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
Vendor information checked on 7 September 2026. Both vendors update pricing over time — verify on the vendor's own site before purchasing.
Free50 monitors, 5-minute checks, 1 basic status page
PaidSolo: $9/month annually ($10 monthly), 10 monitors, 60-second checks
ZnowPulseFree plan, flat-rate Pro. Live pricing on our pricing page.
Checked against the vendor's own published pricing: UptimeRobot pricing
Feature comparison
Read across the rows; columns are vendors. Cells are short facts, and the sources above link to the vendor's own published pricing for anything more nuanced than a 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 | Five integrations on Free | Email and configured delivery integrations; provider charges may apply |
| Hosted status page on free | Public status page on free | Requires Pro |
| Custom status-page domain | Own domain on Solo and above | Hosted URL; no custom-domain setting |
| Incident management / post-mortems | Not confirmed here | Incident timeline + post-mortems |
| SSO / SAML | Not confirmed here | No SAML SSO |
| Public API | Public REST API | Public REST API |
When ZnowPulse is the right choice
You need more than 50 monitors or want checks as often as every 10 seconds on Pro as your product 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.