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Frequently asked questions

• Is UptimeRobot really free?

  Yes, for personal projects. UptimeRobot presents the free plan as being for hobby and non-profit use, and free accounts whose usage looks commercial are asked to verify their eligibility or upgrade. The plan is thin in other ways too: checks land every 5 minutes, and SSL, domain expiry, DNS, heartbeat and location-specific monitoring all start on the paid tiers. You get one status page with no customization and no custom domain, five integrations that don't include Slack or Telegram, and three months of history. Pulsetic's free plan permits commercial use, and adds SSL monitoring, three status pages on your own domain, and real user monitoring.

• Why is Pulsetic a good alternative to UptimeRobot?

  It was designed for teams that care about the monitoring and the status page their customers end up seeing. It covers HTTP(S), SSL, keyword, ping, port, TCP, domain, and cron or heartbeat monitoring, with uptime checks as often as every 30 seconds. Status pages come with customization, subscriber notifications and status badges. Alerts reach you by email, webhook, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Telegram, SMS, WhatsApp and voice call.

• How does Pulsetic's pricing compare to UptimeRobot?

  Pulsetic's paid plans begin at $9 per month. UptimeRobot's cheapest paid plan is $13 per month for the same 10 monitors, and its 30-second checks need the $46 Team plan. UptimeRobot's Solo tier also caps you at three status pages and keeps webhooks, Zapier and subscriber notifications for its Team plan, while Pulsetic offers unlimited status pages, status badges and subscriber notifications.

• How do the check intervals compare between UptimeRobot and Pulsetic?

  UptimeRobot checks every 5 minutes on its free plan, every 60 seconds on Solo at $13, and every 30 seconds on Team at $46. Pulsetic checks as often as every 30 seconds, and its pricing page lists the interval on each plan. UptimeRobot does go faster at the top, with 15-second checks on its $98 Scale plan. Certificate checks run on their own cadence in both tools: UptimeRobot documents its SSL expiration check as once every 24 hours, while Pulsetic re-checks certificate validity every hour. Want a wider gap between checks instead? You can set that too.

• How do I switch from UptimeRobot to Pulsetic?

  There's no one-click export from UptimeRobot. Most people just re-add their URLs in the new tool, and for a typical set of websites that takes well under an hour. The Pulsetic side is short: create your monitors, pick a check interval, connect your alert channels, publish a status page. Give it a moment to confirm everything reports correctly, then close your old account.

• Does Pulsetic offer better status pages than UptimeRobot?

  In Pulsetic, status pages are part of the core product, not a bolt-on. You can make as many as you need, style them to match your brand, drop in status badges and let subscribers hear about an incident automatically, and the pricing page lists which plans include each. The free plan includes three on your own domain, and you can translate each one, which UptimeRobot keeps for its paid plans. UptimeRobot's free plan caps you at one status page. Its cheapest paid plan stretches that to three, and the customization is more limited.

• Can I use UptimeRobot's free plan for a business website?

  Not really. UptimeRobot offers its free plan for hobby and non-profit projects, and free accounts whose usage looks commercial are prompted to verify their eligibility or move to a paid plan. The plan is thin for business use in any case: 5-minute checks, a single status page you cannot brand or host on your own domain, no SSL or domain expiry monitoring, no Slack or Telegram alerts, and three months of history. Pulsetic's free plan is cleared for commercial use and adds SSL monitoring and three status pages on your own domain. Both free plans run 5-minute checks and keep three months of history.

• Where does Pulsetic check my website from?

  Checks come from data centers spread across the world, and you pick which regions to monitor from. That lets you verify your website is reachable for the audiences you care about and catch outages that only hit one region. Pulsetic includes region checks on every plan, the free one too, and its pricing page lists how many locations each plan includes. UptimeRobot offers location-specific monitoring too, but only once you are on a paid plan.