When UptimeRobot is the right choice
You already run UptimeRobot, your muscle memory is built around its dashboards, and the 50-monitor free tier covers what you need.
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ALTERNATIVE TO
UptimeRobot
The incumbent uptime-monitoring SaaS. Free for 50 monitors at 5-minute intervals.
Pricing at a glance
Publicly listed prices as of the page publication date. Both vendors update pricing over time — verify on the vendor's own site before purchasing.
Free50 monitors, 5-minute checks, 5 status-page monitors
PaidFrom $7/month (Pro) for 1-minute checks and SMS/voicebilled monthly
ZnowPulse$0 on free. $5.99/month or $59.99/year on Pro.billed monthly
Feature comparison
Read across the rows; columns are vendors. Cells are short facts — links go to the vendor's own documentation where the answer is anything more nuanced than a single line.
| Feature | UptimeRobot | ZnowPulse |
|---|---|---|
| Unlimited monitors on free | 50 monitors | Unlimited monitors |
| Check interval (free) | 5 minutes | 5 minutes (10s on Pro) |
| Alert channels on free | Email, webhook, Slack, Discord (SMS/voice are paid) | 15 integrations on Free; PagerDuty and Opsgenie on Pro |
| Hosted status page on free | Public status page on free | Hosted status page on free |
| Custom status-page domain | Branded domain on paid plans | Custom domain on Pro |
| Incident management / post-mortems | Not on free | Incident timeline + post-mortems |
| SSO / SAML | Not on free | On Pro |
| Public API | Public REST API | Public REST API |
When ZnowPulse is the right choice
You want unlimited monitors, a broad set of alert integrations, and incident timelines without an enterprise contract, or you want 10-second checks as your team grows.
Try ZnowPulse on the free plan.
Unlimited monitors, one Nexus Point on Free, unlimited Nexus Points on Pro, and alert delivery options. No card, no countdown.