Uptime Monitoring · Reviewed 23 Oct 2026

Uptime.com

Website and API monitoring with alerts, status pages, and reporting.

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Uptime.com at a glance

Overview

01

Summary

The useful answer before the supporting detail.

Uptime.com is a unified availability platform that monitors websites, APIs, and infrastructure to ensure uptime and performance S1. Engineering, operations, and SRE teams use it to detect issues and respond quickly S1. It provides real-time alerts, status pages, and reporting to help organizations maintain reliable online services S12.

02

Product identity and positioning

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

  • Identity: Uptime.com is a website and API monitoring service S40.
  • Core purpose: It helps organizations detect downtime and performance issues to maintain availability S1.
  • Intended users: Engineering, operations, and SRE teams S1.
  • Product scope: A unified availability platform with monitoring, alerting, and status pages S12.
  • Positioning: Positioned as a reliable, enterprise-grade monitoring solution S12.
  • Claimed distinction: Claims to be the largest and fastest growing check platform S40.
03

Use cases and audiences

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

AudiencePractical use case
Online sellersMonitor Shopify store uptime to prevent lost sales S140.
Educational institutionsMonitor .edu websites for downtime and user experience S140.
IT companiesMonitor infrastructure uptime S140.
SaaS brandsMonitor website speed and performance S140.

Features

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Features and capabilities

Core functions and evidence-backed product capabilities.

CapabilityWhat it does
Website MonitoringMonitors website uptime and response time from global locations S12 S40.
API MonitoringTests API availability and performance with multi-step synthetic checks S12 S104.
Synthetic MonitoringSimulates user transactions to test critical flows S12.
Real User MonitoringTracks real user performance, load times, and errors S12 S87.
Status PagesCommunicates incident updates to public and private audiences S12.
AlertingSends multi-channel alerts via phone, email, SMS, and Slack S12.
Private LocationsMonitors services behind firewalls or in private infrastructure S12 S40.
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Integrations and ecosystem

Connected products, exports, APIs, and workflow compatibility.

Integration or interfaceTypeWhat it enables
REST APIAPIProgrammatically access Uptime.com functionality S17.
WebhooksIntegrationSend uptime data and alerts to external systems S40.
SlackIntegrationReceive alerts in Slack S12.
Third-party monitoringIntegrationMonitor cloud services via third-party tools S40.
Website reporting integrationsIntegrationSend uptime data to dashboards S12.

Pricing

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Pricing and plans

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

Plan or offerVerified price and billingIncludedLimits
Website MonitoringFrom $9 per month, monthly or yearly (yearly saves over 20%) S87Basic checks, email/SMS alerting, 20+ integrations S871-minute checks, unlimited users, 100+ probe servers S87
Starter Plan$20 per month (from blog) S176Basic monitoring necessities S176Not established
Premium Plan25% off spring promo (from blog) S173Enhanced monitoring capabilities S173Not established
Add-onsReal User Monitoring, additional Status Pages S87Not establishedNot established

Competition

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Competitive landscape

Domains competing for the same organic search demand.

Sampled competitors

CompetitorFirst-page appearancesSampled queriesAverage positionQueries observed
support.distrokid.com214is distrokid down
reddit.com226application uptime, is distrokid down
solarwinds.com111application uptime
xurrent.com112application uptime
facebook.com112is distrokid down
theverge.com113is distrokid down
uptimerobot.com114application uptime
logicmonitor.com115application uptime
distrokid.com115is distrokid down
datadoghq.com116application uptime

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Customers, testimonials, and first-party review claims

Page typeEvidenceSource
customersUptime.com Logohttps://uptime.com/customers
customers](/dashboard)[https://uptime.com/customers
customers](/accounts/register)https://uptime.com/customers
customersUptime.com Logohttps://uptime.com/customers
customersOur customers choose peace of mindhttps://uptime.com/customers
customersMeet some of the websites who trust us with their uptime monitoring.https://uptime.com/customers
customersStart monitoring your website in seconds!https://uptime.com/customers
customers[GET STARTED](/accounts/register "GET STARTED")https://uptime.com/customers

Independent review sources discovered

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims: Uptime.com claims to be a "Leader in Website Monitoring" on G2 W10W80W229. It also displays badges from Capterra and SourceForge W8W9W78W79W227W228.

Scout inference: The presence of these third-party review badges suggests Uptime.com actively competes in the website monitoring market and leverages review platforms for credibility.

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AI visibility

Measured ChatGPT and Google AI mentions with cited sources.

AI-assistant referral traffic

  • Estimated current generative-AI referral share: 0.5%

Scout traffic model did not return a separate AI-referral trend series for this domain.

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Site-stated AI capabilities

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

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

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Marketing opportunities

Actions calculated directly from the collected evidence.

