Uptime.com alternative with 30-second checks and status pages included, plus Uptime.com pricing compared
Short answer: Uptime.com is a capable platform with 100+ probe servers, transaction checks and real user monitoring. It now bills about 75 cents a month per check, sells status pages as a separate module from $13 a month, and its fastest check interval is one minute. AlertPing includes a status page on every plan, checks every 60 seconds from $49 a month and every 30 seconds from $59, and confirms each outage from a second region. If you need scripted journeys or RUM, Uptime.com is the better buy.
Uptime.com prices read from uptime.com/pricing in US dollars
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▸ type a domain to watch a check and an alert play out
▸ simulation of 2 regions · US East · EU Central
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If ever goes down, you get:
Alert fired ▸ 2 channels · 6.2 s after first failure
AlertPing app
● DOWN : HTTP timeout confirmed from 2/2 regions (US East, EU Central). Incident opened.
sms · on-call
AlertPing: DOWN. Confirmed 2/2 regions . First fail: EU Central.
Simulation, not a measurement of your site: this preview runs entirely in your browser and the latencies are generated from the domain you typed. Real checks on your monitors run from our US East and EU Central regions.
the real difference
Global synthetic platform, or fast focused uptime
Both tools check whether your sites and APIs are up, so on the surface they look alike. The split is depth versus speed. Uptime.com is built for teams that want scripted multi-step journeys, real user data and probes in many countries. AlertPing is built to page you fast, from two regions, the moment something breaks, with the status page already in the plan.
uptime.com
Breadth and global reach
Basic checks for HTTP(S), ping, ports, DNS, SSL and mail servers, plus advanced checks for APIs, transactions, page speed, webhooks and heartbeats. 100+ probe servers worldwide and private locations behind your firewall. For an enterprise that must prove a login-to-checkout journey works from a dozen countries, that depth is the point.
Pricing is a quantity selector rather than named plans. You pick a check tier, then add status pages and real user monitoring as separate modules, each with its own tier ladder.
alertping
Faster checks, flat price
HTTP and HTTPS checks, API monitoring with JSON body assertions, ping, TCP port checks, SSL expiry and status pages, checked every 60 seconds on Starter and every 30 seconds on Team and Business, confirmed from a second region before you are paged.
No scripted transactions, no RUM, and two regions rather than a hundred. If you need those, Uptime.com is the better buy and we will say so. If you need to know fast that something is down, you get that on a flat plan with SMS included.
side by side
AlertPing vs Uptime.com, row by row
Uptime.com figures come from its pricing page and support documentation. Our numbers are on the AlertPing pricing page.
| AlertPing | Uptime.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Fastest check interval | 30 seconds on Team and Business, 15 on Enterprise | 1 minute |
| Entry price | $49 a month for 20 monitors at 60 s | $9 a month for 10 basic checks and 1 advanced check |
| Price at 100 checks | $59 a month, 30-second interval | $75 a month, 1-minute interval |
| Yearly discount | 50% | About 20% |
| Status pages | 1, 5 or 20 included by plan | Separate module from $13 a month |
| Outage confirmation | A second region confirms before alerting | Choice of 100+ probe servers |
| SMS alerts | Included on every plan, 100 to 3,000 a month by plan | Allowance by tier: 25 to 1,500 |
| SSL, ports and ping | Yes, same monitor pool | Yes, as basic checks |
| API checks | Status, body and response time assertions | Advanced checks, multi-step |
| Scripted transaction monitoring | No | Yes, every 5 minutes at the fastest |
| Real user monitoring | No | Separate module from $7 a month |
| Users | 3, 15, then unlimited | Unlimited on every tier |
| Free plan | No | No, 30-day money-back guarantee |
Two rows decide it for most buyers. If you want checks faster than once a minute, Uptime.com has no tier that offers them. If you publish a customer status page, Uptime.com bills it on top of monitoring. If you genuinely need scripted journeys or RUM, the rows below those decide it the other way.
what it costs
Uptime.com pricing against AlertPing, at the sizes teams buy
Monthly list prices. The Uptime.com column adds the smallest status page module that covers the same number of pages our plan includes. Every tier is broken down on our Uptime.com pricing page.
