What is Uptrends best at?

Deep synthetic monitoring for larger organizations: real-browser transaction recording, Full Page Checks with element-by-element waterfalls, and multi-step API monitors, run from a network of 230+ checkpoints with enterprise governance like SAML SSO and audit logs. If that is your need and your budget, it is a serious tool. Pulsetic focuses on uptime monitoring and status pages at a flat price that starts free.

How much does Uptrends cost?

The Core plan starts at $42 per month billed annually (about $46 month to month); Pro sits above it and Enterprise is custom-priced. Monthly billing costs about 10% more. Pulsetic's plans are $9, $19 and $49 per month, flat, with a free plan below them.

Does Uptrends have a free plan?

Yes, though you will not find it on the pricing page: a free account monitors one webpage every 5 minutes with email alerts, and per Uptrends' blog you must log in every 6 months to keep it active. Pulsetic's free plan covers 10 monitors and includes status pages with custom domains, free for commercial use.

Can an Uptrends status page run on my own domain?

No. Pages live on a unique Uptrends URL, the documented alternative is an iFrame embed, no subscriber email updates are documented, and changing the logo means opening a support ticket. Password-protected pages require the Enterprise plan. On Pulsetic, custom domains are included on the free plan, customization starts at $9 and branding removal comes with Team at $19.

Does Uptrends monitor cron jobs and domain expiry?

Uptrends' docs show no heartbeat or cron monitor type, and while its website mentions watching domain registration, the knowledge base documents certificate expiry checks only, with no dedicated domain-expiry monitor. Pulsetic includes cron and heartbeat monitoring plus domain expiry checks on every plan.

Does Uptrends alert via Discord or Telegram?

Not natively. The official integrations list covers Slack, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, ServiceNow, Splunk On-Call, Zapier, Grafana and custom webhooks. Pulsetic notifies Slack, Teams, Discord, Telegram and Mattermost from the $9 Solo plan, with SMS, WhatsApp and phone-call credits included.

How fast does Uptrends check my website?

Every 2 minutes on Core, every minute on Pro at $417 per month, and every 30 seconds only on the custom-priced Enterprise plan. Pulsetic checks every 30 seconds on the $19 Team plan, from up to 15 locations, with multi-location confirmation before alerting.

When should I switch from Uptrends to Pulsetic?

The usual triggers: your need is uptime monitoring and status pages rather than scripted browser transactions; the annual commitment and credit pool no longer fit; you want 30-second checks without enterprise procurement; or your status page should live on your own domain and email its subscribers. Pulsetic does exactly that on flat plans, with subscriber emails from $9, 30-second checks on the $19 Team plan and a free plan to start.

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Pulsetic vs Uptrends: the breakdown

Credit where due: Uptrends, now part of ITRS Group, takes synthetic monitoring seriously: real-browser transaction checks, waterfall breakdowns and multi-step API monitors from a network of 230+ checkpoints.

The friction is the entry ticket. Plans start at $42 a month billed annually, monitors draw from a credit pool, 30-second checks are Enterprise-only, and the status pages can’t live on your own domain.

That’s why people searching for an Uptrends alternative land on Pulsetic: uptime monitoring and real status pages at a flat price that starts free.

Let’s compare the two.

From $9 for 10 monitors, not $42 for one

Uptrends’ cheapest plan is Core, $42 a month billed annually and about $46 month to month, and that entry price covers a single uptime monitor. Pulsetic starts free and tops out at $49 a month for 300 monitors.
A status page that’s actually yours

Uptrends status pages live on an Uptrends URL: no custom domain, no documented subscriber emails, and changing the logo means a support ticket. Pulsetic gives you custom domains on the free plan, customization from $9 and branding removal on Team.
30-second checks at $19

On Uptrends, the Core plan checks every 2 minutes and 30-second intervals are reserved for the custom-priced Enterprise tier. Pulsetic’s Team plan checks every 30 seconds from 15 regions for $19 a month.

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Pricing: Pulsetic vs Uptrends

Free plans

Uptrends has a little-publicized free account for a single webpage with 5-minute checks and email alerts. Pulsetic’s free plan covers 10 monitors and includes status pages with custom domains, free for commercial use.
Credits vs flat plans

Uptrends meters monitors in credits: per its pricing page, one uptime monitor costs 6 credits, which is $42 a month on Core, and a browser monitor costs 50 credits, or $350. Pulsetic’s alternative to Uptrends is flat: $9 covers 10 monitors, $49 covers 300.
Team plans

Uptrends includes 10 users on Core, but SAML SSO and password-protected status pages need the custom-priced Enterprise plan. Pulsetic’s Team plan is $19/month with role-based access and 100 SMS and voice-call credits included.

