[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":583},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fblog\u002Fuptime-com-pricing-2026":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":8,"category":555,"date":556,"description":557,"extension":558,"image":559,"lastUpdated":556,"meta":560,"navigation":577,"path":578,"readingTime":579,"seo":580,"stem":581,"__hash__":582},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fuptime-com-pricing-2026.md","Uptime.com Pricing 2026: Plans, Costs, and What You Actually Get",{"name":7},"Theo Cummings",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":528},"minimark",[11,15,18,23,137,140,143,147,152,155,183,186,189,193,196,210,213,217,220,237,240,244,248,251,255,258,262,265,269,272,276,280,283,287,290,294,297,301,304,308,452,455,459,462,488,491,511,515,518,522,525],[12,13,14],"p",{},"Uptime.com launched in 2012 and targets teams that want a full-featured monitoring platform without the complexity of tools like Datadog or Site24x7. It covers uptime, API monitoring, real user monitoring, status pages, and on-call scheduling under one product.",[12,16,17],{},"The pitch is simple: one tool for the full monitoring and incident response workflow. The pricing reflects that ambition - Uptime.com costs more than pure uptime tools and less than full observability platforms.",[19,20,22],"h2",{"id":21},"uptimecom-plans-at-a-glance","Uptime.com Plans at a Glance",[24,25,26,51],"table",{},[27,28,29],"thead",{},[30,31,32,36,39,42,45,48],"tr",{},[33,34,35],"th",{},"Plan",[33,37,38],{},"Monthly",[33,40,41],{},"Uptime Checks",[33,43,44],{},"Check Interval",[33,46,47],{},"RUM",[33,49,50],{},"Transaction Monitoring",[52,53,54,77,98,118],"tbody",{},[30,55,56,63,66,69,72,75],{},[57,58,59],"td",{},[60,61,62],"strong",{},"Starter",[57,64,65],{},"$20",[57,67,68],{},"50",[57,70,71],{},"1 min",[57,73,74],{},"❌",[57,76,74],{},[30,78,79,84,87,90,92,95],{},[57,80,81],{},[60,82,83],{},"Premium",[57,85,86],{},"$79",[57,88,89],{},"100",[57,91,71],{},[57,93,94],{},"✅",[57,96,97],{},"3 transactions",[30,99,100,105,108,111,113,115],{},[57,101,102],{},[60,103,104],{},"Business",[57,106,107],{},"$199",[57,109,110],{},"300",[57,112,71],{},[57,114,94],{},[57,116,117],{},"10 transactions",[30,119,120,125,128,130,133,135],{},[57,121,122],{},[60,123,124],{},"Enterprise",[57,126,127],{},"Custom",[57,129,127],{},[57,131,132],{},"30 sec",[57,134,94],{},[57,136,127],{},[12,138,139],{},"Annual billing saves roughly 20%. All plans include a 14-day free trial without a credit card.",[12,141,142],{},"Note: 30-second check intervals are only available on Enterprise plans. Every paid tier below Enterprise checks at 1-minute intervals.",[19,144,146],{"id":145},"what-each-plan-includes","What Each Plan Includes",[148,149,151],"h3",{"id":150},"starter-20month","Starter - $20\u002Fmonth",[12,153,154],{},"Fifty uptime checks at 1-minute intervals. The Starter plan includes:",[156,157,158,162,165,168,171,174,177,180],"ul",{},[159,160,161],"li",{},"HTTP\u002FHTTPS uptime monitoring from 35+ global probe locations",[159,163,164],{},"SSL certificate monitoring",[159,166,167],{},"Domain expiry monitoring",[159,169,170],{},"DNS monitoring",[159,172,173],{},"Email, SMS, and push notification alerts",[159,175,176],{},"Basic status page",[159,178,179],{},"On-call scheduling with escalation policies",[159,181,182],{},"Integrations: Slack, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, webhook, and others",[12,184,185],{},"The Starter plan is the entry point. Fifty monitors is enough for a small production environment. The 1-minute interval matches most competitors at this tier.",[12,187,188],{},"At $20\u002Fmonth, the Starter plan costs more than Vantaj ($9\u002Fmonth), UptimeRobot ($7\u002Fmonth), and matches the Pingdom Starter ($15\u002Fmonth) with