[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":356},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fblog\u002Fmigrate-from-statuscake-in-60-seconds":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":8,"category":312,"date":313,"description":314,"extension":315,"faq":316,"howTo":332,"image":348,"lastUpdated":313,"meta":349,"navigation":350,"path":351,"readingTime":352,"seo":353,"stem":354,"__hash__":355},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fmigrate-from-statuscake-in-60-seconds.md","Migrating Your Monitors from StatusCake in 60 Seconds",{"name":7},"Theo Cummings",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":302},"minimark",[11,15,23,49,54,61,64,68,83,86,90,93,152,155,197,202,206,209,215,221,233,239,243,259,263,266,288],[12,13,14],"p",{},"StatusCake's free plan is generous until it isn't: 10 uptime tests at 5-minute intervals, and the features you actually want - faster checks, more tests, SSL and domain monitoring - live on paid tiers, some of them sold as separate products. If you've hit those walls, the good news is that StatusCake includes API access on every plan. Which means even free users can leave in one click.",[12,16,17,18,22],{},"Vantaj imports your entire StatusCake test list with a single ",[19,20,21],"strong",{},"API key",", in about a minute. The flow:",[24,25,26,33,39,42],"ul",{},[27,28,29,30,32],"li",{},"Copy your ",[19,31,21],{}," from StatusCake (Account → API Keys)",[27,34,35,36],{},"Paste it into Vantaj under ",[19,37,38],{},"Settings → Import Monitors → Quick import from StatusCake",[27,40,41],{},"Review the fetched tests - everything importable is pre-selected",[27,43,44,45,48],{},"Click ",[19,46,47],{},"Import"," and monitoring starts immediately",[50,51,53],"h2",{"id":52},"step-1-get-your-api-key-20-seconds","Step 1: Get your API key (20 seconds)",[12,55,56,57,60],{},"In StatusCake, open ",[19,58,59],{},"Account → API Keys"," and copy your key (or generate one if you haven't before).",[12,62,63],{},"It's available on every plan, including free - there's no paywall between you and your own data. And the import only reads your test list; nothing in your StatusCake account is changed or deleted, so you can keep it running in parallel as long as you like.",[50,65,67],{"id":66},"step-2-paste-it-into-vantaj-10-seconds","Step 2: Paste it into Vantaj (10 seconds)",[12,69,70,71,74,75,78,79,82],{},"In Vantaj, go to ",[19,72,73],{},"Settings → Import Monitors"," and choose ",[19,76,77],{},"Quick import from StatusCake",". Paste the key and click ",[19,80,81],{},"Fetch monitors",".",[12,84,85],{},"Vantaj calls the StatusCake API on your behalf and shows every uptime test it found. The key is used for that one request and never stored.",[50,87,89],{"id":88},"step-3-review-and-import-30-seconds","Step 3: Review and import (30 seconds)",[12,91,92],{},"Every importable test is pre-selected. The preview shows what each one becomes:",[94,95,96,109],"table",{},[97,98,99],"thead",{},[100,101,102,106],"tr",{},[103,104,105],"th",{},"StatusCake",[103,107,108],{},"Becomes in Vantaj",[110,111,112,121,128,136,144],"tbody",{},[100,113,114,118],{},[115,116,117],"td",{},"HTTP test",[115,119,120],{},"HTTP(s) monitor",[100,122,123,126],{},[115,124,125],{},"HEAD test",[115,127,120],{},[100,129,130,133],{},[115,131,132],{},"Ping test",[115,134,135],{},"Ping (ICMP) monitor",[100,137,138,141],{},[115,139,140],{},"TCP test",[115,142,143],{},"Port (TCP) monitor, with the port",[100,145,146,149],{},[115,147,148],{},"SMTP test",[115,150,151],{},"SMTP monitor",[12,153,154],{},"The details come over too:",[24,156,157,180,186,191],{},[27,158,159,162,163,167,168,171,172,175,176,179],{},[19,160,161],{},"String matching is translated correctly."," StatusCake's ",[164,165,166],"em",{},"find string"," becomes Vantaj's ",[164,169,170],{},"response must contain","; ",[164,173,174],{},"do not find"," becomes ",[164,177,178],{},"must not contain",". Your error-page detection keeps working without you thinking about it.",[27,181,182,185],{},[19,183,184],{},"Check rates are snapped"," to the nearest Vantaj interval, respecting your plan's minimum.",[27,187,188],{},[19,189,190],{},"Paused tests stay paused.",[27,192,193,196],{},[19,194,195],{},"Duplicates are caught."," Anything already monitored in Vantaj is flagged and deselected, so re-running the import never creates copies.",[12,198,44,199,201],{},[19,200,47],{},", and checks start immediately from multiple regions.",[50,203,205],{"id":204},"what-doesnt-migrate","What doesn't migrate",[12,207,208],{},"Honesty section:",[12,210,211,214],{},[19,212,213],{},"DNS and SSH tests."," Vantaj doesn't have direct equivalents for these StatusCake test types, so they're skipped.",[12,216,217,220],{},[19,218,219],{},"Page-speed tests."," Performance profiling is a different job from uptime monitoring and doesn't map to a monitor.",[12,222,223,226,227,232],{},[19,224,225],{},"Contact groups."," Notification setups work too differently across providers to map automatically. In Vantaj you set up channels once - Slack, PagerDuty, Telegram, webhooks, email - under ",[228,229,231],"a",{"href":230},"\u002Fdocs\u002Falerts","Alerts & Notifications",", and they apply to every monitor.",[12,234,235,238],{},[19,236,237],{},"Historical uptime data."," Your Vantaj graphs start at import time. Run both tools in parallel through the transition if you want overlapping coverage.",[50,240,242],{"id":241},"the-upgrade-hiding-in-the-migration","The upgrade hiding in the migration",[12,244,245,246,249,250,253,254,258],{},"StatusCake sells uptime monitoring, SSL monitoring, and domain monitoring as separate products with separate limits. In Vantaj they're one tool: every HTTPS monitor gets ",[19,247,248],{},"SSL expiry alerts"," automatically, and ",[19,251,252],{},"domain expiry monitoring"," lives on the ",[228,255,257],{"href":256},"\u002Fdocs\u002Fdomains","Domains page"," - no extra product, no extra line item. If you were paying StatusCake for all three, the migration consolidates them for free.",[50,260,262],{"id":261},"why-we-built-this","Why we built this",[12,264,265],{},"Nobody in the uptime monitoring space offers a real self-serve importer - the standard answer to \"how do I migrate?\" is a support ticket or an API reference. We think switching tools should take a minute, not an afternoon. The importer only reads your data and leaves your StatusCake account intact, because the same courtesy should apply in both directions.",[12,267,268,269,273,274,278,279,283,284,82],{},"Coming from somewhere else? We also import from ",[228,270,272],{"href":271},"\u002Fblog\u002Fmigrate-from-uptimerobot-in-60-seconds","UptimeRobot",", ",[228,275,277],{"href":276},"\u002Fblog\u002Fmigrate-from-pingdom-in-60-seconds","Pingdom",", and ",[228,280,282],{"href":281},"\u002Fblog\u002Fmigrate-from-better-stack-in-60-seconds","Better Stack"," - and anything that can produce a spreadsheet via ",[228,285,287],{"href":286},"\u002Fblog\u002Fbulk-import-monitors-csv","CSV bulk import",[12,289,290,291,297,298,82],{},"Ready to try it? ",[228,292,296],{"href":293,"rel":294},"https:\u002F\u002Fapp.vantaj.co\u002Fregister",[295],"nofollow","Create a free Vantaj account"," - 20 monitors free, no credit card - and see the ",[228,299,301],{"href":300},"\u002Fdocs\u002Fimport-statuscake","full import guide in the docs",{"title":303,"searchDepth":304,"depth":304,"links":305},"",2,[306,307,308,309,310,311],{"id":52,"depth":304,"text":53},{"id":66,"depth":304,"text":67},{"id":88,"depth":304,"text":89},{"id":204,"depth":304,"text":205},{"id":241,"depth":304,"text":242},{"id":261,"depth":304,"text":262},"tutorials","2026-07-05","Vantaj imports your StatusCake uptime tests - HTTP, HEAD, ping, TCP, and SMTP, including string matching - with one API key. Available on every StatusCake plan, including free. Here's how it works and what carries over.","md",[317,320,323,326,329],{"q":318,"a":319},"Do I need a paid StatusCake plan to migrate?","No. API keys are available on every StatusCake plan, including the free one - so even free-tier users can leave in one click.",{"q":321,"a":322},"Is my StatusCake API key stored anywhere?","No. Vantaj uses the key once to read your test list during the import and never stores it. Nothing in your StatusCake account is changed or deleted.",{"q":324,"a":325},"What StatusCake test types can be imported?","HTTP and HEAD tests, ping, TCP (with the port), and SMTP. DNS and SSH tests are skipped, and page-speed tests don't map to uptime monitors.",{"q":327,"a":328},"What happens to my StatusCake SSL and domain monitoring?","You don't need to import them - in Vantaj, SSL expiry alerts are built into every HTTPS monitor, and domain expiry monitoring lives on the Domains page. One tool covers what StatusCake sells as three separate products.",{"q":330,"a":331},"Does my uptime history come over?","No - historical data isn't importable from any provider. Your Vantaj history starts at import time, so run both tools in parallel for a few days if you want overlapping coverage.",{"name":333,"description":334,"steps":335},"How to migrate your monitors from StatusCake to Vantaj","Import your StatusCake uptime tests into Vantaj with an API key in about a minute.",[336,339,342,345],{"name":337,"text":338},"Get your API key in StatusCake","In StatusCake, go to Account → API Keys and copy your key. API keys are available on every plan, including free.",{"name":340,"text":341},"Open the importer in Vantaj","In Vantaj, go to Settings → Import Monitors and choose Quick import from StatusCake.",{"name":343,"text":344},"Paste the key and fetch your tests","Paste the API key and click Fetch monitors. Vantaj lists every uptime test in your StatusCake account with everything importable pre-selected.",{"name":346,"text":347},"Review and import","Deselect anything you don't want, then click Import. Monitors are created and checks start immediately.",null,{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fmigrate-from-statuscake-in-60-seconds",5,{"title":5,"description":314},"blog\u002Fmigrate-from-statuscake-in-60-seconds","p6SsbIpXirpC9jz2FR5XVh7lt27eyXZDA009i0YyeKQ",1783178927522]