Feature comparison

Uptrends

Free plan / trial

Free Plan

Free Plan (1 monitor); 30-day trial

Price (USD/mo)

$9

$42 (billed annually)

Monitoring

Check time

30 sec (Team plan)

2 min (30s Enterprise)

Real User Monitoring (RUM)

Choice of regional data centers

Regions only on Core

SSL monitoring

Keyword monitoring

Ping / ICMP monitoring

Port monitoring

TCP monitoring

Domain monitoring

Not documented

Cron / heartbeat monitoring

✕

Custom HTTP requests

Customized responses

Downtime screenshots

Team plan and up

Chart annotations

✕

API

Solo plan and up

Built-in AI assistant (chat)

Solo plan and up

✕

MCP server

Solo plan and up

✕

n8n integration

Solo plan and up

✕

Cloudflare IP allowlisting

Manual

Monitoring data retention

3 mo to 5 yr by plan

180 days on Core

Status Pages

Incident updates

Solo plan and up

Comment field only

Status updates for subscribers via email

Solo plan and up

✕

Maintenance windows

Solo plan and up

Status badges

Solo plan and up

✕

Customized domain

✕

Customized colors

Solo plan and up

Customized logo

Solo plan and up

Via support ticket

Remove branding

Team plan and up

✕

Customized status page layout

Solo plan and up

Pick widgets

CSS customization

Solo plan and up

✕

Custom email sender & templates

Solo plan and up

✕

AI writing assistant

Solo plan and up

✕

Page translations

✕

Password-protected status page

Solo plan and up

Enterprise only

SSO-protected status page

Organization plan

✕

Notifications

Email alerts

SMS alerts

Solo plan and up

240 credits on Core

Phone call alerts

Solo plan and up

WhatsApp alerts

Solo plan and up

✕

Slack alerts

Solo plan and up

MS teams alerts

Solo plan and up

Discord alerts

Solo plan and up

✕

Telegram alerts

Solo plan and up

✕

Mattermost alerts

Solo plan and up

✕

Webhooks alerts

Zapier alerts

Solo plan and up

Twilio alerts

Solo plan and up

✕

Datadog integration

Solo plan and up

✕

Integration with SIGNL4

Solo plan and up

Via webhook

Analytics

See response times

Response time by location

Custom date range reports

Scheduled email reports

Web Analytics & RUM

Cookieless tracking

Core Web Vitals (field data)

Synthetic only

Load time percentiles (p50/p75/p95)

Median only

JS error tracking

✕

Realtime visitors

Minutes delay

Traffic breakdowns (pages, geo, devices)

Goals / custom events

✕

Analytics data retention

3 mo to 5 yr by plan

Up to 90 d by plan

Self-hostable

✕

Security

Two-factor authentication

Single Sign-On (SAML)

Organization plan

Enterprise only

Role-based access

Team plan and up

Support

Chat

Pro plan and up

Human Support

AI Support

✕

Helpdesk Articles

Email Support

Ticket portal

Comparison based on publicly available information as of September 2026. Features and pricing change frequently, so please verify current details on each provider’s website.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Uptrends best at?

Deep synthetic monitoring for larger organizations: real-browser transaction recording, Full Page Checks with element-by-element waterfalls, and multi-step API monitors, run from a network of 230+ checkpoints with enterprise governance like SAML SSO and audit logs. If that is your need and your budget, it is a serious tool. Pulsetic focuses on uptime monitoring and status pages at a flat price that starts free.
How much does Uptrends cost?

The Core plan starts at $42 per month billed annually (about $46 month to month); Pro sits above it and Enterprise is custom-priced. Monthly billing costs about 10% more. Pulsetic's plans are $9, $19 and $49 per month, flat, with a free plan below them.
Does Uptrends have a free plan?

Yes, though you will not find it on the pricing page: a free account monitors one webpage every 5 minutes with email alerts, and per Uptrends' blog you must log in every 6 months to keep it active. Pulsetic's free plan covers 10 monitors and includes status pages with custom domains, free for commercial use.
Can an Uptrends status page run on my own domain?

No. Pages live on a unique Uptrends URL, the documented alternative is an iFrame embed, no subscriber email updates are documented, and changing the logo means opening a support ticket. Password-protected pages require the Enterprise plan. On Pulsetic, custom domains are included on the free plan, customization starts at $9 and branding removal comes with Team at $19.
Does Uptrends monitor cron jobs and domain expiry?

Uptrends' docs show no heartbeat or cron monitor type, and while its website mentions watching domain registration, the knowledge base documents certificate expiry checks only, with no dedicated domain-expiry monitor. Pulsetic includes cron and heartbeat monitoring plus domain expiry checks on every plan.
Does Uptrends alert via Discord or Telegram?

Not natively. The official integrations list covers Slack, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, ServiceNow, Splunk On-Call, Zapier, Grafana and custom webhooks. Pulsetic notifies Slack, Teams, Discord, Telegram and Mattermost from the $9 Solo plan, with SMS, WhatsApp and phone-call credits included.
How fast does Uptrends check my website?

Every 2 minutes on Core, every minute on Pro at $417 per month, and every 30 seconds only on the custom-priced Enterprise plan. Pulsetic checks every 30 seconds on the $19 Team plan, from up to 15 locations, with multi-location confirmation before alerting.
When should I switch from Uptrends to Pulsetic?

The usual triggers: your need is uptime monitoring and status pages rather than scripted browser transactions; the annual commitment and credit pool no longer fit; you want 30-second checks without enterprise procurement; or your status page should live on your own domain and email its subscribers. Pulsetic does exactly that on flat plans, with subscriber emails from $9, 30-second checks on the $19 Team plan and a free plan to start.