better monitor counts. The tradeoff is that Uptime.com includes on-call scheduling and SSL\u002FDNS monitoring at entry - features that are paid add-ons elsewhere.",[148,190,192],{"id":191},"premium-79month","Premium - $79\u002Fmonth",[12,194,195],{},"One hundred monitors, Real User Monitoring, and 3 synthetic transaction monitors. The Premium plan adds:",[156,197,198,201,204,207],{},[159,199,200],{},"RUM script for measuring actual visitor load times",[159,202,203],{},"3 transaction monitors for multi-step flows (login, checkout, form submission)",[159,205,206],{},"Expanded SMS alert budget",[159,208,209],{},"7-day fast-track onboarding support",[12,211,212],{},"The jump from $20 to $79 is steep. The main additions are RUM and transaction monitoring. If you need to monitor a checkout flow or login path, $79\u002Fmonth gets you that on Uptime.com. Better Stack includes synthetic monitoring on its $49\u002Fmonth tier. Checkly's transaction monitoring starts lower with a usage-based model.",[148,214,216],{"id":215},"business-199month","Business - $199\u002Fmonth",[12,218,219],{},"Three hundred monitors, 10 transaction monitors, and expanded on-call features. The Business plan adds:",[156,221,222,225,228,231,234],{},[159,223,224],{},"Advanced on-call scheduling with multiple escalation tiers",[159,226,227],{},"Sub-accounts for managing multiple clients or teams",[159,229,230],{},"Audit logs",[159,232,233],{},"Priority support with a named account manager",[159,235,236],{},"Custom status page domain",[12,238,239],{},"At $199\u002Fmonth, Uptime.com Business competes with Pingdom Professional ($249\u002Fmonth) and Better Stack on its higher tiers. The Business plan's main differentiator is the sub-account and multi-team management layer - relevant for agencies monitoring multiple clients or enterprises with multiple product teams.",[19,241,243],{"id":242},"where-uptimecom-excels","Where Uptime.com Excels",[148,245,247],{"id":246},"monitoring-coverage-in-one-tool","Monitoring Coverage in One Tool",[12,249,250],{},"Uptime.com monitors more check types at entry than most tools at comparable price points. HTTP\u002FHTTPS, DNS, SSL, domain expiry, TCP, UDP, and SMTP email monitoring are all available without add-ons. Teams assembling a monitoring stack from separate tools pay more and manage more integrations.",[148,252,254],{"id":253},"_35-global-probe-locations","35+ Global Probe Locations",[12,256,257],{},"The probe network spans 35+ locations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America, and Africa. At the Starter tier, this gives better geographic coverage than tools that restrict global probes to higher tiers.",[148,259,261],{"id":260},"on-call-scheduling-at-entry","On-Call Scheduling at Entry",[12,263,264],{},"Most tools make on-call scheduling a paid add-on or reserve it for higher tiers. Uptime.com includes it on the Starter plan. Teams that need alert routing and escalation policies without a separate PagerDuty subscription find real value here.",[148,266,268],{"id":267},"_14-day-free-trial","14-Day Free Trial",[12,270,271],{},"The trial requires no credit card. Fourteen days on a full paid plan is enough runway to evaluate the monitoring scope before committing.",[19,273,275],{"id":274},"where-uptimecom-falls-short","Where Uptime.com Falls Short",[148,277,279],{"id":278},"_1-minute-intervals-on-all-paid-tiers-below-enterprise","1-Minute Intervals on All Paid Tiers (Below Enterprise)",[12,281,282],{},"Every plan below Enterprise checks at 1-minute intervals. Tools like Vantaj ($9\u002Fmonth) and Better Stack ($24\u002Fmonth) offer 30-second intervals at a fraction of the cost. For teams where detection latency matters, this is a meaningful gap.",[148,284,286],{"id":285},"no-free-plan","No Free Plan",[12,288,289],{},"Uptime.com