Comparison of free website monitoring systems

Description

The following table compares general and technical information for a number of free remote website monitoring systems. Some are free, some are commercial with a free plan. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.

Features

Name Free Use (Days) Interval (Minutes) Websites (Per Account) Nodes (Locations) E-mail Alerts SMS Alerts Mobile App
(Push Alerts) 		Monitors
AlertBot 14 Days[1] 1 10 63 Yes 10 No Web Browser, HTTP, HTTPS, PING, ICMP, PORT,
Alertra 30 Days [2]5 50 8 Yes No Yes HTTP, HTTPS
Apica 14 Days [3] 5 1 100 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS
AreWeOnline 30 Days [4] 60 Unlimited 1 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS
BinaryCanary Unlimited [5] 15 5 3 Yes No No HTTP
CopperEgg 14 Days [6] 1 120 20 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS, ICMP, TCP
Dotcom-Monitor 30 Days [7] 320 Unlimited 22 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, POP3,
SMTP, SSL, IMAP, SSH,
Telnet, MYSQL, DNS
Downnotifier Unlimited [8] 5 5 1 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS
FreeWebMonitoring 14 Days [9] 60 3 1 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS
GotSiteMonitor Unlimited [10] 5 5 12 Yes 20 No HTTP, HTTPS
HappyApps Unlimited [11]1 Unlimited 1 Yes Unlimited Yes HTTP, HTTPS, Ping, Port, SNMP
HostTrackerCom 30 Days [12] 1 Unlimited 39 Yes No No HTTP, PING, Port, SNMP
InternetVista 30 Days [13] 1 Unlimited 1 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, POP3,
SMTP, IMAP, NNTP, TCP,
UDP
Livewatch Unlimited [14] 10 1 1 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS
Monitive 14 Days [15] 1 30 1 Yes 10 No HTTP, PING, FTP, POP3,
SMTP, IMAP, TLS, MySQL,
DNS
Monitor Scout Unlimited [16] 3 5 5 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP,
TCP, SNMP
Monitis Unlimited [17] 30 Unlimited 2 Yes No Yes HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, POP3,
SMTP, SSL, IMAP
Montastic Unlimited [18] 30 3 1 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS
MonTools Unlimited [19] 30 Unlimited 6 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, POP3,
SMTP, SSL, IMAP, SSH
Netumo Unlimited [20] 15 5 1 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS
NodePing 14 Days [21] 5 5 24 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, POP3,
SMTP, IMAP, SSH, MYSQL, DNS
Observu 30 Days [22] 1 1 6 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS
Pingability Unlimited [23] 60 1 1 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS
Pingdom Unlimited [24] 1 1 1 Yes 20 Yes HTTP, HTTPS, UDP, PING,
TCP, POP3, SMTP, IMAP
Pingoscope Unlimited [25] 5 2 1 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS
Port-Monitor Unlimited [26] 1 2 1 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS
ServerGuard24 Unlimited [27] 5 1 12 Yes 5 Yes HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, POP3,
SMTP, IMAP, MYSQL, PING,
SSH, FTP, TCP, DNS
ServerMojo Unlimited [28] 60 1 1 Yes 5 No HTTP, HTTPS
ServiceUptime Unlimited [29] 30 1 1 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS
Shiftedfrequency 15 Days [30] 1 5 1 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS
Site-MonitoringNet Unlimited [31] 10 Unlimited 1 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS
Site24x7 30 Days [32] 10 5 1 Yes No Yes HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, POP3,
SMTP, SSL, IMAP, SSH
SiteGuardian Unlimited [33] 60 1 1 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS
SiteUptime Unlimited [34] 30 1 1 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3
StatusCake Unlimited [35] 5 Unlimited 1 Yes No Yes HTTP, HTTPS
SuperMonitoring 14 Days [36] 1 1 4 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3,
FTP, SSL, IMAP, SSH,
Telnet, MYSQL, DNS
Uptime Doctor Unlimited [37] 1 1 1 Yes No Yes HTTP, HTTPS
Uptime Files Unlimited [38] 1 Unlimited 10 Yes Unlimited Yes HTTP, HTTPS
Uptime Robot Unlimited [39] 5 50 1 Yes No Yes HTTP, HTTPS
Uptimer Unlimited [40] 1 3 1 Yes No Yes HTTP, HTTPS
Uptrends 30 Days [41] 5 1 115 Yes {{Yes[42]}} No HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, POP3,
SMTP, IMAP, SSH, MYSQL,
DNS
WebSitePulse 30 Days [43] 1 Unlimited 20 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, POP3
Wormly 14 Days [44] 1 8 4 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, POP3,
SMTP, IMAP, TCP, DNS
Testomato Unlimited[45] 0.25/5 1 2 Yes No No HTTP, HTTPS, DNS

