developers and API teams78.7$40/month#8 in Top 10 Uptime MonitoringOn 2 of UptimeRobot's rankings
8HyperpingUptime monitoring and status pagesSaaS founders and small teams88.0$17/month#9 in Status page software with a free planOn 2 of UptimeRobot's rankings
9Grafana CloudOpen source metric dashboards88.0$0 (Free tier available)#4 in Top 10 Monitoring & Observability Platforms
10HoneycombDebugging complex microservices85.7$130 per month#5 in Top 10 Monitoring & Observability Platforms
FROM LISTER RANKINGS · UPDATED HOW WE RANK →

How to choose an alternative to UptimeRobot

Start from what you need it for. Where each fits best, as Lister records it:

Closest to UptimeRobot by the rankings they share: StatusCake (3 rankings), Datadog (3 rankings) and New Relic (3 rankings).

Free to start, by their stated pricing: Grafana Cloud.

Stated starting prices: StatusCake ($20.49/month), Datadog ($15/host/month), New Relic ($49/month), Better Stack ($24/month), Pingdom ($15/month), Checkly ($40/month), Hyperping ($17/month) and Honeycomb ($130 per month).

Custom or quote-based pricing: Dynatrace.

Each Lister Score is the alternative's score on the ranking named in its row, so compare scores within one ranking rather than across rankings. How the score is made.

Each alternative in brief

01

StatusCake

Uptime monitoring made simple

#1 in Status page software with a free plan: StatusCake provides uptime, page speed, SSL, domain, and server checks.

From $20.49/monthBest for: E-commerce and growing businessesFull profile
PROS
  • Comprehensive feature set
  • Free plan available
CONS
  • Interface feels slightly dated
  • SMS alerts cost extra
100.0
02

Datadog

Cloud scale monitoring and security

#1 in Top 10 Monitoring & Observability Platforms: A leading monitoring and security platform for cloud scale applications, providing comprehensive visibility into servers, databases, tools, and services.

From $15/host/monthBest for: Large enterprises and DevOps teamsFull profile
PROS
  • Extremely powerful analytics
  • Thousands of integrations
CONS
  • Steep learning curve
  • Complex pricing structure
95.0
03

New Relic

All-in-one observability platform

#2 in Top 10 Monitoring & Observability Platforms: An all in one observability platform designed to help engineers analyse, troubleshoot, and optimize their entire software stack.

From $49/monthBest for: Software engineers and developersFull profile
PROS
  • Deep application insights
  • Unified telemetry data
CONS
  • Can be costly for small projects
  • Overwhelming interface for beginners
92.7
04

Better Stack

Better uptime monitoring and incident response

#2 in Top 10 Uptime Monitoring: A modern observability platform combining fast uptime monitoring, incident management, and status pages into a unified interface.

From $24/monthBest for: Modern engineering teamsFull profile
PROS
  • Lightning fast check intervals
  • Modern and responsive UI
CONS
  • Higher starting price than basic tools
  • Fewer legacy integrations
92.7
05

Pingdom

Fast, reliable website monitoring

#2 in Top 10 Website Monitoring: A comprehensive performance and uptime monitoring tool owned by SolarWinds, offering user experience monitoring.

From $15/monthBest for: Webmasters and digital agenciesFull profile
PROS
  • Detailed root cause analysis
  • Clean and intuitive dashboard
CONS
  • No longer offers a free tier
  • Can become expensive at scale
92.7
06

Dynatrace

Software intelligence for the enterprise cloud

#3 in Top 10 Monitoring & Observability Platforms: An automated software intelligence platform powered by artificial intelligence, built specifically for enterprise cloud environments.

Pricing: CustomBest for: Large enterprises with complex cloud environmentsFull profile
PROS
  • Advanced AI root cause analysis
  • Full automation capabilities
CONS
  • Very high cost
  • Overkill for simple websites
90.3
07

Checkly

Monitoring for the modern developer

#8 in Top 10 Uptime Monitoring: An active monitoring platform built for modern JavaScript developers using Puppeteer and Playwright scripts for end-to-end checks.

From $40/monthBest for: Frontend developers and API teamsFull profile
PROS
  • Great API and developer focus
  • Advanced browser testing
CONS
  • Requires coding knowledge to get the most value
  • Expensive for simple ping checks
78.7
08

Hyperping

Uptime monitoring and status pages

#9 in Status page software with a free plan: Hyperping is a unified platform for uptime monitoring, status pages and on-call management. It helps teams detect outages before customers do.

From $17/monthBest for: SaaS founders and small teamsFull profile
PROS
  • Beautiful status pages included
  • Clean user experience
CONS
  • Fewer enterprise features
  • Limited free trial
88.0
09

Grafana Cloud

#4 in Top 10 Monitoring & Observability Platforms: A composable observability platform built around open source software including Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki.

$0 (Free tier available)Best for: Open source metric dashboardsFull profile
PROS
  • World class data visualization dashboards
  • Deep support for open source standards
CONS
  • Correlating logs, metrics, and traces requires careful setup
  • Managed alerting can be tricky to configure
88.0
10

Honeycomb

#5 in Top 10 Monitoring & Observability Platforms: An observability platform built for high cardinality data, helping engineering teams inspect systems and debug complex distributed systems.

From $130 per monthBest for: Debugging complex microservicesFull profile
PROS
  • Outstanding for finding unknown unknowns
  • Fast query performance on massive datasets
CONS
  • Requires instrumentation effort using OpenTelemetry
  • Niche focus compared to all in one suites
85.7