UptimeRobot Alts: Upgrade Options

UptimeRobot solid, but limited. Better exists.

Why Alt

• 50 site limit, 5-min checks
• Price hikes
• Feature gaps
• UI old
• Support mixed
• API restricted free

Top Alts

1. exit1.dev

• Unlimited vs 50
• 1-min vs 5
• No card
• Terminal UI
• API full
• Webhooks
• SSL

For: Generous free modern.

2. Pingdom

• Perf monitoring
• Transactions
• Real user
• Analytics
• 1-min

Limitations: $15-199/mo, free 1 site, complex.

For: Perf focus.

3. StatusCake

• Uptime advanced
• Speed
• SSL
• Collab
• Dashboards

Pricing: $20-200/mo.

For: Teams advanced.

4. Uptrends

• 200+ locations
• Analytics
• Custom dash
• API
• SLAs
• Security

Pricing: $100-500/mo.

For: Enterprise.

Compare

Free:

Feature	UptimeRobot	exit1.dev	Pingdom	StatusCake
Sites	50	Unlimited	1	10
Interval	5 min	1 min	1 min	5 min
SSL	✅	✅	✅	✅
API	Limited	Full	Limited	Limited
Webhooks	✅	✅	✅	✅
Email	✅	✅	✅	✅
Card	Yes	No	Yes	Yes

Paid:

Feature	UptimeRobot Pro ($7)	exit1.dev	Pingdom Pro ($15)	StatusCake Pro ($20)
Price	$7/mo	Free	$15/mo	$20/mo
Sites	100	Unlimited	10	50
Interval	1 min	1 min	1 min	1 min
Team	5	1	5	10
Phone	✅	❌	✅	✅
Dashboards	❌	❌	✅	✅
API	Full	Full	Full	Full

Switch

1. Export UptimeRobot

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -H "Cache-Control: no-cache" \
     -H "X-Api-Key: KEY" \
     -X GET "https://api.uptimerobot.com/v2/getMonitors"

2. Pick alt

3. Import to exit1.dev

const sites = [
  'https://site1.com',
  'https://site2.com'
];

sites.forEach(async (url) => {
  await fetch('https://api.exit1.dev/websites', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      'Authorization': 'Bearer KEY'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      url,
      name: url.replace('https://', ''),
      checkInterval: 60
    })
  });
});

4. Alerts

const mapping = {
  'uptimerobot': 'https://api.uptimerobot.com/v2/alertContacts',
  'exit1': 'https://api.exit1.dev/webhooks'
};

const newUrl = mapping.exit1;

ROI

$84/year vs pro.

When Switch

To exit1.dev: >50 sites, faster checks, modern UI, unlimited free, full API.

To Pingdom: Perf priority, transactions, real user, analytics, budget ok.

To StatusCake: Collab, branded dash, SSL advanced, alerting, team.

To Uptrends: Enterprise, global locations, SLAs, white-label, budget.

Checklist

Pre: Export URLs, doc alerts, note integrations, plan downtime, test new.

During: Import sites, configure alerts, webhooks, test, verify SSL.

Post: Monitor both 24-48 hrs, compare alerts, update doc, cancel UptimeRobot, train team.

Conclusion

Switch if limited.

Most: exit1.dev best alt, unlimited 1-min pro free.

Global: UptimeRobot/StatusCake basic, Pingdom comprehensive.

Enterprise: Uptrends.

Start exit1.dev

Related: Best Service, Free vs Paid, 101, Get Started

Sources

• Wikipedia: Synthetic monitoring — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_monitoring
• Google SRE Book: Monitoring Distributed Systems — https://sre.google/sre-book/monitoring-distributed-systems/

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