OpportunityRecommended actionEvidence
Competitor gap2 first-page appearances across is distrokid down

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Website evidence gaps

  • reviews: 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: The pricing page offers a yearly plan with a "Save over 20% with a yearly plan, backed by a 30-day guarantee" W28. The solutions page lists industry-specific solutions for ecommerce, education, and financial services W66W70W72. The integrations page lists popular integrations like PagerDuty, Slack, Opsgenie, Microsoft Teams, and Datadog W104W108W110W116W120.

Scout inference: The presence of industry-specific landing pages and a clear pricing incentive suggests opportunities for targeted marketing campaigns. The integrations page indicates a strong ecosystem that could be leveraged for co-marketing.

Trust and proof

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Customers, proof, and reviews

Published proof, customer signals, and review evidence.

Independent reviews

PlatformPageHow it was foundNote
CapterraUptime.com Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 / CapterraGrounded web search4.7 (54) Last updated on October 19, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. Learn more ... Uptime.com monitors website, API, and service availability reliably with configurable checks, alerts, and performance insights. Small businesses, SaaS teams, and managed service providers value its quick issue detection, multi-region monitoring, and escalation options. Some users report occasional false alerts and want more control
Software AdviceUptime.com User ReviewsGrounded web search# Uptime.com User Reviews ... ## Overall Rating ... 4.7 ... "Additionally, I occasionally receive false alarms or an excessive number of notifications. While there isn't much else to dislike, the frequent false notifications for the websites I monitor within our organization can be quite bothersome." "I was a regular NOC and was not privy to the cost of the product and also never used the customer support of it"
TechRadarI tried Uptime.com and found it to be one of the very best site monitoring software platformsGrounded web searchUptime is a robust website monitoring tool offering 30+ types of monitoring checks, including advanced ones like real user monitoring and transaction and API checks. It also offers ... curve. That said, there are a lot of tutorials available to guide you
TrustpilotUptime.com Reviews / Read Customer Service Reviews of uptime.comGrounded web searchUptime.com is pretty decent, but the UI can be a bit clunky and counterintuitive to use at times. Limited to 4 9s (i.e. 99.99%) uptime monitoring, anything higher is treated as 100% so if you need to measure 5+ 9s then you should look elsewhere.
GetAppUptime.com 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives / GetAppGrounded web searchTo determine these pros and cons insights, we analyzed responses from 54 verified reviews Overall rating 4.7 (54) Value for money 4.4 Features 4.5 Ease of use 4.8 Customer support 4.5 Reviews sentiment 1-2(1) 3-4(12) 5(41)
toolradar.comUptime.com Reviews, Pricing & Alternatives (2026) - 4.6/5Grounded web searchWeb 4.6(450 reviews) Uptime.com holds an aggregate rating of 4.6 out of 5 from 450 reviews across G2 and Capterra, last checked September 17, 2026. G2 396 reviews 4.6/5 Capterra 54 reviews 4.7/5 Ratings aggregated from independent review platforms.
softwareadvice.co.ukUptime.com / Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice GBGrounded web searchs been rock-solid. The alerting is fast and reliable, the dashboard is clean and easy to navigate ... and setting up synthetic monitoring is a breeze. It’s saved us from downtime ... than once! The status page feature is a nice touch, making it easy to
cubeapm.comUptime.com Pricing and Review 2026: Plans, Costs, ReviewsGrounded web searchUptime.com has strong public review visibility. G2 lists Uptime.com at 4.6/5 from 365 reviews, and its AI-generated review summary says users praise ease of use, reliable monitoring, quick setup, alerts, and an intuitive interface. G2 also lists common review themes such as ease of use, easy setup, notifications, monitoring services, complex configuration, expensive pricing, notification issues, and learning curve. Capterra lists Uptime.com at 4.7/5 overall based on public review snippets and hi

Customer proof

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

Independent mentions

  • Uptime.com / Customer Success Stories — ## Recognized for customer success By thousands of customers who love the responsiveness and reliability of our award-winning customer success and support team. By analysts like G2 & TechRadar who rate us one of the world’s easiest website uptime monitoring services to work with.

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 ownershipAt Uptime.com our team is committed to delivering unparalleled services that empower organizations to thrive in the online landscape. We are at the forefront of driving excellence in website performance.source
Contact and supportReceive instant notifications and get multi-channel alerting via phone call, email, SMS, Slack (and many more!) when your website experiences downtime, allowing you to take swift action.source
Legal and privacyTerms of service API Changelog Contact the developersource
Security and compliancePlans. SSO Availablesource
Uptime and status pageThe Website Monitoring Service for Unmatched Uptime Monitoringsource
Domain registered1994-06-03—
Domain expires2033-06-02—

Every trust signal above is backed by a collected page or a registration record.

