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I Built a Betterstack Alternative. Here's Why.

Uptime monitoring costs too much and does too little. So I built something better.

The Problem

If you're running a SaaS, a side project, or a handful of client sites, you need uptime monitoring. The monitoring companies know this — which is why they charge you for every single endpoint.

Betterstack starts at $24/mo for 10 monitors. Need 50? That's going to cost you. UptimeRobot's free tier only checks every 5 minutes. Atlassian's Statuspage starts at $29/mo and the UI looks like 2019.

The Insight

What if monitoring was just... simple? One price. Unlimited monitors. A status page that actually looks good and stays fast when your customers are panicking.

What You Get

  • Unlimited monitors — $15/mo flat. Add 5 or 500, same price.
  • 1-minute check intervals — Know within 60 seconds.
  • Multi-region monitoring — US East, US West, and EU West included.
  • Edge-cached status pages — Millisecond loads during outages.
  • Incident management — Create, update, resolve. Auto-notify subscribers.
  • HMAC-signed webhooks — Secure integrations you can verify.

How It Compares

Let's be transparent.

Feature comparison: PingBase vs Betterstack vs UptimeRobot
Feature PingBase Betterstack UptimeRobot
Monitors Unlimited 10 50
Interval 1 min 30 sec 5 min (free)
Per-monitor cost None Yes Yes
Price $15/mo $24/mo $7-35/mo

Betterstack has 30-second intervals — that's genuinely better on that metric. But at $24/mo for 10 monitors with per-monitor pricing, the cost adds up fast. We give you unlimited at 1-minute intervals for $15/mo flat.

What's the Catch?

We're new. The product is live and production-ready — monitors check, alerts fire, status pages load fast — but we're still shipping features. SSL certificate monitoring, API response validation, and more integrations are on the roadmap.

Try It Free

Free tier: 3 monitors, 3-minute intervals, email alerts, public status page. No credit card. Pro is $15/mo flat for unlimited everything. The math speaks for itself.

500 founding spots. Lock in $15/mo for life.

Start free with 3 monitors. Upgrade to unlimited whenever. First 500 users keep this price forever.

Claim My Founding Spot

No credit card · 500 founding spots · Price locked forever