Legend

Product Name 
The name of the system, linked to its Wikipedia article.
Interval 
Monitoring frequency in minutes.
Websites 
Number of websites, pages or protocols allowed per account.
Nodes 
Monitoring servers in different geographic locations
E-mail Alerts 
E-mail outage alerts
SMS Alerts
SMS outage alerts.
Mobile App
Mobile application with push outage alerts
Monitors
Type of protocols monitored

References

  1. ↑ https://www.alertbot.com/
  2. ↑ http://www.alertra.com/pricing/
  3. ↑ https://www.apicasystem.com/trial-terms/
  4. ↑ http://www.areweonline.com/sign-up/website-monitoring-basic-sign-up-form.aspx
  5. ↑ http://binarycanary.com/en/comparison-of-website-monitoring-plans.cfm
  6. ↑ http://copperegg.com/pricing/
  7. ↑ https://www.dotcom-monitor.com/UserAuth/Public/Pricing
  8. ↑ http://www.downnotifier.com
  9. ↑ http://www.freewebmonitoring.com/faq.html
  10. ↑ http://www.gotsitemonitor.com/plans.aspx
  11. ↑ http://www.happyapps.io/pricing
  12. ↑ http://www.host-tracker.com/Payment/Packages
  13. ↑ https://www.internetvista.com/en/website-and-internet-monitoring-service-price.htm
  14. ↑ http://www.livewatch.de/en/server/monitoring/pricing
  15. ↑ http://monitive.com/pricing/
  16. ↑ https://www.monitorscout.com/register/
  17. ↑ http://www.monitor.us/en/about-monitor-us/monitis-premium-product
  18. ↑ http://montastic.com/plans/pricing
  19. ↑ http://montools.com/
  20. ↑ http://www.netumo.com/home/pricing
  21. ↑ https://nodeping.com/Pricing
  22. ↑ https://observu.com/monitor-plans
  23. ↑ http://pingability.com/planpricing.jsp
  24. ↑ https://www.pingdom.com/free/#learnmore
  25. ↑ http://pingoscope.com/pricing.aspx
  26. ↑ https://www.port-monitor.com/plans-and-pricing
  27. ↑ https://www.serverguard24.com/plans/index.html
  28. ↑ https://www.servermojo.com/cgi-bin/features.pl
  29. ↑ http://www.serviceuptime.com/free_monitoring.php
  30. ↑ http://aremysitesup.com/premium/
  31. ↑ http://site-monitoring.net/WalkThru.aspx
  32. ↑ https://www.site24x7.com/site24x7-pricing.html
  33. ↑ http://www.siteguardian.com/services/pricing.html
  34. ↑ http://siteuptime.com/compare.php
  35. ↑ https://www.statuscake.com/paid-website-monitoring/
  36. ↑ http://www.supermonitoring.com/p/pricing
  37. ↑ http://www.uptimedoctor.com/en/pricing.php
  38. ↑ http://uptimefiles.com
  39. ↑ http://uptimerobot.com/faq
  40. ↑ http://uptimer.at/faq
  41. ↑ https://www.uptrends.com/html/en/pricing
  42. ↑ https://www.uptrends.com/html/en/app-mobile-phone-server-website-monitoring
  43. ↑ http://www.websitepulse.com/services/pricing.php
  44. ↑ https://www.wormly.com/plans
  45. ↑ http://www.testomato.com

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