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Link Checking · Reviewed 24 Oct 2026

Oh Dear

Website monitoring for uptime, performance, SSL, DNS, and more.

from $17 · free tier · ohdear.app ↗

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Oh Dear at a glance
59.2KEstimated total trafficModeled monthly visits704Ranking keywordsPublic search sample99/100Technical health15 pages checked0Referring domainsLive backlink summary

Overview

01

Summary

The useful answer before the supporting detail.

Oh Dear is a website monitoring platform that checks uptime, performance, SSL certificates, DNS records, broken links, and application health S1. It is used by developers and agencies to detect issues before clients do, with features like AI-powered monitoring and status pages S27 S20. The main value is proactive detection of problems that uptime checks miss, such as broken forms or API errors S27 S36.

02

Product identity and positioning

Name, category, positioning, audience, and first-party claims.

  • Identity: Oh Dear is a website monitoring platform S1.
  • Core purpose: It detects website and application issues beyond simple uptime S27 S36.
  • Intended users: Developers, sysadmins, and agencies managing client sites S1 S20.
  • Product scope: A single platform covering uptime, performance, SSL, DNS, broken links, and application health S1.
  • Positioning: GDPR-friendly monitoring with data stored in Belgium S9.
  • Claimed distinction: Built by a developer and sysadmin, with a focus on practical, real-world monitoring S1.
03

Use cases and audiences

Who the product serves and the jobs it is designed to handle.

AudiencePractical use case
AgenciesMonitor client websites and APIs, with alerts that name the endpoint and lead to the failed run S36.
DevelopersTest application health endpoints to catch database, queue, or disk issues before users notice S43.
GDPR-conscious teamsUse monitoring with data stored in Belgium and a signable DPA to answer DPO requests S9.
Site ownersSet up branded status pages to keep users informed during incidents S20.

Features

09

Features and capabilities

Core functions and evidence-backed product capabilities.

CapabilityWhat it does
Uptime monitoringChecks if a website is reachable from outside, with configurable check locations S1 S9.
Performance monitoringTracks page load times and catches slowdowns early S1.
SSL certificate monitoringEvaluates the served certificate every 30 minutes and alerts on expiry or changes S164.
DNS monitoringReads authoritative DNS state from outside, alerting on record changes without needing provider access S166.
Broken link checkerCrawls sites to find broken links and mixed content, with configurable notifications S163.
Application health monitoringCalls a health endpoint every minute to check database, Redis, disk, and custom conditions S43.
AI-powered monitoringTests user flows described in plain English, such as form submissions or price checks S27.
Status pagesHosted, branded pages with automatic uptime updates, custom domains, and subscriber notifications S20.
10

Integrations and ecosystem

Connected products, exports, APIs, and workflow compatibility.

Integration or interfaceTypeWhat it enables
APIAPIFull API included in every plan for retrieving check results, DNS history, and AI monitoring outputs S116 S27 S166.
NotificationsIntegrationAlerts via email, SMS, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Google Chat, Telegram, Pushover, ntfy, Opsgenie, PagerDuty, and webhooks S163.
Status page subscriptionsIntegrationVisitors can subscribe to status updates by email, Slack, or RSS S20.
DNS monitoringIntegrationReads DNS records from outside without needing provider credentials S166.

Pricing

11

Pricing and plans

Published plans, free access, trials, credits, and pricing limitations.

Plan or offerVerified price and billingIncludedLimits
Solo$17 per month, billed monthly S116All features, unlimited users and notifications S1162 sites; daily broken-link crawl up to 5,000 pages S116
Solo Plus$32 per month, billed monthly S116All features S1165 sites S116
Freelance$55 per month; annual gives 2 months free S116All features S11610 sites S116
Studio$109 per month; annual gives 2 months free S116All features S11625 sites S116
Agency$165 per month; annual gives 2 months free S116All features S11650 sites S116
Agency Plus$219 per month, billed monthly S116All features S11675 sites S116
Portfolio$275 per month, billed monthly S116All features S116100 sites S116
EnterpriseContact sales S116Custom S116200+ sites S116

Competition

12

Competitive landscape

Domains competing for the same organic search demand.

Sampled competitors

CompetitorFirst-page appearancesSampled queriesAverage positionQueries observed
support.atlassian.com213.5statuspage templates
site24x7.com11124 7 monitoring
services.dartmouth.edu112statuspage templates
ring.com11224 7 monitoring
incident.io113statuspage templates
simplisafe.com11324 7 monitoring
vivint.com11424 7 monitoring
hyperping.com115statuspage templates
reddit.com11524 7 monitoring
securityonealarm.com11624 7 monitoring

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Customers, testimonials, and first-party review claims

No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.

