Comparison
HyperMonitors vs StatusCake StatusCake is a long-established, broad monitoring suite with an unusually large probe network. Where it costs you is the tier ladder: its entry paid plan checks every 60 seconds, and 30-second checks require the plan roughly three times the price. HyperMonitors gives you 60-second checks from $5, cross-region confirmation, and a native MCP server.
Capability HyperMonitors StatusCake
Entry paid price $5/mo (Solo) €19.99/mo (Superior), €16.66 annual Fastest check interval 60s on every paid plan 60s on Superior; 30s needs Business (€69.99/mo) Free tier 5 monitors, 5-min checks, regions included 10 monitors, 5-min checks, no region choice Multi-region checks Yes — cross-region confirmation Yes — 43 locations, confirmation servers Monitor types HTTP/keyword, port, ping, DNS, SSL, heartbeat, domain-expiry HTTP, ping, TCP, DNS, SMTP, SSH, push, page speed, server agent Hosting / GDPR Yes — Swiss-hosted (EU adequacy), Zurich probe UK-based On-call scheduling Yes — rotations + escalation (Team plan) – routes to PagerDuty MCP server (AI agents) Yes — native Figures reflect each vendor's public pricing/feature pages as of August 2026; entry paid tier where plans vary. Found something out of date? Tell us .
Where StatusCake is stronger
StatusCake checks from 43 locations in 30 countries — considerably more vantage points than we run, and if verifying availability from many specific countries matters, they win outright. Their confirmation-server design re-tests from a different server in the same region before declaring downtime. They also cover SMTP and SSH checks, DNS-record change detection for hijack protection, Linux server resource monitoring, and ship an official Terraform provider with a downloadable OpenAPI spec.
Pricing that stays out of your way StatusCake's entry paid plan starts at €19.99/mo (Superior). Ours starts at $5/mo — and Free is free forever.
Monthly Annual (save up to 20%)
Free
/forever
For side projects and personal sites
Free forever
Solo
/month $5
For freelancers and solo builders
First month free
Most popular
Team
/month $25
For teams that ship to production
First month free
100 monitors 3 login seats · +$5/extra seat Enterprise
For fleets and infrastructure at scale · checks every 30s · 2 years of history · 5 seats included, +$25/5 extra seats
Need more than 1,000 monitors? Contact sales Every account starts on Free. Your first paid plan begins with a free month (30-day trial) — switch plans or cancel any time from the billing portal.