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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. Checks run as often as every 30 seconds across HTTP(S), SSL, keyword, ping, port, TCP, domain, and cron or heartbeat monitoring. Status pages are fully customizable and come with subscriber notifications and status badges. Alerts reach you through Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Telegram, SMS, voice call, and webhooks.

• 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 the gap widens on the tier most teams land on: 30-second checks cost $19 per month with Pulsetic and $38 with UptimeRobot. Pulsetic also includes unlimited status pages and status badges from its entry plan, where UptimeRobot's Solo tier caps you at three status pages and keeps webhooks, Zapier and subscriber notifications for its Team plan.

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

  Both tools follow the same ladder, at different prices. UptimeRobot checks every 5 minutes on its free plan, every 60 seconds on Solo at $13, and every 30 seconds on Team at $38. Pulsetic checks every 5 minutes free, every 60 seconds on Solo at $9, and every 30 seconds on Team at $19. UptimeRobot does go faster at the top, with 15-second checks on its $82 Scale plan. 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. Make as many as you need, style them fully, point them at a custom domain, drop in status badges, and let subscribers hear about an incident automatically. 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 it lifts the status page and SSL limits, though it matches UptimeRobot on 5-minute checks and 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 site is reachable for the audiences you care about and catch outages that only hit one region. Pulsetic includes region checks on every plan: three on the free plan, five on Solo and fifteen on Team. UptimeRobot offers location-specific monitoring too, but only once you are on a paid plan.