Better Uptime vs Dotcom-Monitor

Better Uptime monitors websites and servers for availability and helps teams respond to incidents. Its monitoring includes SSL expiry alerts, keyword monitoring, and server monitoring, with checks from four monitoring locations and a limit of 10 monitors on the listed plans. Alerts can be sent by phone call, SMS, email, push notification, critical alert, Slack, Microsoft Teams, or webhook. The Free for personal projects plan costs nothing and includes 10 monitors and heartbeats, one status page, and Slack and email alerts. Responder costs $29 a month when billed annually. It includes uptime monitoring, incident management, on-call, a status page, 10 monitors, and unlimited phone call and SMS alerts. Better Uptime is available on the web, iOS, and Android. Its maker, Better Uptime, was founded in 2021.

Dotcom-Monitor monitors websites and infrastructure, with checks, monitoring locations and alerts listed across its plans. Monitoring capabilities include SSL expiry alerts, keyword monitoring and server monitoring. The free plan is free, billed monthly, and includes up to 25 targets, monitoring as often as every five minutes, two locations, email alerts and seven-day data retention. A subscription is $13.33 a month, billed monthly; pricing varies by platform, target count and frequency. Its plan comparison lists up to 100 targets, one-minute monitoring, 25 locations, private agents and API configuration for Subscription. Enterprise pricing is custom and includes unlimited targets, 30+ locations, SSO and MFA, and 24/7 priority support. Alert channels include email, phone call, SMS, SNMP, webhooks, WhatsApp, Slack, PagerDuty, Microsoft Teams, AlertOps, Status.io and ServiceNow. The service is listed for web, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android. Dotcom-Monitor was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Excelsior, Minnesota, USA.