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Frequently asked questions

• Is StatusCake free, and what are the limits?

  Yes, there is a free StatusCake plan, but it is tight. You get 10 uptime monitors, checks no quicker than 5 minutes (anything faster sits behind a paid tier), and alerts only via integrations. Pulsetic's free plan also exists, and it throws in status pages, so you can show your uptime publicly at no cost. Want faster checks or subscriber notifications? On either tool, that eventually means upgrading to a paid plan.

• How often does StatusCake check my website compared to Pulsetic?

  The free StatusCake plan caps out at one check every 5 minutes. To hit 30-second checks, you have to climb all the way to the Business tier, at $79.99 per month. Pulsetic does 30-second checks on its Team plan, at $19 per month. That gap matters: the sooner a check fires, the sooner you know an outage has started.

• How much does StatusCake cost in 2026?

  Superior, the entry paid plan, costs $24.49 per month, and Business sits higher at $79.99 per month. Both paid plans come with a 7-day free trial, no credit card required. Pulsetic starts lower, at $9 per month with status pages included, and reaches 30-second checks on the $19 Team plan.

• Why is Pulsetic a good StatusCake alternative?

  It does the same two core jobs StatusCake does, uptime monitoring and public status pages, but the entry price is $9 per month, the $19 Team plan checks every 30 seconds, and the free plan is actually usable. Pulsetic watches HTTP(S), SSL, keyword, ping or ICMP, port, TCP, domains, and cron or heartbeat endpoints, with plenty of alert integrations to choose from. From the $9 Solo plan, add status page customization, subscriber notifications and embeddable status badges, and you have monitoring and customer communication in one place.

• Can I get a status page on StatusCake's free plan?

  StatusCake keeps the full status page toolkit, subscriber notifications by email, SMS, and webhook, on its paid plans rather than the free tier. Pulsetic's free plan includes three status pages on a domain you own, and you can translate each one's labels and dates. Subscriber notifications and embeddable status badges start on the $9 Solo plan. So you can keep customers in the loop during an incident without first jumping to an expensive tier.

• How do I switch from StatusCake to Pulsetic?

  Play it safe: add the same URLs to Pulsetic, set the check interval to match StatusCake (or run it faster), and let the two tools run side by side for a week or two. Once you trust what Pulsetic is reporting, switch StatusCake off. In the meantime, recreate your alerts for the channels you actually use and rebuild your status page in Pulsetic. Because it supports HTTP(S), SSL, keyword, ping, port, TCP, domain, and cron or heartbeat checks, most of your StatusCake monitors carry straight over.

• What does Pulsetic monitor that I would expect from StatusCake?

  All the usual suspects: HTTP(S) websites, SSL certificates, keyword presence, ping or ICMP, ports, TCP, domains, and cron or heartbeat jobs. Those are the same check types people lean on StatusCake for. Checks fire as often as every 30 seconds on the Team plan. Alerts go by email and webhook on every plan, and from the $9 Solo plan they also route through a long list of integrations. Monitoring aside, you also get status pages on every plan, with subscriber notifications and status badges from the same Solo plan.

• Can I host my status page on my own domain with Pulsetic?

  Yes. Publish your status page on a custom domain on any plan, Free included, so visitors read it as part of your website rather than a tacked-on third-party page. From the $9 Solo plan you can brand it as your own, drop a status badge onto your pages and let people subscribe for incident updates. StatusCake, by contrast, parks its more advanced status page and subscriber features on higher paid tiers.