has no permanent free tier. UptimeRobot offers 50 monitors free. Vantaj offers 20 monitors free. For teams that want to run basic monitoring without a credit card, Uptime.com requires a trial commitment.",[148,291,293],{"id":292},"transaction-monitoring-requires-premium","Transaction Monitoring Requires Premium",[12,295,296],{},"Monitoring a login flow or checkout requires the $79\u002Fmonth Premium plan. Checkly's developer tier includes basic synthetic monitoring at lower cost. Better Stack includes synthetics on lower paid tiers. If transaction monitoring is your primary need, Uptime.com's pricing structure makes you pay for RUM too.",[148,298,300],{"id":299},"pricing-jumps-are-large","Pricing Jumps Are Large",[12,302,303],{},"The Starter-to-Premium jump is $59\u002Fmonth. The Premium-to-Business jump is $120\u002Fmonth. There's no intermediate option for teams that need between 50 and 100 monitors, or that need transaction monitoring without RUM. The tier structure forces you up before you necessarily need everything in the next tier.",[19,305,307],{"id":306},"uptimecom-vs-alternatives-price-comparison","Uptime.com vs. Alternatives: Price Comparison",[24,309,310,330],{},[27,311,312],{},[30,313,314,317,320,323,325,328],{},[33,315,316],{},"Tool",[33,318,319],{},"Free Tier",[33,321,322],{},"Paid Starts At",[33,324,44],{},[33,326,327],{},"On-Call Included",[33,329,50],{},[52,331,332,354,373,393,413,432],{},[30,333,334,339,342,345,348,351],{},[57,335,336],{},[60,337,338],{},"Uptime.com",[57,340,341],{},"❌ Trial only",[57,343,344],{},"$20\u002Fmo",[57,346,347],{},"1 min (30 sec Enterprise)",[57,349,350],{},"✅ All plans",[57,352,353],{},"Premium+",[30,355,356,361,364,367,369,371],{},[57,357,358],{},[60,359,360],{},"Vantaj",[57,362,363],{},"20 monitors",[57,365,366],{},"$9\u002Fmo",[57,368,132],{},[57,370,94],{},[57,372,74],{},[30,374,375,380,383,386,388,390],{},[57,376,377],{},[60,378,379],{},"Better Stack",[57,381,382],{},"10 monitors",[57,384,385],{},"$24\u002Fmo",[57,387,132],{},[57,389,94],{},[57,391,392],{},"Starter+",[30,394,395,400,403,406,408,410],{},[57,396,397],{},[60,398,399],{},"Pingdom",[57,401,402],{},"❌ None",[57,404,405],{},"$15\u002Fmo",[57,407,71],{},[57,409,74],{},[57,411,412],{},"Advanced+",[30,414,415,420,423,426,428,430],{},[57,416,417],{},[60,418,419],{},"UptimeRobot",[57,421,422],{},"50 monitors",[57,424,425],{},"$7\u002Fmo",[57,427,71],{},[57,429,74],{},[57,431,74],{},[30,433,434,439,442,445,447,449],{},[57,435,436],{},[60,437,438],{},"Checkly",[57,440,441],{},"10K runs\u002Fmo",[57,443,444],{},"$30\u002Fmo",[57,446,127],{},[57,448,74],{},[57,450,451],{},"All plans",[12,453,454],{},"Uptime.com's competitive position is the combination of on-call scheduling and broad monitor coverage at $20\u002Fmonth. No other tool in this table bundles those two things at that price. Where it loses is on check interval speed and free tier availability.",[19,456,458],{"id":457},"who-uptimecom-is-for","Who Uptime.com Is For",[12,460,461],{},"Uptime.com works well for:",[156,463,464,470,476,482],{},[159,465,466,469],{},[60,467,468],{},"Teams that want monitoring and on-call in one tool"," without paying separately for PagerDuty",[159,471,472,475],{},[60,473,474],{},"Agencies monitoring multiple client websites"," via sub-accounts on the Business plan",[159,477,478,481],{},[60,479,480],{},"Teams monitoring more than uptime"," - DNS, SSL, domain, SMTP, and TCP coverage at entry price",[159,483,484,487],{},[60,485,486],{},"Teams evaluating before committing"," - the 14-day trial is creditcard-free",[12,489,490],{},"Uptime.com is harder to justify for:",[156,492,493,499,505],{},[159,494,495,498],{},[60,496,497],{},"Teams that prioritize fast check intervals"," - no 30-second intervals below Enterprise",[159,500,501,504],{},[60,502,503],{},"Teams