Independent review sources discovered

PlatformStatusDiscovered source
Capterradiscovered_not_scrapedhttps://www.capterra.com/p/190028/Oh-Dear/
G2discovered_not_scrapedhttps://www.g2.com/products/oh-dear/reviews

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims (from ohdear.app):

  • Oh Dear positions itself as a replacement for multiple tools, including uptime monitors, status pages, SSL checkers, broken-link crawlers, DNS watchers, and cron monitors W47.
  • A testimonial mentions switching from Pingdom because it was "no longer value for money" W18.
  • Another testimonial notes that Oh Dear detected an issue that another uptime monitor did not W14.

Scout inference:

  • The competitive landscape includes traditional uptime monitors like Pingdom, as well as point solutions for SSL, DNS, and broken links. Oh Dear's value proposition is consolidation and comprehensiveness.
13

AI visibility

Measured ChatGPT and Google AI mentions with cited sources.

AI-assistant referral traffic

  • Estimated current generative-AI referral share: 1.0%
MonthSource
—All AI assistants

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Site-stated AI capabilities

Page typeEvidenceSource
featuresAn uptime check asks the server for a page and grades the reply. An AI check opens the page the way your visitor would, works through what you wrote, and tells you what it found.https://ohdear.app/features/ai-monitoring
featuresEach run stops after five minutes at most. An Error result means the run itself couldn't finish, for example a timeout at your AI provider. That is not the same as Failed, and it doesn't send a notification.https://ohdear.app/features/ai-monitoring
featuresA Playwright suite for a brochure site is a second job nobody bills for. An AI monitor is one paragraph of plain English per client flow, running on a schedule.https://ohdear.app/features/ai-monitoring
featuresAn uptime check requests a URL and checks the response, optionally looking for a string on the page. It never clicks anything. An AI check starts a browser session and works through what you wrote, step by step. It catches the broken form on a page that still returns a 200.https://ohdear.app/features/ai-monitoring
featuresAI-powered monitoring.https://ohdear.app/features/ai-monitoring
featuresThe page returns a 200, but clicking Submit throws a JavaScript error and nothing happens. Describe what should work in plain English. An AI opens your site in a real browser, clicks buttons, fills in forms and reads the console, on a schedule you pick.https://ohdear.app/features/ai-monitoring
featuresoh dear Monitors AI checkshttps://ohdear.app/features/ai-monitoring
featuresAI response example.com/contacthttps://ohdear.app/features/ai-monitoring
featuresAn uptime check asks the server for a page and grades the reply. An AI check opens the page the way your visitor would, works through what you wrote, and tells you what it found.https://ohdear.app/features/ai-monitoring

These are first-party product claims, not independent measurements of AI-search visibility.

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims (from ohdear.app):

  • Oh Dear offers AI monitoring that tests user flows in plain English W52.
  • The AI opens the site in a real browser, clicks buttons, fills forms, and reads the console W52.
  • AI checks can run as often as every minute or as infrequently as every 60 days W66.
  • The first 5 runs are free W66.
  • AI checks can detect issues like a form failing to submit due to a JavaScript error W64.

Scout inference:

  • This feature is a significant differentiator for AI-driven website monitoring, appealing to agencies that need to verify functionality beyond uptime.
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Marketing opportunities

Actions calculated directly from the collected evidence.

OpportunityRecommended actionEvidence
Striking-distance keywordMove “monitoring seo performance” from position 4 toward the top three.Volume 260 · https://ohdear.app/news-and-updates/heres-how-you-can-monitor-your-sites-seo-performance
Important pageStrengthen the page already earning search visibility before creating an unrelated page.https://ohdear.app/docs/features/domain-name-monitoring · 1 sampled keywords · best position 4
Competitor gapReview the sampled queries where support.atlassian.com appears.2 first-page appearances across statuspage templates

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Website evidence gaps

  • customers: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • reviews: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • changes: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • identity: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • technical: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims (from ohdear.app):

  • Oh Dear offers branded monthly client reports with agency logo and accent color W157.
  • Reports are emailed on the first of each month to up to 5 recipients per monitor W165.
  • Reports can include uptime, performance, broken links, certificate health, Lighthouse, and other checks W163.
  • The platform is designed for agencies to manage multiple client sites in one dashboard W22W23.
  • Testimonials highlight confidence and completeness W15W17.

Scout inference:

  • Marketing opportunities include targeting agencies with client reporting and multi-site management, emphasizing the consolidation of monitoring tools and the AI monitoring feature.

Trust and proof

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Customers, proof, and reviews

Published proof, customer signals, and review evidence.

