# exit1.dev

> Free uptime monitoring service. Monitor your websites, APIs, and services with instant alerts, SSL monitoring, public status pages, and a full API — no credit card required.

exit1.dev is a website and API monitoring platform built for developers, SaaS founders, freelancers, and agencies. The free tier includes 50 monitors with 5-minute intervals, SSL certificate monitoring, email alerts, webhooks, a public status page, the real-time Live probe stream, REST API + MCP access, and 60-day data retention. Paid plans: Indie ($4/month) adds 100 monitors at 1-minute intervals plus a fully branded status page and 90-day retention; Nano ($9/month) gives 250 monitors at 30-second intervals, domain intelligence, maintenance mode, region choice, and 1-year retention; Pro ($24/month) gives 1,000 monitors at 15-second intervals, SMS alerts, Slack/Discord/Teams, CSV export, and 3-year data retention.

## Core Features

- [Uptime Monitoring](https://exit1.dev/free-uptime-monitor): HTTP/HTTPS uptime checks with support for all HTTP methods, custom headers, authentication, and JSON path validation
- [Live Checks](https://exit1.dev/live-checks): Streamed probes over WebSocket with sub-second response charts, instead of waiting for the next polling interval
- [SSL Monitoring](https://exit1.dev/ssl-monitoring): SSL/TLS certificate expiration tracking with configurable alerts before expiry
- [Global Monitoring](https://exit1.dev/global-monitoring): Checks from US, EU, and Asia regions with per-region performance breakdowns
- [ICMP Monitoring](https://exit1.dev/icmp-monitoring): Ping-based host availability, latency, jitter, and packet loss
- [WebSocket Monitoring](https://exit1.dev/websocket-monitoring): WS/WSS handshake and connection checks for real-time services
- [Smart Alerting](https://exit1.dev/alerting): Email, SMS, and webhook alerts with flap detection to suppress noise and prevent alert fatigue
- [Maintenance Mode](https://exit1.dev/maintenance-mode): Suppress alerts during planned downtime without pausing data collection
- [Status Pages](https://exit1.dev/status-pages): Public or private status pages with real-time updates, 30-day history, and multiple layout options
- [Status Badges](https://exit1.dev/badges): Embeddable status, uptime, and response-time badges (SVG, Markdown, HTML)
- [Domain Intelligence](https://exit1.dev/domain-intelligence): Automatic domain expiration monitoring via RDAP with smart alert timing (30, 14, 7, 1 day before expiry)
- [Analytics & Reports](https://exit1.dev/analytics): Response time tracking, uptime percentage calculations, and historical performance dashboards
- [Comprehensive Logs](https://exit1.dev/logs): Searchable monitoring logs with filtering and data export (CSV, JSON)
- [API & Webhooks](https://exit1.dev/api-webhooks): RESTful API with HMAC authentication for full CRUD monitor management and webhook integrations with signature verification
- [MCP Integration](https://exit1.dev/mcp): Model Context Protocol server (`exit1-mcp` on npm) so AI assistants can query monitors, history, and stats directly

## Free Tools (no signup)

- [All Tools](https://exit1.dev/tools): Index of every free tool
- [Website Uptime Checker](https://exit1.dev/tools/uptime-checker): Is a site online and healthy — graded checks across DNS, SSL, security headers, TTFB, and content
- [API Status Checker](https://exit1.dev/tools/api-status-checker): Any endpoint's status code, response time, security headers, and CORS configuration
- [Domain Expiry Checker](https://exit1.dev/tools/domain-expiration-checker): RDAP + WHOIS lookup for expiry date, days remaining, registrar, nameservers, and EPP status codes
- [SSL Checker](https://exit1.dev/tools/ssl-checker): Certificate validity, chain, issuer, and expiry for any host
- [DNS Checker](https://exit1.dev/tools/dns-checker): All record types (A, AAAA, MX, TXT, CNAME, CAA, NS, SOA) for any domain
- [Nameserver Lookup](https://exit1.dev/tools/nameserver-lookup): Authoritative nameservers for any domain
- [Redirect Checker](https://exit1.dev/tools/redirect-checker): Trace 301/302/307/308 chains hop by hop with status codes, Location headers, and timing
- [Ping Test](https://exit1.dev/tools/ping-test): Latency, jitter, and packet loss to any host
- [Live Status](https://exit1.dev/status): Independently monitored live uptime for popular sites and APIs

## Integrations

exit1.dev integrates with Slack, Discord, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Microsoft Teams, Zapier, Make, n8n, Telegram, Jira, Linear, GitHub, GitLab, Notion, Datadog, and Splunk via native webhooks.

## Pricing

- [Pricing](https://exit1.dev/pricing): Four tiers — Free ($0, 50 monitors, 5-min checks, email alerts, 1 status page, 1 API key + MCP), Indie ($4/mo or $3/mo annual, 100 monitors, 1-min checks, branded status page, 3 API keys, 90-day retention), Nano ($9/mo or $7/mo annual, 250 monitors, 30-sec checks, domain intelligence, region choice, 1-year retention), and Pro ($24/mo or $20/mo annual, 1,000 monitors, 15-sec checks, SMS, all alert channels, CSV export, 3-year retention). The ladder is monotonic: every tier is a strict superset of the one below it, with check interval as the primary axis. API and MCP access are on every tier including Free, as is the real-time Live probe stream.
- [Competitor Comparison](https://exit1.dev/compare): Side-by-side comparison against UptimeRobot, Better Stack, Hyperping, and Pingdom — free plan against free plan, and similarly-priced paid plans against each other
- [Which plan are you?](https://exit1.dev/why-upgrade): Self-diagnostic guide to the persona each tier is built for and the moment you outgrow the one below

## Documentation & API

- [Documentation](https://docs.exit1.dev): Full product documentation and guides
- [API Reference](https://docs.exit1.dev/api-reference): OpenAPI documentation with interactive testing for all endpoints
- [Getting Started](https://exit1.dev/getting-started): Step-by-step onboarding guide

## Company

- [About](https://exit1.dev/about): Built by Morten Pradsgaard (Founder & CTO) as a response to bait-and-switch pricing in the monitoring industry
- [Contact](https://exit1.dev/contact): Contact form for support and inquiries
- [Privacy Policy](https://exit1.dev/privacy): Privacy-first approach — data is not sold and users can export everything
- [Data Privacy](https://exit1.dev/data-privacy): Details on data handling, EU hosting, and GDPR compliance

## Optional

- [Blog](https://exit1.dev/blog): Articles on monitoring best practices, SSL, SLA reporting, incident management, and domain security
- [Service Status](https://app.exit1.dev/status): Live operational status of exit1.dev
- [Release Notes](https://app.exit1.dev/release-notes): Product changelog and feature updates
- [Discord Community](https://discord.gg/uZvWbpwJZS): Community support and discussions
- [GitHub](https://github.com/Mopra/exit1.dev): Open-source repository
- [Roadmap](https://exit1.dev/roadmap): Upcoming features and product direction