HetrixTools vs SolidPing
HetrixTools
hetrixtools.com
SolidPing
solidping.ioSide by side
| Figure | HetrixTools | SolidPing |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $9.95/mo | €5/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 5 |
| Spec score · Uptime Monitoring Software | 9.1 (#2) | 8.6 (#7) |
| Spec score · Uptime monitoring services | 9.1 (#5) | 9.2 (#1) |
| Alert channels | Alerts can be delivered through email, phone call, SMS, Telegram, Slack, Discord, webhooks, and other platforms. | Slack,Discord,Microsoft Teams,Google Chat,Mattermost,Matrix,Zulip,Telegram,Email,Webhooks,PagerDuty,ntfy,Gotify,Pushover,Web Push,SMS,voice via Twilio |
| Check frequency | The listed reset checkup frequency is one minute across plans. | Checks can run as frequently as every 10 seconds. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Monitoring locations | 6 | 6 |
| Monitor limit | 30 | 1000 |
| Server monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| SSL expiry alerts | Yes | Yes |
| Status pages | The service provides private and public reports plus public status pages. | Public status pages support sections, subscribers, incident updates, and per-check uptime and response-time metrics; custom domains are metered by plan. |
Plans
HetrixTools
- FreeFree
- Professional$9.95 a month
- Business$19.95 a month
- Enterprise$49.95 a month
SolidPing
- FreeFree
- Starter€5 a month
- Pro€15 a month
- Scale€45 a month
- Self-hostedFree
In their own words
HetrixTools
HetrixTools monitors uptime, servers, blacklists, domains, SSL certificates, and nameserver changes. Its free plan lists 15 uptime monitors and 15 server monitors, one-minute checks, and four monitoring locations; continued free access requires account activity every 90 days. Paid plans use one-minute checks as well. Professional costs $9.95 a month for 30 uptime and server monitors across six locations; Business costs $19.95 a month for 60 of each across nine locations; Enterprise costs $49.95 a month for 200 of each across 12 locations.
Uptime checks can run from up to 12 global locations. Alerts are available through email, phone calls, SMS, messaging services, incident-management tools, and webhooks. HetrixTools provides private and public reports and public status pages. Its server monitoring agent supports Linux, Windows, macOS, and shared hosting environments. Paid plans include sub-accounts, API access, white-label options, and Premium support. Yearly billing offers two months free; extra phone or SMS credits cost $0.1 each.
SolidPing
SolidPing is an open-source uptime monitoring platform available as hosted cloud software or self-hosted software. It offers 40 check types, including HTTP, TCP, DNS, databases, email servers, Docker, Kubernetes, headless-browser and custom JavaScript checks, with intervals as frequent as every 10 seconds. The product lists monitoring from six locations, server monitoring and SSL expiry alerts. Alerts can reach a wide range of chat services, email, webhooks, PagerDuty, push services, SMS or voice through Twilio. Rotation schedules, overrides, iCal feeds and multi-step escalation policies are included even on Free. Public status pages can show sections, subscribers, incident updates, uptime and response-time metrics; custom domains are metered by plan. SolidPing also offers a REST API and MCP endpoint. The self-hosted version is a Go binary using SQLite or PostgreSQL, licensed under AGPL-3.0. Hosted plans run from Free to Scale, and hosted account, monitoring and incident data and backups are stored in France on OVHcloud. SolidPing states it does not currently hold ISO 27001 or SOC 2 certification.