Independent reviews

PlatformPageHow it was foundNote
Product HuntOh Dear! reviewsGrounded web searchOh Dear! Customer Reviews (2025) / Product Hunt # Oh Dear! reviews ## Oh Dear! monitors your entire website,not just the homepage. • 14 reviews• 159 followers Visit website Follow - More - Alternatives - Team - Reviews - Forums - Launches - Overview
G2Oh Dear Reviews & Product Details / G2 AIGrounded web search★★★★★ 4.7(33 reviews) ... - ✓ Reviewers frequently mention the ease of implementation, reliability, fair pricing, and the ability to monitor a wide range of website health parameters, with instant notifications when issues arise. ... - ✗ Users reported occasional issues with broken link detection, a desire for a script for server installation for deeper monitoring, a cluttered user interface, and a wish for more affordable packages for smaller numbers of sites.
ToolradarOh Dear Reviews, Pricing & Alternatives (2026) - 4.5/5Grounded web search## Ratings Across the Web 4.5(100 reviews) Oh Dear holds an aggregate rating of 4.5 out of 5 from 100 reviews across SourceForge and G2, last checked September 4, 2026. SourceForge 67 reviews 4.3/5 G2 33 reviews 4.7/5 Ratings aggregated from
SaaSHubIs Oh Dear! good? - SaaSHubGrounded web searchDear checks uptime every minute from multiple locations and monitors SSL certificates, DNS records, domain expiration, scheduled tasks, broken links, mixed content, performance, Lighthouse, APIs, application health, ping, TCP ports, sitemaps, DNS
Product HuntOh Dear!: Oh Dear! monitors your entire website,not just the homepage. / Product HuntGrounded web searchObservability tools Complete website monitoring: from multiple locations, broken links & mixed content detection & advanced ssl certificate reporting. ... No reviews yet Be the first to leave a review for Oh Dear! Leave a review
toolsplorer.comOh Dear Review 2026: Pricing & Alternatives / ToolsplorerGrounded web searchOh Dear Review 2026: Pricing & Alternatives / Toolsplorer ... / Source / Rating / Weight / / --- / --- / --- / / G2 / 9.4/10 / 33.3 % / / Capterra / 9.8/10 / 33.3 % / / Reddit / 5.2/10 / 20.0 % / / Product Hunt / 6.0/10 / 13.3 % / ... ## What users say Community Score: 5.2/10 ... Mixed reception with 'Oh Dear' appearing in diverse contexts. One post shows strong engagement (599 upvotes) while others have minimal traction, suggesting niche appeal or varied interpretations of the phrase. ... Based
Product HuntOh Dear! - Product Information, Latest Updates, and Reviews 2024 / Product HuntGrounded web search# Oh Dear! Website monitoring, without the hassle 14reviews 25followers ... & apps. It's website monitoring without the hassle! Oh Dear is a fully featured app, with an API, webhook support, ... . You can try it for 10 days, no strings attached!
shouldiuse.ioOh Dear Review 2026: Pricing, Pros & Cons / Should I Use ItGrounded web search, performance, status pages in one tool - + Uptime checked every minute - + 4.7/5 G2 (33 reviews) and 4.9/5 Capterra (73 ... - + Monitors Laravel apps for vulnerabilities via health endpoint - + TLS encryption, ISO 27001 EU hosting, GDPR-compliant privacy

Customer proof

No named customers, testimonials, or customer case studies were found.

Independent mentions

  • Website Health Monitoring: Uptime, SSL & Cron / Oh Dear — 4.9(73) 4.7(33) ... Oh Dear's website health monitoring has run over 71 billion checks - every minute, from multiple locations worldwide - across uptime, SSL, DNS, cron jobs, broken links, performance, and status pages, and sent over 42 million alerts.

External links were grounded in one live web search. Search snippets are leads, not independently scraped page content; rejected links remain available in Review evidence.

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Company, security, and trust

Ownership, policies, security signals, and public trust evidence.

SignalFindingSource
Company and ownershipRik Konings, Founder at Kings Digitalsource
Contact and supportNot published on the collected pages.—
Legal and privacyEU-hosted GDPR-friendly Signable DPA No ad pixelssource
Security and complianceoh dear Security Data residencysource
Uptime and status pageOh Dear watches every page of every site you manage - uptime, SSL, broken links, DNS, cron - and alerts you first.source
Domain registered2018-05-08—
Domain expires2027-05-08—

Not found on the collected pages: contact and support. This only means Scout did not find it on the pages it read; it says nothing about the company itself.

17

Documentation and product updates

Help resources, product guidance, and visible changes over time.

Resource or updateTypeWhat is availableDate or freshness
Status Page With Custom Domain & Auto-Updates / Oh DearStatus pageBranded status pages hosted by Oh Dear, with automatic uptime updates, manual incident messages, custom domains, subscriptions and 60-day uptime history. (source)Not dated
Product FAQFAQAnswers common product, workflow, pricing, privacy, ownership, API, and team questions. (source)Not dated
Product FAQFAQAnswers common product, workflow, pricing, privacy, ownership, API, and team questions. (source)Not dated
About Oh Dear - Built by a developer and a sysadminChangelogPublic product change history. (source)Not dated

Not found in the collected public sources: public roadmap, separate help center or knowledge base.