on a tight budget"," - Vantaj at $9\u002Fmonth or UptimeRobot at $7\u002Fmonth cover basic uptime cheaper",[159,506,507,510],{},[60,508,509],{},"Developers wanting API-first monitoring"," - Checkly is better suited for synthetic and API-centric workflows",[19,512,514],{"id":513},"annual-vs-monthly","Annual vs. Monthly",[12,516,517],{},"Annual billing saves approximately 20% on all paid tiers. For Business plan users, the annual saving is roughly $480\u002Fyear.",[19,519,521],{"id":520},"the-bottom-line","The Bottom Line",[12,523,524],{},"Uptime.com pricing starts at $20\u002Fmonth with more built-in coverage than most tools at entry - on-call scheduling, SSL, DNS, domain monitoring, and 35+ probe locations. It's not the cheapest option for pure uptime monitoring, and the 1-minute check interval ceiling below Enterprise is a real limitation. The value case is strongest for teams that want monitoring and on-call in one place, or agencies managing multiple client environments on the Business plan.",[12,526,527],{},"For basic uptime monitoring with fast detection, Vantaj at $9\u002Fmonth and Better Stack at $24\u002Fmonth deliver more per dollar spent on check interval speed.",{"title":529,"searchDepth":530,"depth":530,"links":531},"",2,[532,533,539,545,551,552,553,554],{"id":21,"depth":530,"text":22},{"id":145,"depth":530,"text":146,"children":534},[535,537,538],{"id":150,"depth":536,"text":151},3,{"id":191,"depth":536,"text":192},{"id":215,"depth":536,"text":216},{"id":242,"depth":530,"text":243,"children":540},[541,542,543,544],{"id":246,"depth":536,"text":247},{"id":253,"depth":536,"text":254},{"id":260,"depth":536,"text":261},{"id":267,"depth":536,"text":268},{"id":274,"depth":530,"text":275,"children":546},[547,548,549,550],{"id":278,"depth":536,"text":279},{"id":285,"depth":536,"text":286},{"id":292,"depth":536,"text":293},{"id":299,"depth":536,"text":300},{"id":306,"depth":530,"text":307},{"id":457,"depth":530,"text":458},{"id":513,"depth":530,"text":514},{"id":520,"depth":530,"text":521},"comparisons","2026-06-30","Uptime.com positions itself as the enterprise uptime monitoring tool, with plans starting at $20\u002Fmonth. Here's a full breakdown of every Uptime.com plan in 2026, what's included, and whether the premium is justified.","md",null,{"faq":561},[562,565,568,571,574],{"q":563,"a":564},"How much does Uptime.com cost?","Uptime.com pricing starts at $20\u002Fmonth for the Starter plan (50 checks, 1-minute intervals). The Premium plan is $79\u002Fmonth (100 checks). The Business plan is $199\u002Fmonth (300 checks). Enterprise pricing is custom.",{"q":566,"a":567},"Does Uptime.com have a free plan?","No. Uptime.com has no free plan. It offers a 14-day free trial on all paid plans without requiring a credit card.",{"q":569,"a":570},"What types of monitoring does Uptime.com support?","Uptime.com monitors HTTP\u002FHTTPS, APIs, DNS, SSL certificates, domain expiry, TCP\u002FUDP ports, email delivery, and real user monitoring. It also supports synthetic transaction monitoring for multi-step user flows.",{"q":572,"a":573},"Does Uptime.com support on-call scheduling?","Yes. All Uptime.com paid plans include on-call scheduling, escalation policies, and alert routing. The Business plan includes more advanced on-call features.",{"q":575,"a":576},"What's cheaper than Uptime.com?","Vantaj starts at $9\u002Fmonth with 30-second intervals and multi-region consensus. UptimeRobot starts at $7\u002Fmonth. Better Stack starts at $24\u002Fmonth with built-in incident management. All cost less than Uptime.com for comparable uptime monitoring.",true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fuptime-com-pricing-2026",9,{"title":5,"description":557},"blog\u002Fuptime-com-pricing-2026","4ynJ2DCtEtNNzKZqIf75H0UYJHpsAyOmCIbvbNfZxX0",1782825210295]