Comparison
HyperMonitors vs UptimeRobot UptimeRobot popularised free uptime monitoring, and its free plan is still the most generous around — 50 monitors, though personal, non-commercial use only since 2024. HyperMonitors competes on what happens after that: self-hosted Swiss infrastructure under an EU adequacy decision, cross-region confirmation before we wake you, and commercial use allowed on the free plan.
Capability HyperMonitors UptimeRobot
Entry paid price $5/mo (Solo) $10/mo (Solo), $9 annual Free tier 5 monitors, 5-min checks, commercial use fine 50 monitors, 5-min — personal, non-commercial only Multi-region checks Yes — cross-region confirmation, no false positives Yes (4 regions) Monitor types HTTP/keyword, port, ping, DNS, SSL, heartbeat, domain-expiry HTTP/keyword, port, ping, DNS, SSL, domain expiry, cron Hosting / GDPR Yes — Swiss-hosted (EU adequacy), Zurich probe US-based Status pages Branding + password + custom domain on every paid tier Yes Alert channels Email, SMS, Slack, Discord, Telegram, webhook, MS Teams, PagerDuty Email, SMS (credits), Slack, webhook, … Public REST API + OpenAPI Yes — full read/write, documented Yes MCP server (AI agents) Yes — native, for Claude Code / Cursor / … Yes — hosted MCP endpoint Maintenance windows Yes — suppress alerts during deploys Yes 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 Found something out of date?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 UptimeRobot is stronger
Their free tier is simply bigger than ours — 50 monitors against our 5 — so for a personal project it is the better deal, provided you fit the non-commercial terms. UptimeRobot also has a longer track record and a larger public-probe network, and it has closed most of the monitor-type gap: DNS, SSL, domain expiry and cron monitoring are all supported now.
Pricing that stays out of your way UptimeRobot's entry paid plan starts at $10/mo (Solo). 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.
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