Technical

18

Technical and delivery signals

Delivery model, platforms, API, data ownership, reliability claims and release activity.

SignalFindingSource
Delivery model (cloud, self-hosted, desktop, browser extension)Cloud-based web application S1.S1
Platforms and appsWeb platform S1.S1
API and extensibility (API, SDK, webhooks, MCP, plugins)Full API included in every plan; webhooks for notifications S116 S163.S116 S163
Data ownership and exportData stored in Belgium; export and deletion available for DSRs S9.S9
Performance and reliability claimsChecks run worldwide; failed checks are verified from a second location S9 S36.S9 S36
Release activityNot published on the collected pages.—
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Measured infrastructure

Domain, certificate, and hosting signals, measured directly.

SignalFinding
Domain registered2018-05-08 — Key-Systems LLC
Domain expires2027-05-08
TLS certificateGoogle Trust Services, valid, expires 2026-12-31
Security headersCSP, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy
Headers not servedHSTS
Server headercloudflare
Mail handled bysmtp.google.com
Nameserversmckinley.ns.cloudflare.com, cory.ns.cloudflare.com

Not measurable: wayback: rate limited by archive.org, ladder stopped after 1 probe(s). A gap here means the lookup was unavailable, not that the finding is negative.

20

Technical site audit

A bounded multi-page crawl with page-level issues and URLs.

Scout — Bounded technical crawl

  • Pages crawled: 15 of 15 maximum
  • Technical health: 99/100
  • Critical issues: 0
  • Warnings: 2
  • Notices: 0

Issues

SeverityIssueValueAffected URL
warningMissing meta description—https://ohdear.app/login
warningPage should have one primary H10https://ohdear.app/login

Crawled pages

StatusTitleH1sWordsResponseURL
200Website Health Monitoring: Uptime, SSL & Cron \Oh Dear1168438 ms
200Login - Oh Dear0469354 mshttps://ohdear.app/login
200Website Uptime Monitoring Software \Oh Dear12674219 ms
200API Monitoring: Endpoints Checked Every Minute \Oh Dear1225934 ms
200Ping Monitoring: ICMP Host Checks \Oh Dear12272193 ms
200TCP Port Monitoring: Open Port Alerts \Oh Dear12278186 ms
200Application Health Monitoring \Oh Dear1248425 ms
200Cron Job & Scheduled Task Monitoring \Oh Dear12352177 ms
200Website Performance Monitoring \Oh Dear13031192 ms
200Lighthouse SEO & Performance Monitoring \Oh Dear12906171 ms
200Sitemap Monitoring & Broken URL Alerts \Oh Dear11944201 ms
200AI Website Monitoring: Test Flows in Plain English \Oh Dear1275223 ms
200SSL Monitoring: Certificate Expiry & Chain Alerts \Oh Dear1183919 ms
200Broken Link Checker & Mixed Content Monitoring \Oh Dear1293522 ms
200Port Audit: Open-Port Scanning & Alerts \Oh Dear12741185 ms

This is a bounded Scout crawl. Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse scores are not claimed unless a dedicated performance audit is connected.

21

Search Console and Analytics

First-party search and behavioral data connection state.

Modeled acquisition channels

ChannelEstimated share
direct57.0%
search25.6%
search organic24.3%
search paid1.4%
social3.8%
social organic3.5%
social paid0.4%
referrals8.0%
paid referrals1.6%
mail2.1%
gen ai1.0%
affiliate0.8%
other0.0%

First-party connections

IntegrationStatusData available after connection
Google Search ConsoleNot connectedClicks, impressions, CTR, average position, queries, pages, countries, and devices
Google AnalyticsNot connectedOrganic sessions, engagement, landing pages, conversions, geography, and devices

No first-party Search Console or Analytics numbers are shown until the site owner authorizes the corresponding Google account. Scout traffic model values above are modeled estimates, not private analytics totals.

Limits and method

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Limitations and open questions

Known constraints and missing evidence from the collected pages.

The collected pages do not mention specific competitors. Evidence gaps include lack of detailed customer case studies, independent review ratings, and explicit uptime guarantees. Open questions remain about the exact scope of the AI monitoring feature and its pricing beyond the first five free runs.

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Sources, method, and limitations

Evidence inventory, collection method, provider use, and constraints.

This report is based on 15 collected pages from ohdear.app, including feature pages, about, pricing, and FAQ. The evidence catalog includes 180 entries from these pages. External proof search was enabled but only verified the existence of linked results; no external review content was collected. Pricing data was owner-reviewed on 2026-10-22. Limitations: no independent reviews or customer case studies were collected.

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