| Size | Uptime.com monitoring | Plus status pages | Uptime.com total | AlertPing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| About 20 checks, 1 status page | $19 (25 basic, 3 advanced), 1 min | $13 (1 page) | $32 a month | $49 Starter, 60 s |
| 100 checks, 5 status pages | $75 (100 basic, 10 advanced), 1 min | $63 (7 pages) | $138 a month | $59 Team, 30 s |
| 500 checks, 20 status pages | $375 (500 basic, 50 advanced), 1 min | $139 (20 pages) | $514 a month | $189 Business, 30 s |
At the smallest size Uptime.com is cheaper: $19 buys 25 basic checks, 3 advanced checks and unlimited users, $32 with a status page, against $49 on our Starter ($24 a month billed yearly). The gap turns as you grow, because Uptime.com charges 75 cents a check a month from 100 to 1,000 checks with no volume discount. Read the interval against the SLA math too: a 99.99% target leaves about 4 minutes 23 seconds of downtime a month, and a 1-minute check can take up to a minute to see a failure.
where they win
When Uptime.com is the right call
We would rather you buy the right tool than churn in a month. Pick Uptime.com if any of these is a real requirement, not a nice-to-have.
Scripted user journeys
If you need to confirm a real multi-step flow, log in, add to cart, check out, runs end to end, their transaction checks do that, and every tier includes some advanced checks. We assert on single requests, not scripted browser journeys.
Global and private probes
100+ probe servers plus private locations inside your own network are far beyond our two-region model. If you must prove performance from specific countries or behind a firewall, that reach matters.
Big teams on small budgets
Unlimited users on every tier, 24 months of history and real user monitoring as an add-on. If twenty people need logins and you only watch 25 URLs, Uptime.com at $19 a month is the cheaper way to give everyone access.
Choose AlertPing if
- You want 30-second checks, which Uptime.com does not sell at any tier.
- You publish customer status pages and do not want them billed separately.
- You need SMS that wakes someone, included, not rationed by tier.
- You watch 100 or more endpoints and want the price to stop climbing per check.
Choose Uptime.com if
- You need scripted multi-step transaction monitoring.
- You require probes in many countries or inside private networks.
- You want real user monitoring alongside synthetic checks.
- Many people need logins and your check count is small.
questions
Uptime.com alternative questions, answered
What is the best Uptime.com alternative?
For teams that mainly need uptime, SSL and status pages, AlertPing is a strong alternative: it checks every 30 seconds on Team and Business, confirms from a second region and includes SMS and status pages, from $49 a month. For scripted transactions, RUM or 100+ probe locations, Uptime.com, Uptrends or Dotcom-Monitor fit better.
How much does Uptime.com cost?
Uptime.com Website Monitoring costs $9 a month for 10 basic checks, $19 for 25, $75 for 100 and $375 for 500, with about 20% off on yearly billing. Status pages are a separate module from $13 a month, and real user monitoring starts at $7.
Does Uptime.com offer 30-second checks?
No. Uptime.com lists a 1-minute check frequency, and its documentation gives one minute as the minimum HTTP(S) interval. API checks default to 3 minutes and transaction checks run every 5 minutes at the fastest. AlertPing checks every 30 seconds from $59 a month.
Does Uptime.com have a free plan?
No. Uptime.com offers a 30-day money-back guarantee for new accounts instead of a free tier. AlertPing has no free plan either, but you can run a live check before you buy. If a permanent free plan is the requirement, UptimeRobot is the usual choice.
how we page you
Two regions have to agree
A single failed probe never wakes anybody. A second region, US East or EU Central, re-checks first, so a hiccup on one route is not a 3am phone call.
what a plan covers
SMS is in the price, not in credits
Email, Slack and webhook alerts are unlimited on every plan, SMS comes with a monthly allowance, and each plan hosts status pages. No credit packs, no per-message fee, no per-monitor math.
how setup works
One URL, no agent to install
Paste the address, choose where alerts go, and the first check runs from both regions. No agent, no config file, nothing to deploy on your side.
30-second checks with the status page in the plan
Uptime, API, SSL and status pages checked from two regions, SMS included, one flat price from $49, with 30-second checks from $59.