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Documentation and product updates

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

Resource or updateTypeWhat is availableDate or freshness
Uptime.com / API DocumentationAPI referencePublic developer and API reference. (source)Not dated
Uptime.com: How to Prevent Website Outages in 2024GuideWebsite monitoring is a must! Learn how Uptime.com can help avoid business disruption & loss like Amazon & Facebook experienced in 2021. (source)Not dated
Uptime.com / API DocumentationChangelogPublic product change history. (source)Not dated

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

Technical

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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 service S40.S40
Platforms and appsWeb platform S40.S40
API and extensibility (API, SDK, webhooks, MCP, plugins)REST API with rate limits S17.S17
Data ownership and exportExportable reports available S87.S87
Performance and reliability claimsClaims to be the largest and fastest growing check platform S40.S40
Release activityNot published on the collected pages.—
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Measured infrastructure

Domain, certificate, and hosting signals, measured directly.

SignalFinding
Domain registered1994-06-03 — SafeNames Ltd.
Domain expires2033-06-02
TLS certificateAmazon, valid, expires 2027-03-05
Security headersHSTS, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy
Headers not servedCSP, X-Frame-Options
Server headernginx
Mail handled byaspmx.l.google.com, alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
Nameserversns-650.awsdns-17.net, ns-1522.awsdns-62.org

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

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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: 93/100
  • Critical issues: 0
  • Warnings: 15
  • Notices: 16

Issues

SeverityIssueValueAffected URL
warningMissing canonical URL—https://uptime.com/
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://uptime.com/
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed17https://uptime.com/api-monitoring
warningMissing canonical URL—https://uptime.com/api-monitoring
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://uptime.com/api-monitoring
warningMissing canonical URL—https://uptime.com/synthetic-monitoring
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://uptime.com/synthetic-monitoring
warningMissing canonical URL—https://uptime.com/real-user-monitoring
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://uptime.com/real-user-monitoring
warningMissing canonical URL—https://uptime.com/status-page-monitoring
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://uptime.com/status-page-monitoring
warningMissing canonical URL—https://uptime.com/page-speed-monitoring
noticeImages are missing alt text21https://uptime.com/page-speed-monitoring
warningMissing canonical URL—https://uptime.com/webhook-monitoring
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://uptime.com/webhook-monitoring
warningMissing canonical URL—https://uptime.com/heartbeat-cron-job-monitoring
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://uptime.com/heartbeat-cron-job-monitoring
warningMissing canonical URL—https://uptime.com/website-monitoring
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://uptime.com/website-monitoring
warningMissing canonical URL—https://uptime.com/network-monitoring-software
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://uptime.com/network-monitoring-software
warningMissing canonical URL—https://uptime.com/port-monitoring
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://uptime.com/port-monitoring
warningMissing canonical URL—https://uptime.com/ftp-monitoring
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://uptime.com/ftp-monitoring
warningMissing canonical URL—https://uptime.com/ssl-monitoring
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://uptime.com/ssl-monitoring
warningMissing canonical URL—https://uptime.com/whois-domain-monitoring
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://uptime.com/whois-domain-monitoring
warningMissing canonical URL—https://uptime.com/reporting
noticeImages are missing alt text1https://uptime.com/reporting

Crawled pages

StatusTitleH1sWordsResponseURL
200Uptime.com :) Website Monitoring Service11364270 mshttps://uptime.com/
200Uptime.com \API Monitoring Tool11826218 ms
200Uptime.com \Synthetic Transaction Monitoring12071153 ms
200Uptime.com \Real User Monitoring - RUM1847229 ms
200Uptime.com \Third Party Monitoring1146384 ms
200Uptime.com \Page Speed Monitoring1153787 ms
200Uptime.com \Webhook Monitoring Software1133293 ms
200Uptime.com \Cron Job (Heartbeat) Monitoring1134974 ms
200Uptime.com \Website Monitoring1101967 ms
200Uptime.com \Network Monitoring Software11368265 ms
200Uptime.com \Port Monitoring11265257 ms
200Uptime.com \FTP Monitoring Software11230244 ms
200Uptime.com \SSL Monitoring11294250 ms
200Uptime.com \WHOIS Domain Monitoring1118375 ms
200Uptime.com \Website Monitoring Reports1833235 ms

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

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Search Console and Analytics

First-party search and behavioral data connection state.

Modeled acquisition channels

ChannelEstimated share
direct14.8%
search80.7%
search organic80.7%
search paid0.0%
social1.3%
social organic1.3%
social paid0.0%
referrals2.4%
paid referrals0.1%
mail0.1%
gen ai0.5%
affiliate0.0%
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 pricing for all plans, no customer case studies, and no independent review ratings. Open questions: exact monitor limits per plan, data retention specifics, and uptime guarantees.

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Sources, method, and limitations

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

This report is based on 13 of 15 collected pages from uptime.com, including product, pricing, API docs, and blog pages. External proof search was performed but no additional verification was completed. Limitations: some pages were not collected, and external review content was not scraped.

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